Monthly Archives: March 2015
Michael Brandon takes A View from the Bridge
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to actor Michael Brandon (known to many as Dempsey from TV’s Dempsey and Makepeace) about his career and current role of Alfieri in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, set in Brandon’s birthplace, Brooklyn.
Review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Liverpool Playhouse
This play is a fable. I know it’s a fable because the world’s biggest typewriter (heard but not seen) pounds the words ‘A FABLE’ onto the tea-chest-style wooden backdrop at the start of the story.
Speak out and speak up: one woman’s experience with the NHS
Northern Soul’s Wendy Pratt writes candidly about her devastating experience with NHS failings, how she came through it, and why she still loves and admires the health service.
Eyeliner, black leather and post-punk: not your average book launch
Picture a book launch: chances are you’re imagining a staid and stifled event in a windowless inner-city Waterstones on a wet Wednesday afternoon, with copies of books and glasses of steadily souring white wine laid out in evenly-spaced rows on folding trestle tables.
Win tickets to see Sleeping Beauty at St Helens Theatre Royal
WIN A FAMILY TICKET TO SEE SLEEPING BEAUTY AT ST HELENS THEATRE ROYAL
In detention: Rule 35 and Community Arts North West
Rule 35 is a new production from Community Arts North West, an immersive show which allows the public to experience the fear and isolation of women held in detention centres such as Yarl’s Wood. Northern Soul’s Jack Stocker talks to director Cheryl Martin, creative producer Katherine Rogers, and actor and former detainee Mavis Smith.
Win a Precious Little Bundle Easter Basket
WIN A PRECIOUS LITTLE BUNDLE EASTER BASKET
Appy Times at Manchester’s Apadmi
Since its formation in 2009, Manchester-based Apadmi, a leading mobile app developer, has expanded rapidly and is continuing to take on new staff and clients. Howard Simms, co-founder and director of Apadmi, writes for Northern Soul about the company’s origins, recent changes and where the business is heading.
The Astounding Broccoli Boy: Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks to Northern Soul
Under ‘Occupation’ on Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s passport, it must say ‘Writer‘.
An Evening of Public Shaming with Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson is very big on Twitter. That’s to say he’s an active fan of the service, has well over 100,000 followers, and first opened up an account back in December 2008.
Freerange Comedy Festival at Brewery Arts Centre Kendal
Comedy fans who can’t make Harry and Meghan’s big day at Windsor Castle can experience a ‘Royal Wedding’ with a difference in Kendal this May at Freerange Comedy Festival, hosted by Brewery Arts Centre.
The Northern Soul Poll
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