Whatever you’re doing, stop it. Borrow a child and take it immediately to this life-affirming new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s masterpiece. As the end of the world approaches, you will at least get two hours of absolute joy...
Read MoreAs a veteran of some 30 pantos I never thought I’d say this, but how lovely it is to be back in panto land. It’s almost like everything is back to normal. A packed house on the Aladdin press night at Oldham Coliseum...
Read MoreThe iPhone has a lot to answer for. Until its arrival in 2010, picture messaging was too expensive for young people to use. The iPhone changed all that. Suddenly, kids were taking pictures of everything and sending them...
Read MoreDirector Chris Lawson’s first panto at Oldham Coliseum is a belter. And it has the best pantomime cow I have ever seen, in any pantomime, anywhere. There are other firsts here, too. Richard J Fletcher gives up his usual Idle...
Read More“Once I was sacked from Corrie, I had enough to probably buy a small terraced house,” says Chris Hoyle. “But instead I spent obscene amounts of money on designer clothes.” Hoyle, who began his creative career as an actor, is the...
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