Monthly Archives: May 2015
Hotel Football: all to play for?
Walking into Hotel Football, you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve stepped onto Wonder Woman’s island.
Read the full story..Review: Beating Berlusconi! at the Liverpool Everyman
Ten years on from Liverpool FC winning the Champions League comes this timely revival of a ballsy play.
Read the full story..Facial Attraction – a beard-based dating app (yes, really)
Transport yourself back through the mists of time. Way, way back, to October 2014, and picture this scene.
Read the full story..Matthew Bourne talks to Northern Soul
“Make sure you ask him about Swan Lake,” says my Editor ahead of my interview with choreographer Matthew Bourne. “I saw Swan Lake at the Palace Theatre in 1996 and was mesmerised.”
Read the full story..Review: The Funfair, HOME, Manchester
In any given situation, there’s a certain pressure and a weight of expectation that comes with being the first up to bat. In this instance, The Funfair is the first theatre production at HOME, Manchester’s shiny new arts venue.
Read the full story..Review: Constellations, Liverpool Playhouse
Almost 20 years ago, Pulp released their career-defining album Different Class. Along with the Yanis Varoufakis-approved anthem Common People, it also featured a song called Something Changed. In the song, which is a delicate strum-a-long until some easy-listening strings send it soaring, St Jarvis of Intake ruminates on the temporal singularity around which a relationship was once conjured into existence.
Read the full story..Review: The Car Man, The Lowry
Dripping with sex and throbbing with violence, yet blessed with humour, The Car Man is far and away the most adults-only of Matthew Bourne’s many successful shows.
Read the full story..The Northern Soul Podcast: Affairs
Hurrah! It’s May’s Northern Soul Podcast.
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Read the full story..Don McLean talks to Northern Soul
American Pie and Vincent are about as far as most Don McLean interviewers get.
Read the full story..Johnny Marr on Manchester, architecture and his autobiography
Of The Smiths’ many fine attributes, there’s one which sometimes tends to get overlooked: their strong sense of place.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
- Image Gallery: The Female Form Through Time, Discovery Museum, Newcastle
- “Our first night is bound to be emotional.” Anthony Prophet, co-owner of The Bowdon Rooms in Altrincham
- Book Review: This Is How We Come Back Stronger – Feminist Writers on Turning Crisis into Change
- Image Gallery: Jade Magenta Williams, A Smart Price way of life, PAPER, Manchester
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