REVIEW: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Reading Time: 2 minutesManchester's Bridgewater Hall was once again home to BBC Philharmonic this weekend, hosting a rich classical programme.
Category ★★★★★
REVIEW: RUM
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The team behind RUM handle Mallalieu’s material with immense skill and care” Public consciousness has been raised, in recent years, to the concerns around male mental health and the damage that unfettered patriarchy inflicts on the men…
REVIEW: Cotton Queen + Intro
Reading Time: 2 minutesCotton Queen is a coming-of-age story, but it is also about inheritance, women’s power and the long afterlife of colonialism. At the BFI preview screening of Cotton Queen, film journalist Leila Latif introduced the film by situating…
REVIEW: La Linea: Lia Kali
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are gigs that feel like a good night out, and then there are nights that remind you why live music matters in the first place.
REVIEW: Dear Cathy
Reading Time: 2 minutesDear Cathy is an emotionally layered one-woman play about infertility, grief and the strain these place on a relationship. Written and directed by John Brindley, the piece avoids sentimentality and instead unfolds in a series of unexpected turns.
REVIEW: I Saw Satan at The 7-Eleven
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn essential love letter I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven is probably one of the most beautifully written monologue plays I’ve seen in the past few years, if not the best. Written and performed by Christopher Brett…
REVIEW: The Woman in Black
Reading Time: 3 minutes“No matter how much you may brace yourself, this show is ready to startle you.” The Woman In Black, will never grow old, terrorising those who watch it. Directed by Robin Herford, a champion of this account…
REVIEW: Relay
Reading Time: 2 minutesA warm and inventive one person show that blends comedy, music and animation to explore queer family.
REVIEW: Nayatt School Redux
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Wooster Group is one of these pioneers. Performing in the liminal space in-between archive and living embodiment to validate and surpass both, Nayatt School Redux is of no exception.
REVIEW: Avenue Q
Reading Time: 2 minutesAvenue Q is an up-to-date, vibrant show with an absolute corker of a cast - a brilliant success of a musical!