Interviews
Carlos Acosta’s dance company, Acosta Danza returns to The Lowry on 22 February with 100% Cuban, a mixed bill of five new works. But how much do you know about the ballet superstar, his company and his Cuban roots? Carlos Acosta, photo Johan Persson...
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Lorraine Worsley Carter meets artist Dez, otherwise known as Loveartpix, to find out more about his work on display at Manchester Oxford Road station: Image by Loveartpix How did your artist journey begin? Dez: “I am a family man born and...
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Alexandria Slater joins the audience for a live Q&A with acclaimed Salford director, Mike Leigh Salford-born auteur, Mike Leigh, is one of UK’s most internationally recognised and critically acclaimed film-makers working today. A seven-time...
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Following their unique shot-for-shot stage recreation of George A. Romero’s classic 1968 zombie movie – Night of The Living Dead™ – Remix, imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse have joined forces again for a radical adaptation...
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Jez Dolan, stand-up, lecturer and expert on Polari, has joined forces with writer and tour guide, Joshua Val Martin to create Double-Ender, a fast-paced double bill of monologues sharing stories about Queer people in a rapidly changing Manchester...
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Peaceophobia is a new play performed in a car park that looks at Islamaphobia through the eyes of young British Pakistani men from a modified car club. Quays Life talks to writer Zia Ahmed to find out more. What is the idea behind Peaceophobia...
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Warsaw boxing champion, Tadeuz “Teddy” Pietryzkowsi was among the first prisoners transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940. Director and Screen writer, Maciej Barczewski tells how he brought Teddy’s biggest fight for...
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Actor, Piotr Głowacki talks about losing 20% of his body weight in preparation for his role as Polish boxing champion Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski
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Director Daniel Raggett talks about directing the theatrical debut of award-winning stars Emma Corrin and Nabhaan Rizwan in new play for the Instagram generation, Anna X. ANNA X – Joseph Charlton (playwright), Nabhaan Rizwan (Ariel), Emma...
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What would you do if you got the chance to meet your all-time hero? That’s what crossed Martin Kaye’s mind when he found himself performing in Las Vegas as Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet at the same time as his hero, Elton John was in...
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Carmel Thomason
Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Alexandria Slater
Niamh Melody