In the Convent of the Three Fâs, Mother Superior (Katy Owen) runs a tight ship of fun activities and a safe, if uneasy space. She tells a tail of Bluebeard (Tristan Sturrock), a dark and alluring magician who holds terrible secrets. Three characters...
Louisa May Alcottâs Little Women was the first âclassic bookâ gifted to me at a Christmas long ago. It was therefore, with slight trepidation that I entered Theatre One at HOME Manchester last evening. I was pleased when film-maker Greta Gerwig...
Questions concerning who should be permitted to write about certain topics and, more pointedly, which actors should be allowed to play certain roles have become increasingly vexed in recent times. I donât wish to poke my finger into wounds that are...
War in Europe, the far right in the streets with their dog whistles, and a sharp rise in anti-Semitism: itâs not hard to see parallels between the inter-war period and todayâs political landscape, where Putin invades a neighbouring country on the...
Returning for its 28th consecutive year, ÂĄViva! Spanish and Latin American Festival lands at HOME, Manchester for a celebration of cultures and voices from across the Spanish-speaking world. Over the next three weeks the venue will host several UK...
One of the best things about seeing a brand-new work, is just that – itâs brand new. And after watching the premiere of Bourgeois and Mauriceâs new musical, ‘Insane Animals’ I can tell you, knowing very little about the performance...
âA bit of humanity and a hell of a lot of glitter and giggles.â (Lockie Chapmanâs take on âInsane Animalsâ). In rehearsals Viewing the plight of 21st century humanity from afar, a couple of glam and compassionate aliens decide to pay us a visit and...
What do soldiersâ wives get up to when their husbands (or wives) are away on active service? Never fear. âMilitary Wivesâ is not a News of the World-style exposĂ©. Itâs a heart-warming story based on real life events of how a group of women set out...
E. M. Forsterâs famous two-word exhortation, âOnly Connectâ appears onscreen to top and tail writer/director Michael Winterbottomâs latest work, ‘Greed’. You might want to connect the life story of Winterbottomâs egregiously avaricious...
A little space is a delicately ambitious collaboration between production companies Gecko and Mind the Gap. The former explores the use of physical theatre to express motion and emotion, whereas the latter is internationally renowned for championing...
Cathy Crabb
Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Martin Thomasson
Dave Porter
Hannah Joy Terry
Moses Kabunga