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Theatre Review – Your Sexts Are Shit: Older Better Letters, Royal Exchange, Manchester
When I heard about writer and performer Rachel Mars’ one woman show, Your Sexts Are Shit: Older and Better Letters, I was expecting an hour of laughs and covering my mouth in mock horror. I wasn’t expecting to feel moved.
Opera Review: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky; Gianni Schacci by Giacomo Puccini, Opera North, The Lowry
It’s the end of a fantastic spring season by Opera North at Salford’s Lowry.
Photo Gallery: GinnelWatch – time to show us your ginnels!
We love a good ginnel at Northern Soul. But, depending on where you’re from, there are all sorts of words for what essentially amounts to an alleyway, including jennel, snicket, vennel, gennel, jitty, jetty and our new favourite…a weind.
Opera Review: Katya Kabanov by Leoš Janáček, Opera North, The Lowry
About a third way of the way through Opera North’s Spring season we moved away from the 18th Century absurdism of late Mozart to the early days of the 20th Century, and three works made in the shadow of the First World War.
Hamiltonic: Time for a Tanqueray, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester
One of the great pleasures of this job is the occasional invitation to evenings such as this.
Opera Review: The Magic Flute, Opera North, The Lowry
The excitement in the office at OperaWatch was palpable.
It’s great scran: Northern Soul eats the city on a Scranchester Tour
Getting Housemate out of bed on a Saturday morning is often an impossible task. But she’s up bright and early (well, she’s on time) to Eat the City with Manchester-based Scranchester Tours.
Food Review: El Gato Negro, King St, Manchester
Back in the olden dias, seeking out Spanish cuisine in Manchester city centre entailed a visit to La Tasca or the venerable El Rincon.
Book Review: The Sisterhood – A Love Letter to the Women Who Have Shaped Me by Daisy Buchanan
I don’t have sisters. I’m the youngest of two children and, much to my dismay (and eternal torture), the only girl in my family.
Opera Review: Mary’s Hand, Lancaster Priory Church
I was going to start with that old OperaWatch standby: “It’s been a quiet time here at OW offices.”
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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The Northern Soul Poll
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