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Kickstarting the Fringe
Manchester Theatre Award winners Lass Productions are back with their first show since leaving the Lass O’Gowrie and the clock is ticking.. Othello has been transplanted to the modern day and into the backstabbing boardrooms of Venezia FC – a platform Lass Productions believes is more relevant than ever for Othello’s immortal themes of professional jealousy, reputation, rage […]
24:7: Stuff
July 23, 2014
Mick Cooper’s Stuff presents an increasingly common dilemma around contraception and IVF treatment. Toby and Jess are unable to conceive a child. Meanwhile, their zany friend Xav is dying of a brain tumour – as a parting ‘gift’ he has frozen some of his sperm and is willing to donate it to the couple.. You […]
24:7: The Lives and Loves of Vera Dymond
July 21, 2014
It’s a busy month in Manchester – not only do have The Greater Manchester Fringe popping up at various venues, but we also have the tenth batch of plays from 24:7 Theatre Festival. Always championing new and existing talent, the 24:7 festival’s offerings have always been diverse tackling a variety of topics and methods of […]
GM Fringe 2014: Len Johnson: Fighter
July 18, 2014
A lost slice of Manchester’s past has come back to life in Salford this week. Len Johnson: Fighter tells the story of a boxer, possibly one of the greatest boxers of our time, denied the chance to fight for any titles due to the colour of his skin. After his retirement, he finds himself embroiled […]
GM Fringe – Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
July 17, 2014
It’s a marked contrast walking from the July sunlight outside to the dark basement of Joshua Brooks’, and it’s a contrast only heightened by the claustrophobic conditions endured by the three characters being held hostage in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me. Meeting American Adam (Alastair Gillies) and Irishman Edward (Richard Patterson), we’re introduced to their world: […]
Preview: 24:7 – The Perfect Ten
July 16, 2014
24:7 has come a long way from its beginnings back in 2004. Ten years on, the festival goes from strength to strength attracting audiences from far and wide with it’s programme of talent. 24:7’s latest season is about to get underway, and enthusiasm and creatively were certainly at an all time high at the preview […]
GM Fringe 2014: Be My Baby
July 11, 2014
Amanda Whittington’s 1998 play, Be My Baby, is the first production from Manchester’s newest, and all-female theatre company, Asphalt Roses. Be My Baby tackles the problems of teenage pregnancy in 1960’s England. Four teenage girls find themselves in an institution for unmarried mothers. Illegitimate babies are born under the watchful eye of the matron, and […]
Spring and Port Wine – LIVE!
February 14, 2014
Bill Naughton’s period drama Spring and Port Wine is brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century thanks to a new adaptation as part of The Kings Arms’ ‘Mashed Up North’ festival. This story about a dominating father trying to control his increasingly wayward children whilst rebellion hangs is in the air may feel quaint […]
Love on the Dole – LIVE!
January 28, 2014
Regular readers of this blog may remember that the last time I encountered Walter Greenwood’s Love on the Dole I was less than enamored with it. I found Greenwood’s tale of the poverty stricken Hanky Park slums near Salford to be a bit wearing and in some cases downright irritating. It’s been a while since my original delve […]
Christmas Sorority Massacre and the Art of the Anti-Panto
December 23, 2013
The ‘anti-panto’ seems to be well and thriving in Manchester. Whilst the tradiational panto is still very popular, the growth of Christmas performances that cater for those who prefer an alternative take on a December stuffed with meagre TV stars screeching at (admittedly excited) children, is delightfully refreshing. Past productions in Manchester have included Sinderfella […]
The Fiction Stroker 
July 30, 2014
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