Carmel ThomasonIt’s a cold, dark night on the moors in director, Bryony Shanahan’s new production of Wuthering Heights at The Royal Exchange. Adapting Emily Brontë’s sweeping 19th century novel for the stage is always ambitious, not only because of the scale of...
Since winning an Arvon Foundation bursary in 2007 Manchester writer, Gemma Langford has written stories for stage, screen and video games with work including Ghost Town Games’ Overcooked 2 and episodes for BBC’s Dr Who. Last year she was...
Author Patrick Ness is setting young people a monster writing challenge inspired by his novel turned stage show, A Monster Calls. A Monster Calls. Image by Manuel Harlan His 2011 book for young adults has sold over a million copies and garnered huge...
In 1910 a young Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail from England to tour North America with Fred Karno’s music hall troupe. This part of Told by An Idiot’s story is true – strange only because of the stars these young men would later become...
Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer comedian KOJO ANIM ahead of his 26-date debut solo tour Kojo Anim became the comedy sensation of Britain’s Got Talent 2019, when Simon Cowell used his golden buzzer to send the 39-year-old straight into the semi...
A musical doesn’t get to celebrate its 30th anniversary unless it is something special.And that something is the music of Buddy Holly. In a whirlwind 18-months this young musician from Texas took the music world by storm, writing the soundtrack of a...
It must’ve been quite something to see Nina Simone live at the NIA Centre, Hulme on 2 May 1991. By then, at the age of 59, Nina Simone was an established artist whose music had recently become popular with a whole new generation of fans after My...
As part of the Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations at Manchester Jewish Museum, London-based, Canadian theatre maker and performer, Tamara Micner reflects on how the next generation can keep memories alive. She talks to Quays Life about the...
It’s 25 years since Kay Mellor brought her controversial drama, Band of Gold about a group of sex workers in Bradford to the small screen. It was controversial because the central characters were prostitutes, or as the women refer to each other on...
There is nothing quite like watching a master at work. No matter what that work may be, when someone who loves what they are doing so completely it’s hard not to be captivated by their enthusiasm. Wes Peden is a master juggler. He holds a degree in...