Review Archives - Page 5 of 200

Festive Review: Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas, Waterside, Sale

Posted by Cathy Crabb | Dec 15, 2025 | Arts, Theatre

It’s a children’s animation and story book about a burnt-out Santa Claus with a drink problem. At...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Dec 15, 2025 | Art, Arts

As December devours the daylight, it’s hard to avoid the winter skies. In the twinkling...

Posted by Peter Shukie | Dec 15, 2025 | Art, Arts

Contemporary art sits between two forms of repetition. One is the tired canon that keeps circling...

Posted by Andrew Moor | Dec 15, 2025 | Music

We are now in peak panto time, so Sergei Prokoviev’s L’Amour des Trois Oranges (The Love for Three...

Posted by Chris Wallis | Dec 15, 2025 | Arts, Theatre

Every Christmas, a small theatrical miracle takes place in Oldham thanks to the local youth...