Tag: Christmas

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...

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The Northern Soul End of Year Quiz

How’s your Northern knowledge? With just a few hours until 2014 draws to a close, let’s see how much you can recall about the year. No prizes, just a lovely feeling of smugness when you get them all right (answers...

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Wanted! Robin Hood

If you’re putting on a big, family-friendly theatre production at this time of year, essentially you’re faced with two options. You can go for a full-on, traditional “It’s behind you!” panto, or else you can...

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