Music Review: SIMON & GARFUNKEL THROUGH THE YEARS – The Lowry, Salford
Bookends bring Simon & Garfunkel’s extensive back catalogue to life in SIMON & GARFUNKEL THROUGH THE YEARS More than four decades after their breakup in 1970, American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel continue to inspire a generation as tribute act Bookends delicately demonstrate in their latest UK tour of SIMON & GARFUNKEL THROUGH THE YEARS. […]
INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Holland on WAITING FOR GOD
Jeffrey Holland talks to Frankly My Dear UK about his role in the new comedy play When WAITING FOR GOD first aired on BBC One in the early 1990s, it became an instant hit with fans, running for a total of five series between 1990 and 1994. More than 20 years later, the hit sitcom […]
Theatre Review: SHIRLEY VALENTINE – The Lowry, Salford
When Willy Russell’s heart-warming comedy SHIRLEY VALENTINE first premiered at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool in 1986, the one-woman play took the world by storm. Now, in celebration of its 30th anniversary, Jodie Prenger takes on the lead role in the first major revival of the much loved national treasure. Set in Liverpool in the […]
Album Review: Albert Hammond – IN SYMPHONY
Albert Hammond re-records hits from his core back catalogue with IN SYMPHONY After more than five decades in the music industry, you’d think that Albert Hammond would be tempted to hang up his guitar and take it easy but the legendary singer-songwriter is showing no signs of slowing down. At 72, Hammond is still writing and […]
Theatre Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG – The Lowry, Salford
Daft, inventive and utterly silly, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG takes British slapstick to a new level Following its successful run in London’s West End, the Olivier award winning play THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG heads Salford’s The Lowry this week as part of its UK tour. Produced by LAMDA graduates Mischief Theatre, THE PLAY […]
Theatre Review: PERSUASION – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
PERSUASION is a fresh, bold and enjoyable reinterpretation of Austen’s final masterpiece Following the bold reinterpretation of Aeschylus’s THE SUPPLIANT WOMAN, Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre’s Spring/Summer season continues to reshape and breathe new life into classic texts with its latest production of Jane Austen’s PERSUASION. Written by Austen 1817, PERSUASION tells the story of the […]