Interviews
Nathaniel Hall contracted HIV when he lost his virginity aged 16. Fifteen years on he’s written a play, ‘First Time’ about his experience. How did you find out you were HIV positive? I got ill while on holiday with my parents. I was 16-years-old and...
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This summer We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Live, based on the much-loved picture book by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, returns to the Lowry direct from London’s West End. We sat down with the cast – Tim Hibberd, Benjamin Hills, Hannah Donelon, and...
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Is there anyone who hasn’t wished for a different ending to Romeo and Juliet? Well, what if when Juliet wakes she decides there can be life after Romeo, and flees to Paris with Nurse on a whirlwind trip of self-discovery? That’s the premise of new...
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Claire Gaydon’s See Through was voted by Time Out as one of the top 10 weirdest shows at Edinburgh Fringe. The one-woman show examines identity, validation and the cost of sharing in the digital age. Quays Life meets Claire ahead of her performance...
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Manchester Jewish Museum in Cheetham Hill is housed in what was the city’s oldest synagogue, a Grade II listed building built by Jewish textile merchants in 1874. To return the architecture to its original splendour the museum is closed for 18...
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Minute Taker – Manchester-based and acclaimed alternative singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Ben McGarvey – returns to Trafford’s 10-day arts-festival Refract with the world premiere of his new audio-visual show, Wolf Hours. He...
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Strictly Come Dancing favourite and television actor, Danny Mac stars alongside French-Canadian stage and screen star, Audrey Brisson in Amélie The Musical, based on the much-loved, five-time Oscar®-nominated film. They talk to Quays Life ahead of...
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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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Carmel Thomason