In Woven, choreographer and dancer, Subhash Viman Gorania weaves an eclectic mix of dance styles in four contrasting pieces, playfully fusing Western and Eastern cultures, and traditional and modern moves. Morph Dance Company: Woven In the first...
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Home, I’m Darling arrives at the Lowry fresh from its Best New Comedy win at this year’s Olivier Awards. Not that it needs any formal accolades to put bums on seats. Laura Wade’s new play was managing to do that nicely already, with sell-out runs at...
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It’s pantomime season again. Oh no it isn’t! Oh, yes, it is! Easter pantomimes are becoming increasingly popular and this bank holiday weekend Beauty and the Beast is entertaining children and adults alike at Stockport Plaza. Beauty and the Beast...
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West Side Story, loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, has been among the greatest musicals for more than 60 years. But while Shakespeare’s original is constantly re-imagined, in all this time, no-one has tinkered with Jerome Robbins’ choreography –...
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The ¡Viva! Festival in Manchester has grown to become the UK’s largest celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture. For its 25th year, HOME along with Acción Cultural Española’s Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE)...
It is a rare show that can bring an audience to its feet in spontaneous applause night after night. For Blood Brothers to do this for 35 years without any major production changes makes us think creator Willy Russell must have sifted some secret...
Writer and director, Mike Leigh is known for allowing the story to grow from its characters. Abigail’s Party is one of his most famous works, because what he captured in the interactions of these five neighbours is a glimpse, not just of 70’s...
In the past year Pamela DeMenthe has gone from nuclear scientist to publishing guru. Together with her polyamorous husband the couple has set up a publishing empire for her erotic fiction. Pamela likes to sell herself as the thinking woman’s E.L...
Carmel Thomason
Angela Lucas
