Review: Romeo + Juliet, Backyard Cinema, Albert Hall, Manchester
Dominic Davies, the founder of Backyard Cinema, has an intuition for space. Uprooting his...
Read MorePosted by Desmond Bullen | Aug 25, 2024 | Arts, Cinema
Dominic Davies, the founder of Backyard Cinema, has an intuition for space. Uprooting his...
Read MorePosted by Isabel Webb | May 21, 2024 | Archives
Isabel Webb was the winner of Northern Soul and HOME’s young theatre reviewer competition. Here the 17-year-old student from Manchester High School for Girls reviews HOME’s production of Romeo & Juliet –...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Bourke | May 21, 2024 | Archives
Taking a break from the search for “some sort of post-industrial site” for his planned version of Romeo & Juliet, HOME’s second site-specific production, director Walter Meierjohann, a newcomer to Manchester, went on one of...
Read MoreOver the years, Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers has seen countless adaptations for...
Read MorePosted by Desmond Bullen | Jan 29, 2024 | Arts, Theatre
There can’t be many productions whose own back stories rival the drama that plays out upon...
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