Shows
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ShowsWe Can't Live Without Our Lives
Arika is a Japanese word which can, amongst other things, be translated to mean: ‘a place where maybe you might find the thing you desire.’ This ... Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
Previews
Early Days (of a better nation) @ Unity Theatre Liverpool
The war is over and the nation lies in ruins. You and your fellow survivors must build the beginnings of a new country. What are the rules you’re going... Read more »| 20 Apr 2015 -
TheatreReshaping the Octagon
Young, talented and ambitious, the recently appointed artistic director of the Bolton Octagon, Elizabeth Newman, discusses her plans to revitalise the town's theatre scene Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
ShowsThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
If art, by its very nature, is political, then Mark Thomson’s revival of Bertolt Brecht’s 1944 parable for the ages, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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The Fair Intellectual Club
The Fair Intellectual Club, directed for Stellar Quines by Marilyn Imrie, is a force of strong females, both in and out of the production. The first play pen... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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Rebecca @ The Lowry, Salford
If you were fortunate enough to catch Dead Dog in a Suitcase last year, you will be familiar with the work of Cornish storytellers Kneehigh. Missed out? It i... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015
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Theatre
Returning to Behaviour: Peter McMaster and Extremes
Ahead of BEHAVIOUR's sixth year, Peter McMaster talks about the support The Arches has always given him, pushing his work to extremes, and his show 27. Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
Theatre
Infrastructures of Care: Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos
Artists Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos talk to The Skinny about the infrastructures of care in advance of Arika's Episode 7: We Can't Live Without Our Lives Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
ArtCornerhouse reveals details of The Storming finale
The full details of The Storming, the final event to take place at Manchester’s Cornerhouse arts venue, have been confirmed ahead of the iconic buildin... Read more »| 17 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Autumn Portaits
Autumn Portraits begins as one might expect, with puppeteer Eric Bass donning a mask and silently bending the will and the actions of one of his many, many p... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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And Then He Ate Me @ Traverse
Strange, fantastical and dark, And Then He Ate Me is a fairytale for the stage that bites back. Created by the award-winning French company Velo Theatre, thi... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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Dance of The Magnetic Ballerina @ Traverse
From an achromatic gloom, the figure of Andrea Miltnerova materialises, on a contained platform adrift in the middle of the enormous Traverse One stage. Evok... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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Anna Karenina @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Royal Exchange kicks off its 2015 season with a brand new adaptation of Anna Karenina. After rave reviews and record sales for Maxine Peake's Hamlet... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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Jumping Puddles @ Liverpool Everyman
Anybody working in the arts will testify that 'collaboration' is a buzzword at the moment – not only because of the shared financial risk, but also due... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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Trouble in Tahiti @ RNCM Studio Theatre
More than 50 years on, Berstein’s Broadway-inspired, one-act opera is still refreshingly direct. In this production at the Royal Northern College of Mu... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015