In her introduction to the text for her play Hedda Tesman, Cordelia Lynn says that “The idea was to create a piece of new writing held within Ibsen’s original play….As a way of addressing developments in socio-political...
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Five minutes in and I was ready to loathe this production. But once I got over the fact that The...
Read MoreMore the Forest of Forgotten Teddy Bears, I’d say, and just the place for a picnic. Nine year-old Red – an engaging Paislie Reid – thinks differently. She’s run away from home because her Dad’s got a new girlfriend...
Read MoreI’m not going to beat about the bush, I am thoroughly biased. To paraphrase Miss Jean Brodie, ‘for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like’. And I do. I like it. Some people like...
Read MoreWritten by Rochdale-born Eileen Murphy to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the real events around the public hanging of the so-called ‘Manchester Martyrs’, this touring play from a new Rochdale-based company manages with...
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