Do you remember the pure excitement of a power cut when you were little? In our house, my mum would light all the candles she could find, dad would flash his torch trying to frighten my younger brother and me, and my sister...
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Full disclosure: my mother’s family had a wonderful old copy of Alice in Wonderland with the...
Read MoreThe title’s a teaser. Has departing Dukes director Joe Sumsion gone the full Rick Wakeman in his final production and decided that what an everyday story of Northern folk needs is a touch of Las Vegas, Frozen-style? In fact, The...
Read MoreI never did read The Hobbit. Our village library had a copy but getting hold of it was about as easy as, well, stealing dragon’s treasure. In the end I made do with Lord of the Rings – or rather, the final two-thirds. The...
Read MoreNorthern Soul has teamed up with The Dukes in Lancaster to offer a family ticket to the UK’s biggest outdoor walkabout theatre season. The award-winning theatre presents The Hobbit in Lancaster’s glorious Williamson Park from...
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