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12 July 2019
Interview with Beth Heath Netherton, senior publicist and performer
"I did that for a few years, then decided to run away to China."
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12 July 2019
Interview with Sara Barron
"It’s about hating your friends and, occasionally, liking your enemies. It’s a tightrope walk between honesty and cruelty, open-mindedness and naiveté, self-awareness and self-loathing."
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12 July 2019
Lack of female toilets in theatres
Research into toilets in West End theatres reveals most are lacking in women’s facilities.
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11 July 2019
Interview with Jack Gleadow
I just don’t think its within me to talk about these issues as much as audiences enjoy comedy like that I think its also nice to have some escapism from it.
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11 July 2019
Interview with Chris Washington
"If you’re doing a 20 minute serious bit about Brexit with no laughs, you’re probably in the wrong game IMHO"
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11 July 2019
Interview with Scummy Mummies
We are just like Ant and Dec! Except less famous and successful. And with vaginas.
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10 July 2019
Atmospheric Memories NGHS - Creative Critics - MIF19
Here are audio recorded reviews from Newall Green High School's Creative Critics of Manchester International Festival's Atmospheric Memories.
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10 July 2019
Atmospheric Memories MCA - Creative Critics - MIF19
Here are reviews from Manchester Communication Academy's Creative Critics of Manchester International Festival's Atmospheric Memories.
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10 July 2019
Interview with Verity Lane: Origami Soundscapes X The Crane, Arcola Theatre
Combing real-time oragami and a bitesized opera of Japanese folklore, artist and composer Verity Lane has created a truly unique show for the Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn Opera Festival
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10 July 2019
Interview with James Phelan
"I want to create a show that takes the audience into a magical world, where I seemingly can do anything, and the word Brexit doesn’t exist."
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10 July 2019
Interview with Esther Manito
I have previewed my show in very left-wing, and very right-wing areas and it’s been fascinating watching people get react to different parts of the show.
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10 July 2019
Interview with Dan Soder
I definitely think that I assess jokes differently now, you can’t be as careless as comedians used to be able to be. But most of my material is personal so public sentiment doesn’t really affect it.
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10 July 2019
Interview with Charles Deane, director and performer
Charles Deane is the director and a performer in the improvisation show "Any Suggestions Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody".
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9 July 2019
Interview with Daliso Chaponda
"If I make you feel, it’s working. So, in some communities jokes of mine make people laugh, elsewhere it might make them angry. Both are valid responses"
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9 July 2019
Interview with Njambi McGrath
Black history has to be prised out of the white narrative mainly concentrating on slaves instead of seeking to create a rounded view.
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9 July 2019
Interview with Felix and The Scootermen
"Bowie is probably the person I would have most liked to see in action. His creativity levels and consistency were off the scales."
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9 July 2019
Interview with Alun Cochrane
"The Edinburgh festival is very different in location and content from the Woodstock festival. But compared to the Fyre festival on that Netflix documentary there is certainly some overlap. Huge financial losses and enormous hubris to name a few."
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8 July 2019
Invisible Cities - Creative Critics - MIF19
Here's a collection of reviews of Invisible Cities visited by students from Newall Green High School at Manchester International Festival.