The first place we lived in after I was born was an ancient stone cottage, with walls four feet thick, property of the printing and dyeing factory in Bradshaw, where my dad worked at the time. I was not quite three-years-old when the factory closed...
There was a time when every bus ride was a job for two people. The driver had his own separate cabin and his own personal door to climb in through, with a single inset step (almost like a stirrup) to help him mount his steed. The other member of the...
To the Stars is an uplifting coming-of-age story from the producers of It Follows and Midnight Special. Martin Thomasson reviews: Small town Oklahoma at the dawn of the 1960s; no place for a wild child, no place for anybody with dreams they hope...
Set in a Leeds of the near future, âThe Good Bookâ directed by Brett Chapman with a script by James Phillips, tells the story of a community beset by fear and suspicion. A young woman called Bear, having had visions that society needed to return to...
âA bit of humanity and a hell of a lot of glitter and giggles.â (Lockie Chapmanâs take on âInsane Animalsâ). In rehearsals Viewing the plight of 21st century humanity from afar, a couple of glam and compassionate aliens decide to pay us a visit and...
Thick and Tightâs modus operandi â quirky choreography, hitched to voiceover and lip-synch as well as music â serves up enough treats to bring sunlight into the hearts of those of us braving a bleary February evening in Salford. Humour and charm...
What do soldiersâ wives get up to when their husbands (or wives) are away on active service? Never fear. âMilitary Wivesâ is not a News of the World-style exposĂ©. Itâs a heart-warming story based on real life events of how a group of women set out...
E. M. Forsterâs famous two-word exhortation, âOnly Connectâ appears onscreen to top and tail writer/director Michael Winterbottomâs latest work, ‘Greed’. You might want to connect the life story of Winterbottomâs egregiously avaricious...
If the word âMACFESTâ conjures thoughts of tribute bands to former Beatles, or feasts of self-indulgence celebrating a certain world-dominating burger chain, think again. MACFEST, now in its third year, is the brainchild of Qaisra Shahraz, a...
Charles Dickensâs favourite of his own works, David Copperfield can be well described as an âautobiographical novelâ, drawing heavily on events and characters from Dickensâs own life, but nevertheless a work of fiction created by the authorâs...
Martin Thomasson