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Right, let’s get it over with. Oh no it isn’t and it’s behind you. I’m doing that for both my sake and yours, to remove any temptation to pepper the blog post with panto puns throughout, and so that we can get to the crux of the matter. Rumplestiltskin from The Big Tiny theatre company…
Keep readingIt’s been an emotional week. I don’t think I’m alone in having an unconditional love for animals, whereas my love or actual like for humans is (with exceptions) deeply conditional. Having had more trips to the vet that one would like this week (although an amazing vet – shout-out to MCR vets on The Quays),…
Keep readingWhere shall we start. I had a really lovely, enlightening, informative, heart-warming and entertaining afternoon last Friday in Stockport. Less a frequent flyer than I used to be, this was my first time at the impressive Stockroom, the shared community-focused space which offers up areas for reading, studying, meeting, coffee-drinking, eating, exhibitions and, that day,…
Keep readingLots to unpick. Barrier(s) is a love story, the publicity materials tell me. so. And yes, it is. A very funny, well told, incredibly engaging love story. And I was invested in the characters right off the bat, from the meet-cute in the kitchen at a party (where you’ll always find me…). This love story…
Keep readingI was sat next to a very nice lady at last night’s performance. She turned to me during the interval to ask how I was enjoying it so far. Really enjoying it, I said. I’ve never seen an opera by composer Benjamin Britten before. She responded that he is her favourite operatic composer. I can…
Keep readingIt’s been a month of quiet contemplation. Not to go too deep on a Thursday and stray away from the task in hand, but seeing friends deal with losses and feeling their pain both personally and empathetically, leads to existential thoughts. There are both positives and negatives to this, the former being strength and resilience…
Keep readingSheep. Sheep are iconic. So, let’s see. Sheep stories. So, a few years ago, we were searching for somewhere shiny and new to add to our glamping chops (no poor-taste lamb ref intended). What swung staying on a farm in Ironbridge for me, was not the engineering magnificence of its iron bridge, but a review…
Keep readingFoolish decisions I made in my youth (heavily censored – the actual 3am rumination stuff, I’m not ready to talk about…) In the grand scheme of the fictional murder mystery genre, it’s time for my confession (there’s always a inexplicable full explanation confession – ‘not guilty’ as a response doesn’t appear to be a viable…
Keep readingRight I’m going to hang myself out to dry here. But it’s for the greater good. I don’t know why, I don’t know how. But I missed IDEAL the first time around…. Johnny Vegas stars as Moz, Manchester’s longest serving weed dealer, in a dope opera of epic proportions. Starring some of the hit BBC…
Keep readingManchester’s musical credentials require no introduction. So I won’t do one. Manchester’s history for providing a media platform for the musical great and good requires no introduction (alright, just a quick one – let’s bow down to Granada’s And So It Goes, hosted by our lord and saviour, one Anthony H Wilson – because…Tony Wilson).…
Keep readingIt was really really really really really really good! That’s 6 reallys from a 5 year old. And in a world with much competing for little ones’ attention, that’s no mean feat. Get ready to sing, dance, and celebrate with your favourite CBeebies stars – the ultimate CBeebies House Party Live! is coming to Lowry, Salford… and you’re…
Keep readingDiana, Princess of Wales, punctuates my memories on occasion. Sporadically, but meaningfully. Occasion 1 – one of my earliest memories is of a humble plastic flag. A Union Jack plastic little flag on a plastic white stick, provided to me in 1981 to fervently and obediently wave inside my childhood home. 2 and a few…
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