If I invited you to an evening out to watch 14 plays, what would you think? Marathon? Shut eye? Breakneck speed? Well, this production of âThe Manchester Project at Christmasâ, by the Manchester-based âMonkeywoodâ theatre company, is exactly that...
In todayâs digital age societies are more connected than ever before. This hyper inter connectivity means that wifi, broadband, smartphones and tablets allow those with access to click, post, share and like at the drop of a hat. Everything is...
Bryony Kimmings is back – back with a vengeance. On stage, sheâs dressed in an orange ASOS sequin dress and a blonde wig â Dolly Parton would be jealous. This is a flashback. Our protagonist fills us in on events since she last trod the boards...
The Shadow is Company Chameleonâs first full-length work to be produced from its new Openshaw-based dance studio. And there was a warm reception at Home for the premiere, its first in the city for more than a decade. The Shadow presented by Company...
Hard to believe, but Sheffield based provocateurs Forced Entertainment have been pushing at the boundaries of the theatrical form for almost 35 years now. No band has lasted this long, at least not without splits, reformations and changing line-ups...
This Halloween HOME and Film4 are teaming up again for the fourth annual FilmFear season â bringing six days of horror, extreme cinema, cult favourites and special guests to Manchester. The Lighthouse A special preview of The Lighthouse, director...
Less of a drama and more an exercise in pop culture storytelling, Rick Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran is, in the words of writer/performer Javaad Alipoor, partly about ârich people acting like dicks.â But these arenât ordinary rich...
In a 1994 article entitled, âDiscussing the Undiscussableâ, New Yorker critic, Arlene Croce, explained her refusal to review a piece by choreographer, Bill T. Jones by accusing him of presenting âvictim artâ. Jonesâs show, Still/Here, employed...
âItâs True, Itâs True, Itâs Trueâ is a remarkable portrayal of Artemisia Gentileschiâs experiences during a trail in 17th century Italy. Born in Rome to Orazio Gentileschi and Prudentia Montone, Artemisia was a prodigious painter who, as it now...
Queens of Sheba is a tour de force. Four female actors play a multitude of characters that transport us to a world of fun, hope, observation and yearning. Tosin Alabi, Eshe Asante, Kokoma (koko) Kwaku and Elisha Robin thoroughly deserve that extra...