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Katy Lipson is a one-woman theatrical whirlwind who has become one of the UK’s leading fringe and Off West End musical theatre producers. It would appear that every musical she is involved in turns into theatrical gold. Having recently opened her latest show, Aspects of Love at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre to a stunning set of 5-star reviews, Lipson’s extraordinary ...

Writer and Director: Ol Parker Songs: Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Reviewer: Stephen Bates Our wonderful Summer has just got even sunnier. It’s time to forget about high art and think about guilty pleasures, time to take another trip back musically to an era of dancing queens and disco kings, time to take in the warm sea breezes and bask ...

Reviewer: Simon Topping Rag “N” Bone Man, AKA Rory Rory Graham, has come a long way in a short time. His meteoric rise has come since the release of his debut solo album Human in the February of 2017. In under eighteen months his debut album has sold over three quarters of a million copies, he has won two Brit ...

Reviewer: Simon Topping On stage surrounded by a set that looks like a hospital consultation room, complete with a patients screen, anti-bacterial hand wash and a medical bin, Mark Thomas hits the ground running; as always he has a lot to say, heaps of passion and not enough time to impart his gathered wisdom. To start the original NHS is ...

Reviewer: Simon Topping Patrick Barkham has a lot of ground to cover in such a short time. In his new book Islander, Barkham has visited an astonishing amount of the British archipelago in his search for the quirks, joys and challenges of small island living. Inspired by the D H Lawrence story The Man Who Loved Islands, where a man ...

With Latitude being so diverse in terms of offerings, it's always a challenge to a) get around everything you want to see and b) get enough of a stint at any given stage to feel you've really made the most of it. Despite this, occasionally deciding to spend some time in one place can be a wise choice and you ...

Creators: The Pappyshow Reviewer: Simon Topping Ten men of colour stand on stage as the lead dancer proclaims, “This is a celebration of our manhood. Let’s start with a fight scene!” This is the explosive start to what is an hour of mesmerising, moving and funny group movement and storytelling from the ensemble. Formed in 2013 to train actors in ...

Creator: Tom Walker Reviewer: Simon Topping Bursting onto stage red-faced and raging from the start, Jonathan Pie barely takes a breath as he launches into his first tirade of a short 40-minute set. The creation of Tom Walker, Pie, a fictitious news reporter of no fixed channel, has become a YouTube sensation in the past year or two, gaining millions ...