Monthly Archives: April 2015
Manchester International Festival’s Alex Poots talks to Northern Soul
Last time I went to Blackfriars House, I was seven-years-old. It was the school holidays and I’d decided to spend it snooping around my mum’s office and chatting to Pot Noodle Dave. Oh, how things have changed.
Read the full story..Fleetneedles Forage: Spring is in the air
Spring is definitely in the air and wild plants are beginning to surface, many of which are edible and at their best when young and sweet.
Read the full story..Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten at RNCM
It was a wet and windy afternoon as I ventured forth to see the Royal Northern College of Music’s production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Read the full story..Win tickets to see Dreamboats and Miniskirts at Victoria Theatre, Halifax
WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE DREAMBOATS AND MINISKIRTS AT VICTORIA THEATRE, HALIFAX
Read the full story..By the light of the silvery moon
Night running, music and moonlight, Moon Rise Run is arriving at Manchester’s Heaton Park later this month, writes Karen Connolly.
Read the full story..Max Stafford-Clark on Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to Out of Joint director Max Stafford-Clark about the new co-production with National Theatre Wales, Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage.
Read the full story..Memories of Manchester’s Cornerhouse
I moved to Manchester in January 2001 and got my first job two months later, as a box office assistant at Cornerhouse.
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