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. 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...
Read MoreAmerican Pie and Vincent are about as far as most Don McLean interviewers get. Sure, they’re two of the most enduring songs in the modern pop music canon and American Pie is right up there in the top five songs of the 20th...
Read MoreA little less than a year ago, when Len Johnson ‘Fighter’ first appeared as part of the 2014 Greater Manchester Fringe Festival, I enthusiastically commented that “with just a little judicious trimming and a bit more...
Read MoreWhen Sarah Bird and Rowan Hoban met at a Macclesfield book club in 2008, they discovered a mutual passion for storytelling and family arts events alongside a shared experience of attending festivals with their families where the...
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