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Keith Khan's The Accountants at Aviva Studios May 2024 - credit Tristram Kenton

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Keith Khan’s The Accountants: Review

‘The Accountants’ is a cross-cultural collaboration between choreographers and video designers at Factory International. And there is so much energy and devotion to the project in...

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Kite Runner 2024 Photographer credit: Barry Rivett for Hotshot Photography.

Reviews Theatre

The Kite Runner: Theatre Review

Full disclosure: I haven’t read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. An international bestseller with a panoramic vision taking in the 20th century history of Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion...

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42 Balloons: Review

The phenomenal success of Six the Musical tells us its producers Andy and Wendy Barnes have a keen eye for spotting the next big thing. So, their backing of quirky new musical, 42 Balloons, from...

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SWEAT, Pooky Quesnel (Tracey), Jonathan Kerrigan (Stan), Lewis Gribben (Jason), Kate Kennedy (Jessie), Abdul Sessay (Chris) - Photo Helen Murray

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Sweat at The Royal Exchange Theatre: Review

It has been a particular gripe of mine that middle class writers often present the poor as a subhuman genus, pouring neat vodka on their morning cornflakes. Determinedly bucking this trend, we now...

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Georgia Lennon as Paula Pokrifki & Luke Baker as Zack Mayo in An Officer and a Gentleman, credit Marc Brenner

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An Officer and a Gentleman the Musical: Review

Cathy CrabbAdd comment

We can say it now – anything set in the 80’s has become a period piece and The Curve’s production of An Officer and a Gentleman, the Musical, is as 80’s as legwarmers in shoulder pads. Douglas Day Stewart’s original story was an 80’s hit film...

Rambert in Ben Duke's Death Trap (Goat) photography by Camilla Greenwell

Dance Reviews

Rambert Dance Death Trap: Review

Carmel Thomason

Cluedo 2. Play performed at Richmond Theatre,London, UK

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Cluedo 2: Theatre Review

Steve Timms

To do & see

Games Reviews

Taskmaster – The Board Game: Review

Paul Thomason

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...

To do & see Travel

The only swing bridge aqueduct in the world

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Lorraine Worsley-Carter stumbles upon a unique wonder of the canal age in Salford After taking a short cut to our favourite Trafford DIY store, our sat-nav suggested a route which took us over an old bridge which we had not traversed before...

Further Afield To do & see Travel

Discovering Fleetwood’s heritage with a Fisherman’s Friend

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

One day in June, taking advantage of the ease of lockdown, we decided to have a day out in Thornton Cleveleys. We took a wrong turn and found we were actually heading for Fleetwood and so decided to visit. I would expect that most Northerners...

Lifestyle Salford Quays To do & see

Top tips for novice runners at Salford Quays

Hayley Smith

Hayley Smith gives her top tips for novice runners and finds Salford Quays a wonderful place to start. I am not a natural born runner. In fact, I didn’t believe I was a natural born exerciser for many years (thank you, school PE lessons) – then, out...

People

Manchester Composer Carmel Smickersgill on her Radical New Work

Carmel Thomason

Carmel Smickersgill is a Manchester based composer whose recent work includes Enter Vivian, part of the Philip Glass Referactions EP; and Birthday Card for a Stranger, a joint commission to mark the 50th annivarsaries of Manchester Camerata and RNCM...

Marisa Carnesky Show women Photo Credit Sarah Hickson

People Salford Quays To do & see

“It’s really important that women with physicality are still out there being physical in midlife” – Marisa Carnesky

Jordon Francis

“Its kind of like a TED talk with people flying around and doing fire,” laughs Marisa Carnesky describing SHOWWOMEN, her new performance work which comes to The Lowry this weekend. “It’s dynamic, it takes you on a journey, we make you laugh...