Monthly Archives: July 2014
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: maddening and magnificent
There’s no doubt about it – Neil Young is an unpredictable ‘ol cuss.
Read the full story..Red Ladder fights back after funding cut
There were always going to be winners and losers when the Arts Council announced who it would fund through the National Portfolio Organisation. For radical theatre group Red Ladder it was a catastrophic blow: they lost every penny.
Read the full story..Hurr, the war on terror and Javaad Alipoor
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to the writer and director of new play Hurr, Javaad Alipoor.
Read the full story..Beryl cycles to glory at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
It seems appropriate that a play about an unbeatable Yorkshire cyclist was penned by a similarly driven actress from across the Pennines.
Read the full story..Here’s an exhibition we made earlier at The Lowry
Muffin the Mule. Val, John and Peter. Zammo. Teletubbies. Mr Tumble. Tracy Beaker.
Read the full story..Betty Blue Eyes: Ham Fare For The Common Man
The last few weeks have been hectic for Liverpool’s veterinary community – or the ones qualified to look after puppet animals at any rate.
Read the full story..Jamie Cullum builds Momentum
Jamie Cullum’s album Momentum is one of his strongest outings since the classic twentysomething.
Read the full story..Women Writers Need Women Writers
When I first started writing this article I thought it was going to be about feminism and the modern woman, and how women writers struggle to get published.
Read the full story..Nowhere is Home for Dexys
Let’s get this straight from the start. If you, reader, are sitting there thinking, “Dexys! Hahaha! Come on Eileen! One-hit wonders! Raggle-taggle gypsies! Hohoho!” – well, you’ve got it all wrong.
Read the full story..Götterdämmerung, Opera North
On a really sunny day and with the quarter finals of the World Cup looming, I set off to the darkness of The Lowry in Salford for a six and a half hour performance of the last of the Ring Cycle, Götterdämmerung.
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