Cultural Shenanigans

Mother Courage and Her Children is a fascinating play, with timeless themes which ensures it will be tackled and interpreted for many years to come. Mother Courage and her three children trek the bloody battlefields of the Thirty Years’ War  (1618-48), determined to make profit from war. Under Chris Honer’s direction, the Library Theatre Company’s [...]

12 June – 7 July. Number One First Street, Manchester, M15 4FN Manchester Lines audiences will find themselves in a lost property office when they reach the fifth floor of Number One First Street for the Library Theatre Company’s new production. The Transport for London lost property office in Baker Street sent a van full of [...]

This is a guest blog post I wrote for Manchester’s Library Theatre, about their Hard Times production (currently still in rehearsal). I’ll be blogging again for Library Theatre once I’ve seen the production, in June. This guest blog post originally appeared on 13 May 2011 on the Library Theatre’s website. Comfortable Times! Our third guest blogger [...]