Martin ThomassonAmanda and Mike meet and bond on a plane while watching the the inflight movie – Pride and Prejudice. Mike prefers the book (more nuanced) but Amanda challenges him to watch the film without shedding a tear. Next thing, Mike is moving in with...
Steve TimmsHard to believe, but Sheffield based provocateurs Forced Entertainment have been pushing at the boundaries of the theatrical form for almost 35 years now. No band has lasted this long, at least not without splits, reformations and changing line-ups...
Carmel ThomasonAfter 11 years as the loveable comic in Oldham Coliseum’s family pantomime, Richard J Fletcher is stepping into the Dame’s shoes for the first time. How does it feel to play the Dame and were the rehearsals much different as Dame instead of as the...
Brian DonaldsonNot a man to needlessly set about causing divisions in his audience, the very funny Stephen K Amos has always been an everyman comedian. Fitting then, that his brand spanking new UK tour should be called Everyman. But in his typically open and non...
Tim Albery’s critically acclaimed 2012 production of Handel’s Egyptian epic, Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) is just as thrilling in this latest revival from Opera North. Opera North’s production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare Heather Lowe as Sesto and...
Michael Barker-Caven’s able revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s 1993 production of La Bohème for Opera North, gives us a layered and richly rewarding take on Puccini’s classic tale of bohemian Paris. Lloyd’s transposition of this late Victorian tale to the...
Georgina WellsSince its premiere in 2018 as part of Week 53 at The Lowry, Henry Filloux-Bennett’s adaptation of Nigel Slater’s memoir has appeared in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe, and now returns for a run at its theatrical birthplace. (L-R) Katy Federman...
Moses KabungaAptly timed and warmly received ‘These Days – ‘The Manchester Peace Song Cycle’ is tender look back at the history of Heaton Park. The story is told through the eyes of the two metal lions (Amelia & Arthur) who first appeared 1799 and...
Choreographer, Emanuel Gat originally created Works two years ago as a collaboration between his company, Emanuel Gat Dance and Le Ballet de Lyon. In this version performed at The Lowry, as part of Re:generations 2019 (an international forum...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – when Francis House’s Festival of Trees arrives at The Lowry Outlet Mall, making everyone’s visit to the Quays a little bit brighter. And it is all down to Mary and Alan Gillatt, who’ve been running the pop...