If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise…at least if you had high hopes of this Manchester International Festival show living up to the high standards of some of its other bold experiments in sound and...
Read MoreSo that was the weekend that was! After months of speculation, not to say some anxiety from former Cornerhouse habitués and Library Theatre Company stalwarts, Manchester’s HOME officially opened not only its doors but also...
Read MoreFotheringay were one of the great ‘coulda, shoulda’ contenders from the golden era of folk-rock. Formed by the redoubtable (and now very fashionable) Sandy Denny and her then-husband Trevor Lucas in 1970 immediately...
Read MoreDripping 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. So it’s easy to see, at least in purely commercial terms, why...
Read MoreThere’s no little irony in the fact that although Dire Straits are still reviled in some quarters as the very epitome of 80s enormo-dome/MTV naffness and indulgence, singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Knopfler actually represents...
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