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‘You see how full of changes his age is’Shakespeare’s most elemental tragedy charts a kingdom where power corrupts, families become enemies and prosperity devolves into war. At its centre is the mind of a man who can no longer understand what it means to be human.Lear is a searing portrait of a king unable to…
Keep readingWhen FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview the psychiatrist and infamous murderer Hannibal Lecter, it’s hoped his brilliant mind will help catch sadistic new serial killer, Buffalo Bill. Another girl is missing, and time is running out. But Dr Lecter has questions of his own, and now Clarice must decide: keep a safe…
Keep readingA secret marriage. The brink of war. Fact and fiction Fear, passion and paranoia bubble beneath the surface of Othello and Desdemona’s newlywed life. Lago’s manipulations begin in whispers – and end in ruin. As a consumer, theatre-goer, audience-member, I’ve rather a lot of Shakespeare in the bank at this point. Some traditional in word and…
Keep readingJosie is seeing her mother Fay for the first time in a while – she’s never walked into a prison before and she’s been putting it off for fifteen years. Uncovering the memories they share is going to be more perilous than either of them can imagine. Real-life mother and daughter Christine Mackie (Dr Gaddas…
Keep readingLife’s short, let’s get to it. Will Danes is very funny and I would like him to make me laugh again in future. I came to this performance without preconception or real prior knowledge (sort of the same thing). I left this performance, hotter than the sun even though it was in a cellar (humid…
Keep readingI went to a catholic high school. In our last year, I was involved in some sort of mass confessional event in our school assembly hall. It was a cross between speed dating/ drive thru purging. What a lovely way to mark the end of one period of education as you prepare to head into…
Keep readingThe tagline to this production is Greece the musical (but not that one). Phew, I thought. For I’m the miser, the killjoy, the steadfast, who has never seen Grease and never shall. “You’ve never seen Grease?!”, they say “No.” “What about Grease 2?”. “That would be a mental,” I respond. The opening strains of the…
Keep readingAs a delightful consequence of being both a Manchester blogger and a theatre lover, I’ve been privy to both a number of productions of the great Bard himself… Actually let’s stop there a moment. If ever I’ve used this term, it’s very often tongue in cheek as it can often carry with it a sprinkle…
Keep readingLast weekend I had the privilege of being invited to what was the 10th, well, birthday celebrations for Kantos chamber choir. Except in one of those weird turnabouts that I’ve never quite understood where in offices those whose birthday it is brings cake in for those whose birthday it is not, we guests were the…
Keep readingAnd so we’ve come to the final of the series which has taken us on a lyrical journey through some of Manchester’s talented bands and iconic venues. The documentary series launched on Stream GM last September, uncovering the stories behind some of the city’s songs. Each 10-minute episode follows the journey of one song born…
Keep readingMemories light the corners of my mind…misty water-coloured memmmmorieeeessss, of the way we were… Once upon a time (2019), a young blogger, merely 19 years into her tenure as an honorary Manc, saw Nathaniel J Hall’s work as a writer/performer in the autobiographical First Time at Waterside Arts, Sale. Hugely impressed, I had to make…
Keep readingFringe theatre – taking you straight into the heart of the action. In this case, I felt truly immersed as an audience member as I joined four characters with hours to go before the world ended, as they hung out in an underground car park, in the railway arches. The great theatre space that is…
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