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...
Imagine being in a room. The room is filled with your peers. Broadly speaking you donât know them. Instructions in an envelope explain that youâre now a Game Show. Youâre either the Host, a Team Captain, the Stage Manager or a contestant. This was...
A word of warning: if youâve got a flight booked anytime soon, I wouldnât recommend going to see the accident did not take place. YESYESNONOâs show â acclaimed at the Edinburgh Fringe and now on at HOME as part of Orbit Festival â uses the premise...
Sh!t Theatreâs Drink Rum With Expats is an alcohol fuelled cornucopia of corruption, devastation and political intrigue. This hour long dramatisation is fresh from its Edinburgh run and tells the tale of Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersoleâs...
Every now and again an event comes along that stops you dead in your tracks. It either shifts your perception of what you thought was true; or reminds you that youâve taken something for granted for too long. On this night, in Manchester, that event...
Steve Timms
Carmel Thomason
Martin Thomasson
Moses Kabunga
Georgina Wells