BFI #LFF 2021: QUEEN OF GLORY Film Review
Full of fresh humour, poignancy, and tenderness, Nana Mensah's self-assured comedy QUEEN OF GLORY captures the experience of a woman caught between two worlds. A young woman's life is thrown into disarray when she inherits her mother's Christian bookshop in Nana Mensah's self-assured and charming comedy QUEEN OF GLORY. The film centres on Sarah Obeng […]
BFI #LFF 2021: LANGUAGE LESSONS Film Review
Playing out entirely through phone and laptop screens, LANGUAGE LESSONS is a funny and heart-warming depiction of love and friendship in a virtually connected world. After over 18 months of Zoom calls, Skype chats and virtual meetups, you’d be given for thinking that a film shot during the COVID-19 lockdown on phones and video calls […]
BFI #LFF 2021: White Building (BODENG SAR) Film Review
Kavich Neang's returns to the big screen with his fictional debut WHITE BUILDING, a slow-cinema eulogy about Cambodia's present and recent past Following his acclaimed documentary LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING, Kavich Neang's returns to the big screen with his fictional debut WHITE BUILDING, a slow-cinema eulogy about Cambodia's present and recent past. 20-year-old […]
GRIMMFest 2021: MIDNIGHT Film Review
Intense and action-packed, MIDNIGHT is a grim take on a cat and mouse plot, with enough twists and turns to have you on the edge of your seat throughout Director and screenwriter Kwon Oh-Seung brings his debut feature film MIDNIGHT, a South Korean high suspense serial killer thriller, to Manchester’s GRIMMfest this week. Set in […]
GRIMMfest 2021: NIGHT AT THE EAGLE INN Film Review
With first-class acting and off-the-seat scare moments, NIGHT AT THE EAGLE INN will leave you questioning any upcoming hotel reservations you may have Brothers and creative team Erik and Carson Bloomquist bring NIGHT AT THE EAGLE INN to Manchester’s GRIMMfest to haunt your nightmares and are sure to leave you questioning that upcoming hotel reservation. […]
Theatre Review: ROCK OF AGES - Opera House, Manchester
Despite some issues with its staging, ROCK OF AGES makes for a high energy, feel-good and entertaining evening for fans of rock music Grab your leather pants and eyeliner, and ready your best air guitar as the 80’s jukebox rock musical ROCK OF AGES heads to town. Set to the songs of Journey, Bon Jovi, […]
BFI #LFF 2021: MONEY HAS FOUR LEGS Film Review
Despite struggles with its structure, MONEY HAS FOUR LEGS pays homage to Myanmar's rich history of cinema and its struggle with censorship. Last year marked the centenary of Burmese cinema, but many believe its golden days are long over. Dictatorship, corruption, and strict censorship threaten to stifle the creativity of struggling Burmese filmmakers, as Maung […]
Theatre Review: HEATHERS THE MUSICAL - Palace Theatre, Manchester
Gaining somewhat of a cult status, HEATHERS THE MUSICAL takes the razor-sharp darkness of the original film and adds an extravaganza of camp and frothy bitchiness Following two record-breaking seasons in London's West End, HEATHERS THE MUSICAL finally embarks on its first national tour, with a week-long run at Manchester's Palace Theatre. Based on the […]
Theatre Review: GOING THE DISTANCE – [DIGITAL PRODUCTION]
Comical, entertaining, and heart-warming, GOING THE DISTANCE shines a light on local community theatre and the people behind it. Hot on the heels of the huge success of previous digital productions WHAT A CARVE UP! and THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, Henry Filloux-Bennett and Yasmeen Khan’s delightful new comedy GOING THE DISTANCE shines a light […]
Theatre Interview: Peter Andre Talks GREASE UK Tour 2021
Ahead of its run at Manchester’s Opera House, Peter Andre talks about his role as Teen Angel, his varied entertainment career and why the musical GREASE continues to captivate audiences. Its fair to say that GREASE fans have had to wait a while for the hit musical to finally return to the big stage. The […]