This extravagant production of Verdi’s La Traviata arrives at The Lowry at the end of its run for Opera North, and this last week of shows bursts with the energy of a final hurrah. Verdi’s La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) has long been one of the most...
If, like me, you love the taste of bottled water but are looking to cut down on your use of plastic, a water filter with a reusable bottle might be the answer. We tried out the Zerowater 12 cup/2.8 litre capacity jug filter, which claims to remove...
Paul Thomason spends a creative, fun and competitive afternoon playing Taskmaster which brings all the silliness of the TV show to your front room. It must have been the ultimate task for board game producers, Ginger Fox but somehow they’ve...
Kurt Weil’s dramatic opera, Street Scene was awarded the inaugural Tony Award for Best Original Score in 1947. It’s based on a play by Elmer Rice and charts the events that take place over two days in the slums of a New York district. Trailer The...
There’s a moment in Under the Silver Lake – the third film from director David Robert Mitchell, after the hit horror It Follows – where Sam, the aimless slacker at the heart of this delirious, Los Angeles neo-noir, beats up a pair of teenagers who...
Seemingly uncomplicated, Sarah, who is living at home, is used to having an arm’s length relationship with her mum, Helen. She even accepts her mum’s decision to give her bedroom over solely to the new cat. But when faced with the prospect of...
Carmel Thomason
Paul Thomason
Moses Kabunga
Steve Timms
Lorraine Worsley-Carter