Articles relating to: Bolton
Good News in Focus: Lend a Hand in Horwich
Northern Soul and People’s Powerhouse are continuing our partnership to share good new stories about businesses, people and communities coming together in the North of England during the COVID-19 crisis. As the country begins to loosen lockdown restrictions, we’re talking to Northerners doing excellent work across the region.
Hamiltonic: Bolton Gin and Rum Festival
Sunday was the day of rest, according to biblical doctrine.
Theatre Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Bolton Octagon at Albert Halls
This is the most interesting production of The Importance of Being Earnest I have ever seen, and that includes David Suchet in drag as Lady Bracknell.
The Transformative Power of Near-Death Experiences: Northern Soul talks to writer Kelly Michelle Walsh
It’s no exaggeration to say that Bolton-born Kelly Michelle Walsh is a veritable ray of sunshine on a grey and grim wet day.
Review: Royal Balti House, Farnworth, Bolton
Liverpudlians have their bowls of scouse, Manchester has its tarts and Eccles folk can proudly point out their cakes to visitors.
Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Bolton Octagon
I arrive at the theatre something of a Brontë virgin, having never read any of the sisters’ books (I know, you’re appalled, but I’m a child of the 60s and I did science at school and university – blame The Two Cultures).
Review: Ashes, Bolton Octagon
One look at Ciaran Bagnall’s marvellously monumental set and we’re back in the 1970s, a world of white surfaces, chrome, and chunky design.
Review: The Family Way, Bolton Octagon
In Northern England most of life passes in unspoken eloquence.
Review: Early One Morning at the Bolton Octagon
Early One Morning. It sounds like the opening of a folk song and, as is often the case in folk songs, there is a truth to be told; storytelling passed from generation to generation which celebrates love and makes sense of what is often a cruel world.
David Thacker, Artistic Director of Bolton Octagon, talks to Northern Soul
David Thacker cut his theatrical canines in the capital.
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