Festival Abroad: Optimus Alive
In hommage to the festival season I thought I’d share my recent experience of visting Lisbon for anyone who may want some festival info. 11 days ago I flew to Portugal in time for the Optimus Alive Festival (http://www.optimusalive.com/en) held just outside the capital. At £100 a ticket and with the Stone Roses, Radiohead and The Cure headlining it seemed...
Seven: A Sinful Review
IntheRed are a Manchester based theatre company set up by actors Laura Cope and Davinia Jokhi. Their most recent production Seven was a charismatic and thought-provoking exploration of the seven deadly sins through seven pieces of new writing. The concept of sin has long been an alluring subject matter and undeniably conjures images of Dr...
Never Underestimate Doris Day Fans
photo credit: kevin dooley Up until recently I considered theatre goers to be, in the main, a fairly discerning and polite cross-section of the population. An audience usually comprised of retired elderly couples, middle class arty intellectuals, drama students and the odd flamboyant homosexual – a sea of corduroy, ethnic print silks and glass beads....
