Review: Car man at The Lowry

Review: Car man at The Lowry

The Car Man, Matthew Bourne’s acclaimed ballet, made a triumphant return to The Lowry’s Lyric Theatre on 23 June. Bourne loosely based the story on The Postman Always Rings Twice, James M. Cain’s 1934 novel and its celebrated 1946 film adaptation,...
Arooj Aftab at Bridgewater Hall

Arooj Aftab at Bridgewater Hall

The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester hosted a one night only concert of Arooj Aftab, a very accomplished Pakistani singer-songwriter, on June 20th. Support was provided by the London Contemporary Orchestra, ably conducted by Robert Ames.  It was a different evening. I’d...
Review F*ck Machine Contact Theatre

Review F*ck Machine Contact Theatre

Intrigued by the pre performance press release of this short production calling it a “dark, surreal comedy” which explores “complex and contradictory truths” about online sex work, we came to the lovely friendly Contact Theatre to see it for...