‘panto on acid’ The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Met, Bury
As I explain the plot of The Pied Piper of Hamelin to my 13-year-old niece, I watch her expression...
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Review: Hansel And Gretel at Bury Met
Fairytales are everywhere at the moment – not that they’ve been away – but we’ve become rather obsessed of late. From Neil Gaiman’s retelling of Sleeping Beauty (The Sleeper And The Spindle) to Frank Cottrell Boyce’s recent Red...
Read MoreO’Hooley & Tidow on the folk ale trail
Folk used to be the preserve of beardy blokes in Arran sweaters singing about nautical disasters. Now the likes of Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow are reclaiming our nation’s traditional music for a new generation....
Read MoreWe Will Be Free! – The Tolpuddle Martyrs
If your life depended on it, could you explain who the Tolpuddle Martyrs were? Perhaps in the recesses of your mind you remember a sleepy school history lesson which expounded the importance of this small group of men living in...
Read MoreKate Rusby talks to Northern Soul
Kate Rusby is something of a legend, which is some going for someone who is the same age as I am (39, since you ask). Occasionally known as the Barnsley Nightingale, Rusby has been described as the “first lady of young...
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