Articles relating to: Carole Baldock
Theatre Review: The Borrowers, Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester
It was always going to be interesting to discover how the world of The Borrowers, those helpful miniature beings, would be created.
Read the full story..Poetry Review: The Department of Lost Wishes by Henry Normal; I Can Draw My Alphabet by Tony Walsh and Paul Neads
Word of warning: do not read Henry Normal‘s new poetry collection on the bus, even if you’ve been waiting a whole damn hour.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: The Lady Vanishes, Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
A new genre: thriller-farce?
Read the full story..Review: The Last Ship, Liverpool Playhouse
You could say it looks like Sting’s ship has come in with this production.
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