Amy Townsend-Lowcock’s multimedia show My Fruits takes place on the main stage at HOME in Manchester. Literally. A dozen audience members are seated on the darkened stage at a table with screens at either end. One screen shows events in the main narrative while the other occasionally features an actor articulating the thoughts and experiences… Continue reading My Fruits
Month: February 2023
My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?)
My Son’s A Queer (but what can you do?) premièred at the Turbine in 2021 and has been seen at the Edinburgh Festival and in the West End at the Garrick Theatre. Rob Madge is now at the refurbished Ambassadors Theatre, which is in good shape and even has a lift. Rob describes this one-person… Continue reading My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?)
Ladies That Dig
After successfully cruising the 555 bus route from Lancaster to Keswick in Ladies That Bus, pretty much the same team of theatremakers now get their hands dirty in this earthy sequel. Using the same technique, of interviewing hundreds of local folk to construct a narrative, they’ve turned their attention to those scions of the soil,… Continue reading Ladies That Dig
Three dates for Magical Bones
Magician Magical Bones brings his show Soulful Magic to Lancaster Grand Theatre March 24, Lytham’s Lowther Pavilion March 26 and The Lowry in Salford April 5. Following a successful run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the breakdancing magician and finalist of Britain’s Got Talent is on a national tour with his unique, high-energy magic show. Bones intertwines illusions with stories, music,… Continue reading Three dates for Magical Bones
Full Monty for Blackpool
Simon Beaufoy’s play The Full Monty bares nearly all at Winter Gardens Blackpool from December 5–9 as part of the UK tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film. Casting to be announced soon. It remains very much of our time, amidst a cost-of-living crisis. Gaz and his mates are down on their luck and… Continue reading Full Monty for Blackpool
Cake on menu at Lowry
Cake, a new musical-cum-gig-come-ballet, comes via an Olivier Award winning creative team including Olivier Winners Drew McOnie (In the Heights, Jesus Christ Superstar) and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Emilia at Shakespeare’s Globe). It will play The Lowry March 28 to April 1. Fresh from her run as Mary Poppins on the West End, Zizi Strallen stars… Continue reading Cake on menu at Lowry
Animal unleashed in three cities
Park Theatre and Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester present a brand-new play Animal, exploring how disability, sexuality and lust coexist for people who require round-the-clock assistance. Written by Jon Bradfield and developed by disability activist and equality trainer Josh Hepple, it looks at hook-up culture, navigating relationships and how they intersect with practical needs and… Continue reading Animal unleashed in three cities
Teenage Kicks and Good Vibrations at Belfast’s Grand Opera House
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast is to revive its hit punk-rock musical Good Vibrations at Belfast’s Grand Opera House in May. Based on the BAFTA-nominated 2013 film scripted by Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson, Good Vibrations tells the story of the punk pioneer whose record store provided a safe, sectarian-free haven in late-1970s’ Troubles-torn Belfast. Hooley’s ‘Good Vibrations’ shop was… Continue reading Teenage Kicks and Good Vibrations at Belfast’s Grand Opera House
A “shabby little shocker” is next up for Northern Ireland Opera
Northern Ireland Opera has announced Puccini’s Tosca, which will be directed by the company’s Artistic Director Cameron Menzies, as its next major production at the Grand Opera House, Belfast in September. First staged in Rome in 1900, the opera is set during Napoleon’s invasion of Italy in 1799 and is a torrid tale taking place… Continue reading A “shabby little shocker” is next up for Northern Ireland Opera
Feste
Why Feste? You’d never guess from watching the ninety-minute, no interval, goings-on at a rich mansion with caretaker, housekeeper, maître d, waiters, deliverymen and a poor homeless pregnant girl. Well, look to Shakespeare’s intelligent fool in Twelfth Night and his song with its “for the rain it raineth every day” refrain. Read it in full.… Continue reading Feste