When the tour of new comedy The Way Old Friends Do opened in February, no-one could have imagined the next month we’d be saying goodbye to Paul O’Grady. On hearing his distinctive Scouse voice open the show audiences would probably laugh before any...
Pride in Trafford is five and fabulous, commissioning brand new work for the 4-day festival, with more than half of the events free to either attend or participate in. Carmel Thomason caught up with Waterside Arts Centre Manager, Darren Adams to...
Many will fondly remember the 1989 film Steel Magnolias. At the time, its star-studded line-up read like the Who’s Who of women in Hollywood – Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Daryl Hannah, and Olympia Dukakis. It seemed...
We are giving away a pair of tickets to the 25th anniversary celebration of the Interactive Theatre International’s Faulty Towers the Dining Experience on Thursday 2 March 2023. The tickets come with a 3-course meal and 5-star comedy inspired by the...
Shortlisted for the 2021 BBC New Comedy Awards, Lady Bushra is the stand-up, alter-ego of British Asian comedian, Amir Dean. Originally from Bradford, Lady Bushra has taken her witty one-liners and ingenious lipsync to audiences around the world and...
One of the sleeper hits of recent years, Rian Johnson’s Knives Out grossed $312.9 million – off a modest budget of $40 million – and has been popular enough to spawn a sequel, the newly released Glass Onion. Proof, if it were needed...
It’s been a tough week for Oldham Coliseum. Having been funded by Arts Council England for decades the 137-year-old theatre was unsuccessful in securing support for the coming year. The venue is one of only 32 regularly producing theatres in England...
When faced with tough circumstances people often use the expression of feeling like they’ve been hit by a 10-tonne truck. For Katie Damer, that horror was real. At age 15 she was hit by a truck when cycling home from school and was told she’d never...
A lot has changed since Deborah Moggach first introduced us to retirement Indian-style. For one, her 2004 best-selling novel These Foolish Things has become a phenomenon; changing both how we view old age and how Hollywood views it. Under a new...
How many Bollywood stars does it take to change a light bulb? Actually that’s an unfinished joke because I have no idea (answers on a postcard). Bollywood movies are hugely popular, and so ingrained in popular culture, that even those who’ve never...