Tag: Shakespeare

Theatre Review: Queen Margaret, Royal Exchange, Manchester

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Sep 20, 2018 | Arts, Theatre |

Typical. You wait ages for a Shakespeare mash-up on one of Manchester’s main stages then two come...

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“I’m trying hard to be more open and break some of the stigma.” Playwright Laura Crow talks about OCD

Posted by Emma Yates-Badley | Jun 21, 2018 | Arts, It's Not Grim Up North, Northern Soul writes..., Theatre |

Writing is a fantastic form of therapy. Since discovering I suffer from OCD, I’ve found that...

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“You grow up surrounded by people who look and think and speak in two languages.” Author Preti Taneja talks to Northern Soul

Posted by Emma Yates-Badley | Oct 1, 2017 | Authors & Reviews, Books, It's Not Grim Up North, Northern Soul writes... |

King Lear strikes fear into the heart of me. A few years ago, I went to see a production at the...

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Review: Twelfth Night, Royal Exchange, Manchester

Posted by Emma Yates-Badley | Apr 21, 2017 | Arts, It's Not Grim Up North, Northern Soul writes..., Theatre |

As someone from Stratford-upon-Avon, I’m no stranger to Shakespeare. Walking through the...

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Subverting Shakespeare: Northern Soul chats to Kate O’Donnell about making Feste a feisty female

Posted by Emma Yates-Badley | Apr 19, 2017 | Arts, It's Not Grim Up North, Northern Soul writes..., Theatre |

I’ve never been behind the scenes at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, and so it feels peculiar to...

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