“The thing about Brecht,” says Housemate, “is you’re not supposed to feel empathy towards the characters.” I’m once again waxing lyrical about Julie Hesmondhalgh who is back treading the boards at Manchester’s Royal...
Read MoreKatherine Chandler’s coming-of-age tale was the winner of a Judges’ Award in the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Its first production is directed by Rachel O’Riordan, now artistic director of Sherman Theatre Cymru, whose...
Read MoreTypical! You wait ages for a D.H. Lawrence play, then three come along at once. Husbands & Sons, currently showing at Manchester’s Royal Exchange, is a rather clever conflation of three of his plays, all written at...
Read MoreSO HERE WE ARE is a play about young lives cut short and a touching portrait of childhood friendships under strain in adult life. Director Steven Atkinson writes about the upcoming production at Manchester’s Royal...
Read MoreIn the first of a new series focusing on pre-theatre eats in the North West, Northern Soul’s Guy Kilty visits three restaurants within a stone’s throw of Manchester’s Royal Exchange. The Royal Exchange is one...
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