Out of Joint’s new production of Andrea Dunbar’s ground-breaking 1980’s play ‘Rita Sue and Bob Too’ is as controversial as ever. Set in a run-down estate in Bradford it tells the story of two friends, Rita and Sue who each start an affair with...
In the past year Pamela DeMenthe has gone from nuclear scientist to publishing guru. Together with her polyamorous husband the couple has set up a publishing empire for her erotic fiction. Pamela likes to sell herself as the thinking woman’s E.L...
Bored of Brexit, tired of Trump and knackered by North Korea. The world is going to hell in a handcart and comedian Angela Barnes is fed up of commentating on it. She talks to Veronica Lee about confronting her natural pessimist to focus on the...
American Idiot, the punk rock opera based on Green Day’s 2004 concept album of the same name, is on its 10th anniversary UK tour. Just like the album, the show comes with a parental advisory warning for explicit content. This hasn’t become any less...
The stage version of The Girl on the Train follows the huge success of Paula Hawkins’ 2015 novel and the 2016 Hollywood movie featuring Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson. Oliver Farnworth and Samantha Womack Photo by Manuel Harlan It’s probably fair...
Dancing on Ice 2018 champion, Jake Quickenden talks to Quays Life about making his musical theatre debut in the 50th anniversary tour of musical Hair, produced by Hope Mill Theatre owners, Joseph Houston and William Whelton. Why did you want to part...
Tom Milner, star of Waterloo Road and The Voice, comes to The Palace Theatre in Green Day musical American Idiot. He talks to Quays Life about auditions, rejection and Playstation downtime. What attracted you to American Idiot? I had friends who’d...
Snow-capped mountains, futuristic trains and the sweet smell of cherry blossom (sakura). Lorraine Worsley-Carter visits Japan in Springtime. If I would have visited a fortune teller when I was younger and been told that I would travel halfway around...
Mark Morris’ Pepperland successfully launched Liverpool’s Sgt Pepper at 50 Festival in 2017 and this year it tours the UK, bringing its unique take on the classic album to new audiences. Inspired by the Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts...
The Beatles fanbase is still a powerful springboard from which to launch a new show. But as New York choreographer, Mark Morris says of Pepperland: “If you are going for a tribute show with a cover band playing Beatles hits that you can sing along...
Carmel Thomason
Veronica Lee
Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Diane Parkes