Every now and again an event comes along that stops you dead in your tracks. It either shifts your perception of what you thought was true; or reminds you that you’ve taken something for granted for too long. On this night, in Manchester, that event...
Circa – Humans is the brain child of Yaron Lifschitz. Creator. Artistic Director. Empresario. A native of Australia, this is his Salford helping of jaw-dropping, mind-numbing, acrobatic excellence. Tonight’s offering sees his troupe of skilled...
He’s dressed from head to toe in black Javier Jarquin pounces on stage as the eponymous Card Ninja. To his right is a table stacked with sealed packs of normal sized playing cards. Is this a magic show? A stand-up routine? Or a children’s...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is definitely flavour of the month. She’s an award winner. She has writing credits on the fantastically successful Killing Eve. Fleabag is now a hit BBC TV show in its own right and she’s co-written the next James Bond film, No...
Ahead of Margaret Atwood’s visit to The Lowry in October, fans get a taste of what to expect as the author’s live event at London’s National Theatre is screened live to 1,000 cinemas world-wide – including the Lowry Vue Cinema. In Margaret Atwood...
Growing up in the 1980’s I remember the arrival and subsequent demise of much of the ‘must have’ technology that tantalised us all back then. So, I hotly anticipated FaxFiction, a performance of new short stories by six writers, incorporating now...
It’s 10 years since National Theatre Live launched with a satellite link from National’s Lyttelton Theatre to broadcast a production of Phèdre with Helen Mirren to 70 cinemas in the UK and 200 internationally. A play on the big screen...
“Count the clouds and name them…” a voice booms out from a video installation conceived by Yoko Ono. “Listen to the sound of the earth moving”. This is Manchester and the clouds and the number of them draw an unexpected response – more of which...
Moses Kabunga