Cultural Shenanigans

It’s always great to see a packed house for a Lowry Studio production, but what’s even better is finding out just how very well-deserved the buzz about a play is. Hidden, a writing debut for performers Laura Lindsay and Peter Carruthers, had promised much and really delivered. Through the 80 minutes of Hidden, Lindsay and [...]

The second site-specific promenade performance from temporarily-homeless Library Theatre Company is Manchester Lines, specially written by adopted Mancunian, award-winning poet, playwright and novelist Jackie Kay. Although, I don’t think it’s really site-specific, rather it’s in a ‘found’ location. And it’s not really a promenade performance either; the story is contained within makeshift stage walls. Anyone [...]

The Crypt Project: New Depths came to The Lowry in January (I know, I know, I’m really behind with my blogging!) as part of the Library Theatre’s Re:Play 2012 programme. It also came with an impressive pedigree attached. Happystorm Theatre’s summer 2011 production, The Myth of Escape was challenging, brave, very funny, dark and intelligent [...]

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 [...]