‘What kind of Queen are you?’ That’s the question posed by a new exhibition based on the hit musical, SIX, which opens at The Lowry this autumn. In SIX each of Henry VIII’s wives are turned into a pop star on stage and take to the mic to tell their...
The 2020s is blazing a trend for all things meta. So, it’s not surprising to find Rambert leading the charge for dance by staging a meta dance comedy. But what on earth does it mean? Death Trap is a new double-bill from Ben Duke, which links two of...
In 1948, poet WH Auden wrote an essay outlining the key components of the ideal English detective story. ‘A murder occurs, many are suspected: all but one suspect, who is the murderer, is eliminated: the murderer is arrested.’ Such was the national...
Kate Bush said it perfectly when she said: “I don’t aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting”. This is the perfect analogy for the strikingly unique, yet superbly unusual experience that a small handful...
Twin sisters Kristina and Sadé Alleyne are the talented dancers behind the company ‘Alleyne Dance’ whose latest production, ‘Far From Home’ captures the intense struggles and emotions that come from forced migration. Kristina and Sadé, choreographed...
Slapstick comedy has never gone out of fashion; as a genre, it transcends both time and language. It’s why the work of Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin continues to attract new converts. It’s also why the various incarnations of...
A Taste of Honey is a poignant piece of theatre that deep dives into the complexities of people and their dysfunctional relationships, societal prejudices, and the harsh realities of life. Set against the backdrop of working-class Salford in the...
In 1985 My Beautiful Laundrette was an undeniably bold and non-conformist film. It starred a young Daniel Day-Lewis and won screenwriter Hanif Kureishi an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. Almost 40 years-on Kureishi has returned to his...
“Its kind of like a TED talk with people flying around and doing fire,” laughs Marisa Carnesky describing SHOWWOMEN, her new performance work which comes to The Lowry this weekend. “It’s dynamic, it takes you on a journey, we make you laugh...
Does the world need another version of ‘Frankenstein’? Director James Whale drew up the movie blueprint with his original 1930’s film (and its sequel), a vision so distinctive that few have come close to surpassing it in the decades since. The...