REVIEW: Rush Hour: Scheherazade
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Hallé’s Rush Hour: Scheherazade transported Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall through time and culture.
Julian Holt
REVIEW: Waitress The Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesWatching Waitress: The Musical was like gorging on a delicious slice of pie after months of miserable self-denial. Sweet, funny and unexpectedly moving, this production serves up a warming dish of delicious comfort food. The wit, emotional complexity and theatrical flair transforms Adrienne Shelly’s film Waitress (2007) into a show that feels as though it was born to be a musical.
REVIEW: Vitalities
Reading Time: 2 minutesFlorence Peake’s Vitalities turns HOME Gallery into a dim, bodily landscape of grief, resistance and the stubborn pursuit of life.
REVIEW: The Expansion of Sound
Reading Time: 2 minutesA swirling carousel of music through time On Friday night, the Manchester Camerata presented The Expansion of Sound, as part of their Here we Are festival running from 15-20 September. Performed in the Great Nave of their…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Stephen Rinker
Reading Time: 4 minutesStephen Rinker, originally from Ilford, London, is a BBC sound recording engineer. We sat down with Stephen to discuss his career path from an early fascination with recording music to working with the BBC Philharmonic.
REVIEW: Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmbrace a bold and colourful sound world as Manchester Collective bring to life work by titans in contemporary experimental music.
REVIEW: Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, “Resurrection”
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday night at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, the BBC Philharmonic presented Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, “Resurrection”, conducted by John Storgårds.
REVIEW: A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo round off Bury Pride, The Met showcased Hunter King’s debut musical with a fabulous title: A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny. Written, performed and directed by King, we are taken on a rootin’, tootin’, musical journey of transition from Bolton milkmaid to Manchester cowboy.
REVIEW: Sperm Donors Wanted! / Second Trimester
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrans performance artist Krishna Istha is back with the second instalment of his epic transmasc pregnancy trilogy. And this time, he’s brought his mum.
REVIEW: Circa: Wolf
Reading Time: 2 minutesA light pulses on the stage. From the darkness, bodies pounce, pause, and hungrily survey the audience. From the first few seconds, Circa’s Wolf captivates its prey.