Moses KabungaOne of the best things about seeing a brand-new work, is just that – it’s brand new. And after watching the premiere of Bourgeois and Maurice’s new musical, ‘Insane Animals’ I can tell you, knowing very little about the performance...
Martin Thomasson“A bit of humanity and a hell of a lot of glitter and giggles.” (Lockie Chapman’s take on “Insane Animals”). 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 soldiers’ wives get up to when their husbands (or wives) are away on active service? Never fear. “Military Wives” is not a News of the World-style exposé. It’s a heart-warming story based on real life events of how a group of women set out...
E. M. Forster’s famous two-word exhortation, “Only Connect” appears onscreen to top and tail writer/director Michael Winterbottom’s latest work, ‘Greed’. You might want to connect the life story of Winterbottom’s 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...
Carmel ThomasonIn 1910 a young Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail from England to tour North America with Fred Karno’s music hall troupe. This part of Told by An Idiot’s story is true – strange only because of the stars these young men would later become...
An Act Care is an hour long, imagined chance encounter between Aneurin (Nye) Bevan (played by Seren Vickers) and his realised version of the NHS, 72 years after its inception. Bevan, often regarded as the founder of the NHS, was born in 1897. The...
Steve TimmsEsteemed Canadian physician, Gabor Mate has studied the causes of addiction for decades, and written numerous books on the subject. His conclusions can possibly be distilled into one simple statement: in most cases, the root of addiction is nearly...
It must’ve been quite something to see Nina Simone live at the NIA Centre, Hulme on 2 May 1991. By then, at the age of 59, Nina Simone was an established artist whose music had recently become popular with a whole new generation of fans after My...
What Happened to Agnes is an unfolding mystery from singer and storyteller, Nishla Smith, as she spins a tale told and retold, spanning three generations and two continents. The show opens to haunting piano notes, spiralling into the atmosphere. Tom...
