The Manchester Project review – snapshots of a city still need developing

Home, Manchester19 micro-plays, crammed with detail, writhing with contradictions and set to the familiar pulse of Joy Division and the Smiths, try to distil the Mancunian essenceWhat defines a city? Its places? Its people? Its history? In The Manchester Project, local theatre company Monkeywood turn that question over and over, seeking to capture something uniquely Mancunian. Across 19 micro-plays crammed into a fast-moving hour, writers from the city offer snapshots of Manchester’s varie