Author: Lucia Cox

Cirque Berserk

Ah, the circus. The big top, the floor strewn with straw, the hard, wobbly benches, the clowns and trapeze artist, the strong man, the lions, tigers and bears, oh my! There’s something to be said for the circus in all its...

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Hobson’s Choice at Bolton Octagon

Bolton’s latest nod to all-things Northern comes in the classic Brighouse tale, Hobson’s Choice. Set in Salford, Lancashire at the turn of last century, Harold Brighouse’s play has been his enduring legacy. This tale is taken...

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A Christmas Carol

Manchester has fully embraced the Christmas spirit. The markets are in full swing with gluhwein flowing and bratwurst sizzling, the city is twinkling with thousands of tiny fairy lights and, along Oxford Road, the Palace Theatre...

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Fiddler on the Roof

There’s something a bit special about this new national tour of Fiddler on the Roof: the role of Tevye, the poor milkman and protagonist of the story, is taken by Paul Michael Glaser, he of Starsky & Hutch fame and...

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The Beautiful Game

Author David Peace now resides in Japan but the Huddersfield-born, former Manchester resident and graduate from Manchester Polytechnic (now MMU) is thrilled to be back to promote his novel about the late, great Bill Shankly, Red...

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