Monthly Archives: August 2017
What’s on in September: Comedy in Manchester
It’s September, so dust off your satchel, sharpen your pencils and straighten that tie…no wait, that’s school, isn’t it? Wrong one. Forget that. You don’t need any of those things to take in the comedy this month.
Read the full story..Review: PIPPIN The Musical, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
On the face of it, it’s difficult to see why PIPPIN The Musical is not better known on this side of the Pond given it boasts music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, whose stage hits include Godspell and Wicked as well as a latter-day stint as a composer on such Disney animations as Pocahontas.
Read the full story..Review: The Jungle Book, The Lowry, Salford
As I observed the seats filling up for The Jungle Book, I suddenly panicked that I’d come to the show without a kid. Yet Metta Theatre’s electric re-telling – combining street dance and circus routines to bring Rudyard Kipling’s tale into the 21st century – is not just for children.
Read the full story..Win two weekend tickets for Head for the Hills Festival
Win two weekend tickets to Head for the Hills Festival
Read the full story..Suzanne Vega: “The audience comes, thinking of their own memories”
When I wore out my Suzanne Vega cassettes in the 1980s, playing them over and over again, never in my wildest dreams did I think that, one day, I’d be explaining builder’s tea to my musical hero.
Read the full story..“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big whirlwind.” Belinda Carlisle talks to Northern Soul
Look away now if you don’t want to feel old: it’s been 30 years since the recording of power-pop anthem Heaven Is A Place On Earth.
Read the full story..Underneath the Arches: 53two’s Simon Naylor talks about feminism and fringe productions
Manchester is thriving with creativity. Nevertheless, it is daunting to set up a new venue, whether its focus is art, music or theatre.
Read the full story..Picture Gallery: Tales of the Dales, Places of Pilgrimage and Moor Stories by Ian Scott Massie
Artist Ian Scott Massie was born in London in 1952 and grew up in Buckinghamshire.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Summer Sights in North Yorkshire
Northern Soul’s North Yorkshire Photographer, Paul Hunter, shares a gallery of striking images capturing the sights across the region during the summer months.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Family Fun at Just So Festival
Just So Festival, an annual festival for children and their families in Cheshire, took place last weekend.
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