Covid saw the show postponed for two years but nothing could stand in the way of Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester staging the European theatrical premiere of the Broadway musical version of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. The show opens this week...
Lyn Gardner talks to Frantic Assembly’s artistic director, Scott Graham about the company’s explosive production of Shakepeare’s Othello, a play about the timeless motives of power, male rage, jealousy and murder. Why did you...
If you’re looking for an amazing vacation spot that offers something for everyone, look no further than Sicily! This beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea is home to stunning beaches, rolling hills, tasty food, and much more. Here are 10...
It’s not every day a British Prime Minister resigns after a dismal 44 days in office. And it’s not every day an acclaimed Argentinean writer arrives in Manchester. ‘This is a special day’, jokes Mariana Enriquez at the start of this Literature...
Family theatre company Stuff & Nonsense whose live shows include The Gingerbread Man, The Elves and the Shoemaker and Goldilocks & The Three Bears, return to Waterside this Christmas with a new show, The Man Who Wanted to be a Penguin...
Clorinda the Warrior is a fictional character from Torquato Tasso’s epic 16th century poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), who has fascinated readers and artists alike for hundreds of years. This ambitious project takes this early...
A staple of school set texts no doubt, Blood Brothers is testimony to this fact with what felt like hordes of schoolchildren descending upon The Lowry for this most primeval of shows. The tightly-structured plot and allusions to Greek tragedy make...
Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh talks about her latest work, Clorinda Agonistes – Clorinda The Warrior an explosive union of opera, dance and film coming to The Lowry. Is it right that you created Clorinda Agonistes – Clorinda The Warrior...
Keisha Thompson‘s debut production as CEO of Contact calls for an end to hair discrimination with a new show with Contact Young Company celebrating all hair types and supporting the Halo Campaign. She talks to Carmel Thomason about the...
Alice Walker’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel, set in America’s deep south during the early 20th century, comes with a long list of trigger warnings: incest, rape, domestic abuse, indeed all kinds of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse including...
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