When talking about the inspiration behind new play, Admissions, writer Joshua Harmon points to his central character Sherri Rosen-Mason: “I knew a lot of Sherris growing up, and in my experience, it struck me that often those who were the most vocal...
If you think Back to Netball means revisiting that game you played in school PE, wearing a pleated skirt, while a shouty PE teacher yelled: ‘Don’t walk with the ball’. Think again. The sport has changed and so have you! This summer is going to be...
With comedy stars a-plenty in the likes of Caroline Quentin, Rufus Hound and Les Dennis, a theatre-goer could be forgiven for expecting an hilarious restoration comedy in John Vanbrugh’s The Provoked Wife. However, although plenty of laughs...
After the anti-LGBT+ hate crime two of the Rotterdam actors experienced in Southampton last week, it was good to see them back on stage and the Manchester crowd taking them straight to their hearts. Jon Brittain’s award-winning play is a clever...
Did you hear the one about the Jew and the Muslim who met in a comedy club? They became friends. And while traditionally the descendants of Abraham may have gone their separate ways, stand-up comedians, Ashley Blaker and Imran Yusuf are uniting as a...
When Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company takes on Shakespeare and a classical ballet score by Sergei Prokoviev, we are primed to expect the unexpected. If Bourne is to be believed (and he’s a knight of the realm, so he ain’t gonna lie, is he?)...
If you haven’t heard already, the outrageous musical comedy that is The Book of Mormon has arrived in Manchester on its first UK tour. To give you an idea of what to expect, it’s written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park ) and...
After 30 years away, Liz Ratcliffe returns to her home city of Liverpool to find it as vibrant, fabulous and iconic as ever. Having just moved back to the north west, I decided it was time to reacquaint myself with what people have been telling me...
I really want you to find your way along to Hope Mill Theatre. It’s a lovely fringe venue, not far from Piccadilly, with a well set out bar area and an accommodating, flexible, audience-friendly theatre space. I also want you to see their latest...
It’s New Year in Rotterdam, and Alice has finally plucked up the courage to email her parents and tell them she’s gay. But before she can hit send, her girlfriend Fiona reveals that he has always identified as male and now wants to...
Carmel Thomason
Liz Ratcliffe
Martin Thomasson
Lorraine Worsley-Carter