A Meteorological Gamble Pays Off
“Fancy driving to Lancaster to see an outdoor performance in the park?” came the request from Northern Soul a couple of months ago. With a pinch of the Dunkirk spirit I said “yes”, well aware that my...
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Exhibition Review: Archives at Play, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Hard though it is to credit, Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery is fast approaching its ruby anniversary. Such landmarks can often provide the pretext for cheap nostalgia, the reassuring equivalent of a clip show on BBC...
Read MoreReview: Inviolable – Joy as a form of resistance by Linnet Panashe Rubaya, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
It’s rare for me to visit a gallery and immediately think ‘oh, these are good’. More often, it’s ‘hmm’ or even ‘what?’. But the title of British figurative artist Linnet Panashe Rubaya’s exhibition at Manchester’s Saul Hay...
Read MoreTheatre Review: White, HOME, Manchester
I don’t want you to think that I’m losing my critical faculties but I’m about to write my second rave review in a week. From its provenance I expected Peter Pan at The Dukes in Lancaster to be extraordinary, and it was. White,...
Read MoreA new musical for Oldham Coliseum tells the true tale of mill workers’ strike
Using the songs of legendary songwriter Joe Hill – who inspired the likes of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg and Joan Baez – Bread & Roses is a new musical from Ian Kershaw that tells the...
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