Happy Days at Royal Exchange Theatre
Metro, June 2018 Maxine Peake is buried in a mound of earth for the entirety of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, her character Winnie – simultaneously terrifying and terrified – not in the least bit interested […]
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José Carlos Martínez talks Don Quixote
The National, March 2018 When José Carlos Martínez was growing up in Cartagena, he loved the unique movements and rhythms that are woven into the fabric of Spanish dance and folklore; the flamenco, the fandango, […]
Treasured tales from The Arabian Nights add sparkle to winter festivities
The National, November 2017 Edinburgh does a picture-postcard Christmas as well as any northern European city, and no trip to the Scottish capital in December is complete without a visit to the famous Royal Lyceum […]
The Band at Manchester Opera House
Metro, September 2017 From the moment the safety curtain emblazoned with Ceefax pages rises to the shiny sound of the 1990s Top Of The Pops theme tune, it’s clear which Take That No.1 best fits […]
Sabrina Mahfouz interview
The National, May 2017 Sometimes a book arrives at exactly the right time. The day after the suicide bombing in Manchester, I’m talking to Sabrina Mahfouz, the editor of The Things I Would Tell You, […]