Category Archives: Reviews

The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Manchester. Bitter, brutal and beautiful!

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

It is fitting that Manchester’s Royal Exchange theatre begin the New Year by closing its winter season with ‘The Accrington Pals’ as themes of opportunity and finality, new horizons and brutal endings rifle through it. Inspired in part by a … Continue reading →

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Rats’ Tales at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

December is upon us which means, for those festive resistors out there, that you can now happily get into the tinsley swing of things without feeling you are robbing November of its identity. One event to begin festivities is the … Continue reading →

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The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Find a review of The Country Wife that doesn’t include the word romp and i’ll eat my hat (disclaimer: I totally wont). Don’t get me wrong, this restoration comedy is certainly full of frolics, fun and feistiness (and the implication … Continue reading →

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Blank Media Collective Projector Series

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

Anyone even semi-familiar with the Manchester art scene will be more than aware of Blank Media Collective. Whether it be in their Blankspace gallery on Hulme St, in their magazine Blankpages or on their website, Blank Media Collective have, since … Continue reading →

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Royal Exchange

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Celebrated for their unique take on classic texts, the Lyric Hammersmith and Filter Theatre Productions bring to the Royal Exchange Theatre a deconstruction of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that will leave you gobsmacked. All I could think to say as … Continue reading →

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Last Harbour ‘Your heart, it carries the sound’ or their sound, it carries the heart!

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

For a group whose music seems to sit entirely outside of time, it is interesting to know that when recording their new album Your heart, it carries the sound, Last Harbour  “wanted the album to come from somewhere, to be … Continue reading →

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Kuedo – Work, Sleep and Live in Collapsing Space

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

According to my iTunes playcount, Kuedo’s album Severant has clocked-up  over 200 plays. This doesn’t include the many times i’ve listened to it on my iPod out and about or in my car. It may be safe to say that … Continue reading →

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Miss Julie at The Royal Exchange – Electrically charged and beautifully bleak

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

On the whole, a play by Strindberg (1849-1912) is never going to be a day at the races, though if you count the two tragic deaths at this year’s Grand National, then maybe it is. A prolific writer who often … Continue reading →

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Inside Exhibition at Blank Space

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Manchester, the lovely city I live in, offers no end of fantastic and, usually, free art, to indulge in. Curators, practitioners and viewers range from the well versed and experienced, to the cutting-edge and emerging. It seems there is room … Continue reading →

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The Gospel According to….. (Part 1) – 30th Anniversary of The Smiths at the Holden Gallery

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

This spring marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most critically acclaimed and influential bands in modern musical history, The Smiths. What better way to celebrate the musical mark they have made than with a singing, refrigerated bear, a … Continue reading →

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