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previews, articles, reviews, interviews, and recommendations with Steve Cooke MIDWEEK COLUMN WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST 2026 Previews: Concert at Rochdale Parish Church - Saturday 22nd August, Paper Plate Record Craft - Langley Library plus Coming Soon to Manchester: Barkouf Review: A sensational Toad Lane Concert at St Mary in the Baum Concert at Rochdale Parish Church - Saturday 22nd August Preview by…
By Steve Cooke In his new book, A British Childhood, outgoing children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce makes a powerful case for helping families rediscover storytelling even in rough and tight circumstances. He cites the case of mums in Knowsley, one of Britain’s poorest boroughs, who couldn’t read but were introduced by him at a session at a GP practice to Dear Zoo, which they could easily…
previews, articles, reviews, interviews, and recommendations with Steve Cooke WEEKEND COLUMN SATURDAY 15 AUGUST 2026 Previews: Full Cast Announced for King Lear, ACE Lips Comedy Live at the Civic, Manchester Camerata - Here We Are plus National Theatre Live – The Misanthrope Review: JULY AT TLC Full Cast Announced for King Lear Preview by Steve Cooke Following the revelation that David Threlfall…
Previews, articles, reviews, interviews, and recommendations with Steve Cooke MIDWEEK COLUMN WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST 2026 Article: The five winners of Manchester Open Previews: The Great Heywood Gathering: Arts and Wellbeing Festival, Voices in the Library - Langley Library, Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure For Kids Review: Voci Voices at TLC The Great Heywood Gathering: Arts and Wellbeing Festival Preview…
Preview by Steve Cooke Royal Exchange Theatre has announced plans surrounding the celebration of its 50th anniversary, with a series of events celebrating the venue's longstanding commitment to storytelling, championing new voices, and fostering new talents, as well as looking back on its extraordinary origins from the Manchester’s Exchange to one of the most unique and radical designs in UK…
previews, articles, reviews, interviews, and recommendations with Steve Cooke WEEKEND COLUMN SATURDAY 8 AUIGUST 2026 Previews: Broadfield Park Slopes: Play in Nature, New contractor appointed as Touchstones transformation moves up, Shakespeare's Macbeth reimagined inside an iconic nightclub plus If you’re missing out on Edinburgh Fringe… Review: ROCH TALES at the Ukranian Club ROCH TALES at the…
Jimmy Cricket: a personal tribute by Steve Cooke Laughter, having its evolutionary roots in creating social bonds that help individual and group survival, is a powerful tool that improves physical health, mental well-being, and social connections, acting as a natural stress reliever and immune booster; a crucial resource in dealing with the challenges that life throws at us survival. Jimmy Cricket…
previews, articles, reviews, interviews, and recommendations with Steve Cooke MIDWEEK COLUMN WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST 2026 Previews: Fatt Butcher’s Congregational, Musical Instrument Making Session at Langley Library, Sing The Musicals, Petrus: Slope Stories plus Saturday Music at St Chads Review: Both players and audience revelled in the sound in the beautiful acoustic of St Mary in the Baum church.…
Preview by Steve Cooke Following the revelation that David Threlfall is returning to the Royal Exchange Theatre after 27 years to play King Lear, we now have details of the cast who will bring Matthew Dunster’s reimagining of Shakespeare's masterwork KING LEAR to life. Threlfall’s extensive credits famously include Shameless (Channel 4) for which he won an RTS Television Award for Best Actor.…
previews, articles, reviews, interviews, and recommendations with Steve Cooke WEEKEND COLUMN SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2026 Article: What change would you most like to see in Rochdale Borough over the next ten years? Previews: David Threlfall returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre after 27 years to play Lear, The Expansion of Sound with Ethan Loch, Christoph Altstaedt & the Carers of Greater Manchester…
