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GM Fringe – Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
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: […]
Posted in: Theatre
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 […]
Posted in: Theatre
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 […]
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HOME on the Horizon – Preview: Angel Meadow
June 10, 2014
Following in the footsteps of previous site-specific pieces Manchester Lines and Manchester Sound, a new era is being ushered in as theatre comes HOME to Manchester. HOME Manchester presents the world premiere of Angel Meadow tonight, the first in a series of site-specific productions taking place around Manchester in the lead-up to the opening of the £25m centre […]
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HOAX: Psychosis Blues – Ravi Thornton
June 6, 2014
Mental health issues tend to be an area of society commonly ignored by popular culture. Books, television programmes and films tend to skirt around portraying mental health problems, and when they do tackle them, it can often be a sanitised or unreal experience that follows. Comics have fared better for their portrayal of mental health […]
Preview: The Greater Manchester Fringe 2014
May 29, 2014
The Greater Manchester Fringe is back for its third year in July and is looking for writers, artists, comedians, musicians, producers and event organisers to put on shows. Eighteen venues around Greater Manchester participated in 2013, hosting more than 200 events, from innovative art exhibitions to award-winning plays and comedians. Big names mixed with new talent […]
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The Fiction Stroker 
July 17, 2014
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