First Rung: The Killing of Demons and Darlings
In 1996, I was 25 and had already lived life to the full. I had stories, I had theories, and I...
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Tag: Cathy Crabb
Review and Photo Gallery: Cotton Clouds Festival, Saddleworth
A drunk woman gesticulates at me. “The back of the line for beer is there.” “What you on about?” I reply (and by now, I’m sober). She goes: “I’ve been stood here for an hour.” “Yeah, I know,” I say. “I’ve been stood...
Read MoreReview: The Ruck, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
“Just wait and I’ll get the others, they’re all here,” says Lily Clark, forward for the Batley Bulldogs Girls Rugby League team as I chat to her outside the Lawrence Batley Theatre before the premiere of The Ruck. As Clark...
Read MoreNorthern Soul chats to director Joyce Branagh about new writing, girls rugby and fighting spirit
Director Joyce Branagh is working on what sounds like the perfect premise for an ensemble piece. Due to open at Huddersfield’s Lawrence Batley Theatre this month, The Ruck is a fictional tale inspired by The...
Read MoreReview: The Shawkshank Redemption, The Lowry, Salford
I thought of a new word yesterday while watching the The Shawshank Redemption at The Lowry: solvation. It’s something you seek but never find. It’s the imagined end to all the past injustices that plague your mind. It came to me...
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