Articles relating to: Maxine Peake
Theatre Review: Queens of the Coal Age, Royal Exchange, Manchester
I have a confession.
Theatre Review: Happy Days, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Regular visitors to Manchester’s Royal Exchange will be familiar with seeing productions in the round, but Happy Days offers a new twist: a show in a mound in the round.
“Keeping theatre fresh is about taking risks.” Sarah Frankcom, artistic director of the Royal Exchange
I have an enduring memory of a production of King Lear. I think it was a school trip, probably because the play was on the curriculum.
Ben Batt: meet the Wigan actor making a name for himself
“I love the mentality behind it,” Ben Batt tells me.
Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Royal Exchange, Manchester
It was a night to remember – and not just because of Maxine Peake’s scorching performance.
Maxine Peake: “I am proud of being Northern”
When 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 interesting thing the person said.”
Review: The Skriker, Manchester International Festival
Maxine 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 noting that it continues at the Royal Exchange for a couple of weeks beyond the end of the Festival if you’re searching for tickets.
Carol Morley on The Falling
There’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.
Film Review: Maxine Peake as Hamlet
One of the hottest theatre tickets of the last few years has been Maxine Peake as Hamlet at Manchester’s Royal Exchange.
Maxine Peake talks to Northern Soul
Months ago, when the news that Maxine Peake was going to play Hamlet had just gone public, I asked her, in so many words, ‘”why?”.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
The Northern Soul Awards 2018 took place at the stunning Manchester Cathedral on November 15. Here’s our list of winners, along with the Highly Commended and Special Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/the-2018-awards/the-2018-winners/
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The Northern Soul Poll
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