“I love the mentality behind it,” Ben Batt tells me. He could be talking about his searing portrayal of Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire at Manchester Royal Exchange. Or ruminating on his lauded performance as Ted...
Read MoreIt was a night to remember – and not just because of Maxine Peake’s scorching performance. Shortly before curtain up on the Royal Exchange’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire, an apocalyptic storm engulfed...
Read MoreWhen I was first starting out as a journalist, all fresh-faced, keen and not unlike an eager puppy desperate to please, an experienced hack gave me some invaluable advice. “When writing up an interview, start with the most...
Read MoreMaxine Peake’s artistic reunion with director Sarah Frankcom after The Masque Of Anarchy and Hamlet has, predictably, proved to be one of the hottest tickets at this year’s Manchester International Festival, although it’s worth...
Read MoreThere’s a neat symmetry to the fact the Carol Morley’s new film The Falling is officially the first film to show at Manchester’s spanking-new arts venue, HOME. Morley’s break-through film, the...
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