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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?”.
Read the full story..Review: Hamlet at Manchester’s Royal Exchange
There’s a terrific, often overlooked sketch in the first series of The League of Gentlemen.
Read the full story..Beryl cycles to glory at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
It seems appropriate that a play about an unbeatable Yorkshire cyclist was penned by a similarly driven actress from across the Pennines.
Read the full story..Keeping Rosy: Christine Bottomley gives Northern Soul the low-down
On Portland Street in Manchester city centre, sandwiched between Chinatown and the coach station, there’s a large disused office block.
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