The staging is simple: four straight-backed chairs, a backdrop for projections and, overhead, two rows of clothing hung on lines (theatre is a place for costumes and dressing-up, but also, we are reminded, the theatre we are here to pay our respects...
A story as well-known as, āMiracle on 34th Streetā has a lot to live up to in a stage-show retelling. Many will know it from the classic 1947 movie starring Natalie Wood, in which Santa Claus finds himself in court on Christmas Eve having to justify...
Two of Us, the title taken from the opening song on The Beatlesā final album, looks at the friendship behind what is still probably the greatest song writing partnership of all time ā John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The story has been adapted for...
In the Convent of the Three Fās, 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 Alcottās Little Women was the first āclassic bookā 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 donāt 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: itās not hard to see parallels between the inter-war period and todayās political landscape, where Putin invades a neighbouring country on the...
Returning for its 28th consecutive year, Ā”Viva! 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 – itās brand new. And after watching the premiere of Bourgeois and Mauriceās new musical, ‘Insane Animals’ I can tell you, knowing very little about the performance...
āA bit of humanity and a hell of a lot of glitter and giggles.ā (Lockie Chapmanās take on āInsane Animalsā). 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...
Martin Thomasson
Carmel Thomason
Cathy Crabb
Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Dave Porter
Hannah Joy Terry
Moses Kabunga