Theatre and performance in Greater Manchester & other places.
Review of Husk at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester. Intruders spotted in a garden, a knife glinting in the darkness, unanswered questions, and a gathering storm. Thriller-style hooks draw the audience into Rubert Hill’s knotty tale of a man released from prison, with unresolved business to settle in his hometown. Husk is Hill’s first stage play [...]
Review of The Book Thief at Bolton Octagon. The world premiere of a new musical, an adaptation of a best-selling book, and the largest scale show staged in the new building - The Book Thief is obviously a big deal for Bolton Octagon. Yet there is no sign of any nerves in director Lotte Wakeham’s [...]
ThickSkin and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Urging its listener ever onwards, Keep Going Then Vanish journeys down alleyways, side streets and main drags, hurriedly criss-crosses a river, and lingers only to take a breath in historic squares or a rare patch of greenery. Its guiding voices are alert to the city that flits past, but [...]
Circles & Stalls 