Interviews
The stage version of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel comes to The Lowry as part of a UK tour ahead of its West End debut. We talk to stars Hayley Mills, who takes on the role of Evelyn, and Rula Lenska, who plays Madge, to find out more. What...
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Covid saw the show postponed for two years but nothing could stand in the way of Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester staging the European theatrical premiere of the Broadway musical version of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. The show opens this week...
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Lyn Gardner talks to Frantic Assembly’s artistic director, Scott Graham about the company’s explosive production of Shakepeare’s Othello, a play about the timeless motives of power, male rage, jealousy and murder. Why did you...
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Family theatre company Stuff & Nonsense whose live shows include The Gingerbread Man, The Elves and the Shoemaker and Goldilocks & The Three Bears, return to Waterside this Christmas with a new show, The Man Who Wanted to be a Penguin...
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Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh talks about her latest work, Clorinda Agonistes – Clorinda The Warrior an explosive union of opera, dance and film coming to The Lowry. Is it right that you created Clorinda Agonistes – Clorinda The Warrior...
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Keisha Thompson‘s debut production as CEO of Contact calls for an end to hair discrimination with a new show with Contact Young Company celebrating all hair types and supporting the Halo Campaign. She talks to Carmel Thomason about the...
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Manchester Proud Chorus, with members from age 20 to 90, is together performing live again for the first time since Covid. And there is double cause for celebration as the chorus marks its 20th anniversary, two years delayed, with a special concert...
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Comedian and new mum, Amy Vreeke talks to Carmel Thomason about debunking the myths of motherhood in her new stand-up show, Glowing, and using humour to put people at ease to shine a spotlight on some of the trickier topics of life. How are you...
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In the 1990s Claud Cunningham and Paula Gannon-Lewis launched a new Manchester club night, Black Angel providing the first women-centred safe place for LBT women of colour to come together and be themselves. 25-years on, the pioneering club night...
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The multi-award winning musical, Girl from North Country, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, arrives at The Lowry in September on its first UK tour. On his collaboration with Dublin playwright, Conor McPherson, Dylan said: “To be associated...
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Carmel Thomason