Gleaned from a collection of short stories by Bill Naughton (of Alfie fame) and adapted into a play by Lawrence Till, The Big Corner is a heartfelt homage to life in Bolton when cotton was king. The story pivots around Naughton,...
Read MoreFive years ago the head of the new writing department at Bolton’s Octagon Theatre decided, along with her counterparts at Manchester’s Royal Exchange and the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, to work with...
Read MoreIn Northern England most of life passes in unspoken eloquence. Reposing in the superfluous, bubbling chip fat and bosom-shifting gossip camouflage is all that yearns to be said and never is. It doesn’t matter if it’s...
Read MoreSarah Eastaff, director of a new theatre company dedicated to making exciting, immersive story-telling experiences for children, writes for Northern Soul about producing theatre in unusual spaces and offers some advice when...
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...
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