Carmel ThomasonLaura Wade’s comedy Home, I’m Darling is about one woman’s quest to live like the like perfect 1950’s housewife in 2019. But behind the gingham curtains, things start to unravel, and being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it seems. Quays Life...
James Rampton“There’s no problem on earth can’t be solved between two people by 15 minutes of considered chat – that goes for marriage, Brexit, or the Middle East” – Quays Life meets brutally honest comedian, Reginald D Hunter, whose 20th anniversary tour Facing...
The story of Beauty and the Beast has been told in various forms since the mid-16th century. Since the early 1990s, however, Disney seems to have had the monopoly on it. There’s no denying Disney’s animated film is a wonderful version, but the...
Birmingham Royal Ballet return to The Lowry with David Bintley’s acclaimed fairytale ballet, Beauty and the Beast. The production marks the Director’s final tour with the company and, as Carmel Thomason discovers, his work behind the scenes has been...
Manchester Actor and Comedian Jenny May Morgan talks to Quays Life about her comedy alter-ego, self-published erotic novelist, Pamela DeMenthe. Who is Pamela DeMenthe and how did you create her? Pamela is a self-published erotic fiction author with...
JB Shorts marks its 10th anniversary with a special REloaded programme of six favourite short plays and some top name casting in Richard Hawley (Coronation Street’s Johnny Conor), Sean Ward (Corrie’s Callum Logan), Arthur Bostrom (‘Allo...
After a gap of 15 years the award-winning and controversial Jerry Springer – The Opera is coming back to Manchester and in true reality TV style – you could be part of the show. Singers across Manchester are being invited to audition for a part in...
This month Cheshire-based theatre company, Forest Tribe are transforming libriaries across the north west into the watery world of Alluriat. Quays Life meets director, Debbie Bandara to find out more. How would you describe the world of Alluriat...
Galleries across County Durham are hosting a year-long centenary focus on one of the North East’s most celebrated artists, Norman Cornish. Norman Cornish’s depiction of mining life in north east England captured the working heart of pitmen and their...
Lorraine Worsley-CarterA visit to a fishery has never been on my bucket list, if you’ll excuse the pun; I am more of a city girl and, what’s more, I have a severe fish allergy. Having said that, live fishes are not my problem – just the cooked ones! I know there are many...