“Leading a thriving arts organisation is always busy.” These are some of the first words spoken to me by Kevin Shaw, artistic director of Oldham Coliseum. I do not doubt him. In 2002, Shaw took the helm at the Coliseum....
Read MoreNow in its 13th season, JB Shorts is firmly established as a cornerstone of Manchester’s independent theatre scene. As testament to this, in January JB Shorts was selected, along with others, as a representative of the fringe...
Read MoreBurgers are everywhere. Manchester is awash with menus chock-full of meat treats and the most common item of all is the burger. To name just a few of the best, there’s Almost Famous, Byron and Solita. And now,...
Read MoreWith the rapid rise of the surveillance state, our privacy is increasingly violated and our personal information exposed to a wider world. Or so the political jumping-off point for Theatre Ad Infinitum’s latest touring...
Read MoreIn the 1960s, Lisa Prescott was kidnapped and held for more than four days in an East Ham flat by gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray. She was kept there as a sex slave for an escaped murderer, Frank ‘The Mad...
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