Monthly Archives: October 2019
Theatre Review: Reasons to Stay Alive, HOME, Manchester
I am nothing if not a Matt Haig fangirl.
Read the full story..Food Review: Erst, Ancoats, Manchester
There’s a buzz about eating out in Manchester city centre.
Read the full story..Preview: OperaWatch, Autumn 2019
As the month of November approaches, we are well and truly into Autumn which can mean only one thing: the return of a new opera season.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Light Falls, Royal Exchange, Manchester
The auspices were good.
Read the full story..Brexit poetry: NEVER LET IT BE SAID
Henry Normal, co-writer of award-winning TV and film shows such as The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, The Parole Officer, Coogan’s Run, Paul Calf, and producer of Gavin and Stacey, Moone Boy, Uncle and Alan Partridge, among many others, has written four Brexit-themed poems exclusively for Northern Soul. They are called Brexit Trilogy (taking into account inflation). Here’s the second one.
Read the full story..Review: Is There Anybody Out There? The Lowry, Salford
Last month, when Northern Soul spoke to Steve Delaney of Count Arthur Strong fame about his current tour, he confessed: “It’s just Arthur’s stream of consciousness, really… In a sense it’s difficult for me to explain what a live show’s about.
Read the full story..What’s on in November: Comedy in Manchester
There’s no need to renew your Netflix subscription for November as there’s far too much comedic entertainment to keep you going in Manchester.
Read the full story..Brexit poetry: CAKE (A poem with layers)
Norman Cornish: The Definitive Collection
The first major retrospective exhibition of work by the North East artist Norman Cornish is due to take place at The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle in County Durham. This event will celebrate the centenary of the acclaimed artist’s work and opens almost 100 years to the day of his birth in Spennymoor. Here, the curator Dr Howard Coutts writes about the exhibition for Northern Soul.
Read the full story..Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton
About this time last year, I took retirement.
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