Carmel ThomasonRu Paul’s Drag Race Queen, Jinkx Monsoon joins forces with BenDeLaCreme for their two-queen holiday spectacular, All I Want For Christmas is Attention! She talks to Carmel Thomason about her Christmas wishes, US vs UK drag and exploring...
Mr Popper’s Penguins tells the story of a man who dreams of Antarctic adventures only to find a penguin delivered to his front door. The children’s fantasy tale originated as a book and won Hollywood’s heart when it was turned into a film starring...
Circus 1903 takes us back in time to the turn of the 20th century when the circus coming to town drew huge crowds in search of laughter and wonder. American Ring Master, Willy Whipsnade leads an old-world, sawdust big top, filled with variety acts...
When it comes to family pantomime, Oldham Coliseum theatre has the magic formula to get kids immersed in the adventure and leaving on a high. When Fine Time Fontayne announced he was stepping out of the Dame’s shoes last year it felt like a turning...
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...
After 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...