Articles relating to: Cathy Crabb
Review: Cotton Clouds Festival, Saddleworth Cricket Club
Saddleworth has it going on.
Read the full story..Art, heritage and looking to the future: the Weavers Factory opens in Uppermill
Accomplishment isn’t a steady set of milestones for those committed to a life in art.
Read the full story..Review: From Shore to Shore, Yang Sing, Manchester
During From Shore to Shore at Manchester’s Yang Sing restaurant, we are fed the tales and the sharing plates of Chinese food.
Read the full story..Review: International Women’s Day Event, Manchester Central Library
The clamour of the world scrolls incessantly, regurgitating received wisdoms about Brexit, Fleabag and Neverland.
Read the full story..Review: Yoko Ono, Blenheim Walk Gallery, Leeds Arts University
As we head back to Saddleworth after our visit to Leeds Arts University’s new building at Blenheim Walk, I tell someone off on the train and my daughter is pleased with that at least.
Read the full story..Food Review: Molino Lounge, Oldham
Like big eyebrows, veganism is a surprising trend.
Read the full story..Review: Cotton Clouds Festival, Saddleworth
I have to admit that when I saw the line-up for Cotton Clouds music festival in Saddleworth this year the only band I really fancied was Sister Sledge.
Read the full story..Having it large: Manchester Day 2018
I was ridiculously joyful at this year’s Manchester Day Parade.
Read the full story..Art of Class: Salford Arts Theatre
In a new series, Northern Soul’s Cathy Crabb talks to working class creative people, some already established, some emerging, and some setting their stall out to create more work for others. This week it’s Roni Ellis, Scott Berry and Libby Hall from Salford Arts Theatre.
Read the full story..Art of Class: Rob Johnston
In a new series, Northern Soul’s Cathy Crabb talks to working class creative people, some already established, some emerging, and some setting their stall out to create more work for others. This week it’s Rob Johnston, a Manchester-based writer and producer with more than 30 plays staged professionally, both as a commissioned writer and as a producer of his own plays via Breathe Out Theatre. Johnston won the 2011 Kings Cross Award for New Writing for Einstein’s Daughter. Dark Satanic won Best Drama at the 2017 Manchester Fringe Festival.
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