Interviews
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...
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Salford-born actor, Emmanuel Ighodaro is gearing up for the north west premiere of Inua Ellams’ critically acclaimed new play, Barber Shop Chronicles. Expect barbed comments, telling truths, pre-show haircuts, live DJs and a day trip around the...
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“It’s definitely not a twinkly, Disney version of the story; it’s quite a lot darker” – Quays Life chats to Delia Mathews, who dances Belle Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Beauty and the Beast. When and why did you first start dancing? Delia:...
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“Of all the parts I’ve done in my career, this is probably the biggest.” Former Hollyoaks star, Chris Fountain talk to Quays Life about taking on the iconic role of Charlie Babbitt in Bill Kenwright’s touring production of Rain Man...
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Manchester-based writer, performer and director, Jude Christian returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre, where she recently directed Parliament Square, with one-woman show, Nanjing. She talks to Quays Life about her personal response to the...
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Manchester-born teen, Yami Mirazi makes his professional stage debut in Motown The Musical. The show tells Berry Gordy’s story of how he founded Motown Records and the phenomenal artists he launched on it, and in it Yami takes on the parts of a...
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YouTube comedy favourites, Foil Arms & Hog met at University College Dublin while studying architecture, engineering and genetics. Then the financial crash led them to pursue the noble art of being downright silly. And it’s paying off...
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James Brining can usually be found in the director’s chair at the Leeds Playhouse where he’s been Artistic Director for the last six years. This month, however, sees him take the plunge into the world of opera, directing The Magic Flute in a...
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Stone Roses fan Thomas Chadwick tells how the Manchester band’s music became a life-line after he was diagnosed with teenage cancer. On the snowy morning of the 9 February 2009 I woke up to go to college, later that night I went to sleep in a...
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After a sell-out run at 2018’s Edinburgh Fringe, Kieran Hodgson is taking his latest show ’75 on the road, which bravely shines a humorous light on the trickiest question of our time: Europe? Ahead of his gig at The Lowry he talks to Carmel Thomason...
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Carmel Thomason
Thomas Chadwick