Author: Kevin Bourke
“I am an outsider.” Northern Soul talks to crime writer Will Dean about his debut Dark Pines
Will Dean’s Dark Pines is one of this year’s hottest crime debuts, and with a back story that’s nearly as intriguing as the book itself.
Theatre Review: The Return of the Soldier, Hope Mill, Ancoats
Rebecca West’s novella The Return of the Soldier, published in 1918 when she was just 25-years-old, was a striking debut.
Review: Tipping Point/Switch, Upper Campfield, Manchester
While its Oxford Road site is renovated, the ever-innovative Contact theatre is staging productions at partner venues.
What Love Would Want: Lindsay Kemp and Tim Arnold chat to Northern Soul
Somewhere out there in a lovingly mischievous, poly-morphously sexual world – where Ziggy Stardust meets The Wicker Man, Kate Bush sends flowers and Derek Jarman catches it all on film, while Marcel Marceau, Lou Reed, Ken Russell and Fellini are all waiting for the man – is where you might expect to come across legendary mime artist, dancer and self-proclaimed “poofter in pink tights”, Lindsay Kemp.
“I think everyone’s going to say ‘wow’.” Northern Soul chats to bestselling thriller author Lee Child
With more than 100 million books sold in more than 100 publishing territories to date, it’s estimated that a Jack Reacher thriller is bought somewhere in the world every nine seconds.
Review: The Secret Seven, Storyhouse, Chester
Somewhat surprisingly, this is the first time the estate of Enid Blyton has authorised an adaptation of the very English adventures of The Secret Seven.
Sweet Kind of Blue: acclaimed musician Emily Barker talks to Northern Soul
Early one cold and rainy February morning last year, Australian musician and Northern Soul favourite Emily Barker woke up in Nashville and got in her car for a journey to Memphis.
Review: Guys and Dolls, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Widely regarded as one of the finest Broadway musicals of all time, this co-production between the Royal Exchange and Talawa Theatre Company of the great Guys and Dolls, first performed in 1950 and revived many times since, is notable for being the first in the UK to feature an all-black cast.
Review: BE//LONGING, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Manchester Theatre Award-winning collective Take Back Theatre, set up by actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, writer Rebekah (Becx) Harrison and visual artist Grant Archer in October 2015 as “an artistic response to the politics of austerity” has proved to be an astonishing Northern powerhouse of political theatre in its two years of life.
Theatre, war and a satirical newspaper: Ian Hislop and Nick Newman talk about The Wipers Times
The Wipers Times, coming to Manchester Opera House at the end of October, tells the extraordinary true story of a satirical newspaper created in the midst of the mud and murderous mayhem of the Somme at the height of the First World War.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
The Northern Soul Awards 2018 took place at the stunning Manchester Cathedral on November 15. Here’s our list of winners, along with the Highly Commended and Special Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/the-2018-awards/the-2018-winners/
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