Interviews
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...
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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...
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Choreographer, Matthew Bourne captures the essence and power of young love and passion in his latest production, Romeo and Juliet He talks to Quays Life about his dance interpretation of Shakespeare’s timeless romantic tragedy. Matthew Bourne...
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What does public culture mean? That’s the question posed by Contact Young Company and Young Identity as they take audiences on an alternative tour of Manchester Art Gallery in Old Tools > New Masters ≠ New Futures. Quays Life caught-up with co...
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Jake Murray spent 7 years as a theatre director with The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester where his father, the late Braham Murray was a founding artistic director. He has since co-founded Elysium Theatre, currently company in residence at the...
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Quays Life catches-up with actor, Mark Moraghan, who plays Grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine, a new musical comedy from Tony Award-winners James Lapine and William Finn, based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name. Mark Moraghan How did you first...
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Multi-award-winning choreographer, Russell Maliphant talks to Quays Life about Silent Lines, a ground-breaking new dance production with video artist, Panagiotis Tomaras. Can you tell us a bit about your new work Silent Lines? Silent Lines is a work...
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Kidscan is a national charity based at Salford University. Quays Life meets its Chief Executive, Bob Carter to find out more about its work promoting research into new and improved treatments for children with cancer. What is the work of Kidscan...
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Activist and performer, Lilith Cristina and producer Lowri Evans, talk about When it Breaks it Burns, the true story of high school protests in Brazil. When it Breaks it Burns tells the extraordinary true story of the high school occupations of 2015...
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Star of ITV’s The Bay, Ciarán Griffiths is reprising his role as gay man, Bobby on the Canal Street underground scene, in Katherine Smith’s award-winning play, All I See Is You. The play, written as a response to the 50th anniversary of the partial...
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Carmel Thomason