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...
In 1910 a young Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail from England to tour North America with Fred Karnoâs music hall troupe. This part of Told by An Idiotâs story is true â 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...
Esteemed 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 mustâve 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...
Hannah Joy Terry
Moses Kabunga
Martin Thomasson
Carmel Thomason
Steve Timms
