Michael Jacob is no stranger to new writing or the creative industries. As a BBC comedy producer, Jacob, whose credits include My Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, is venturing into new and, potentially...
Read MoreI’m no stranger to one-person shows. They’re tough, tough to perform, tough to write and, if not handled well, tough to watch. Thankfully, Working Progress’ second outing at the 24:7 Theatre Festival is slickly performed,...
Read MoreI often sit and think that I am a sane woman in an insane world, especially when I find myself in a theatre with the mysterious sweet-wrapper rustlers, illusive whisperers, confident belchers or those with too weak a bladder to...
Read MoreWhen I first moved to Manchester, I stumbled drunkenly into The King’s Arms one night and asked whereabouts in Manchester I was, only to be greeted with surly grimaces from the locals and told in no uncertain terms that I was,...
Read MoreI lived in Liverpool briefly in 2005 after failing to become a success in London. I’d moved back up North and swapped my dreams for a doomed relationship with a boy eight years my junior. In that year with him, I managed...
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