Carmel ThomasonPlaywright Daniel Kanaber talks to Carmel Thomason about his new play Under Three Moons, produced by Manchester Theatre Company Box of Tricks and written after a terrifyingly macho stag-do: Without giving away any spoilers, what is the story of...
Circus duo, Tamsin Shasha and Maisy Taylor are another of the Lowry’s Week53 Festival successes. Their show ‘Everything I See I Swallow’, which debuted at last year’s festival, went on to win a Fringe First award at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe. Quays...
In ‘Who Cares’, writer and director Matt Woodhead shares the inspirational stories of young cares in Salford. What is the story of Who Cares? Matt: ‘Who Cares’ is a verbatim play adapted from over 200 hours of interviews with young...
Early Doors, the stage show of the BBC2 pub sitcom, returns to the Lowry for a limited run, and even the hottest day of the year can’t keep its punters away. The theatre is packed to the top, and it’s no surprise given the size of the Arena venues...
Martin ThomassonWhen Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company takes on Shakespeare and a classical ballet score by Sergei Prokoviev, we are primed to expect the unexpected. If Bourne is to be believed (and he’s a knight of the realm, so he ain’t gonna lie, is he?)...
I recently read an article on a contemporary dance forum which argued that narrative dance (that which seeks to tell a story through music and movement) has had its day, and that the future belongs entirely to abstract choreography. I was not...
Quays Life catches-up with actor, Mark Moraghan, who plays Grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine, a new musical comedy from Tony Award-winners James Lapine and William Finn, based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name. Mark Moraghan How did you first...
In the past year Pamela DeMenthe has gone from nuclear scientist to publishing guru. Together with her polyamorous husband the couple has set up a publishing empire for her erotic fiction. Pamela likes to sell herself as the thinking woman’s E.L...
Linzi Hateley talks to Quays Life about taking on one of the all time great musical roles: Liverpool’s Marilyn Monroe – Blood Brothers’ Mrs Johnstone. Mrs Johnstone is such an iconic role. Have you been longing to play her...
“Of all the parts I’ve done in my career, this is probably the biggest.” Former Hollyoaks star, Chris Fountain talk to Quays Life about taking on the iconic role of Charlie Babbitt in Bill Kenwright’s touring production of Rain Man...