An old script dramatising George Best’s life has been reworked for the stage and is attracting sell out audiences to Lass O’ Gowrie for Manchester Irish Festival. MULE was there on the opening night.
Claire Dean reviews the second run of the gritty Yorkshire tale produced by House of Orphans and Unholy Mess.
The existential crises created by 21st Century living – worries about sex, jobs and the meaning of it all – build up pressure in each of the six characters in this play from Black Toffee, with entertaining outcomes.
The Library Theatre Company and The Lowry have again teamed up to reproduce some of the finest independently crafted local theatre of last year.
Fright Night starts in Salford and The Eagle Inn this week, with a theatre experience certainly not for the faint at heart. Sarah Adie gets spooked.
Today is the final day for submissions to be in with a chance of performing at the Bad Language literature event scheduled to take place at Manchester Museum on 22 August.
Manchester-based group the Lip Service Theatre Company is planning what can only be assumed will be the first knitted autopsy to take place on a UK stage, with a little help from Chorlton’s Tea Hive. Sarah Adie discovers the lowdown on its latest play, crime thriller Inspector Norse.
