“Well, that was a laugh eh?” quipped the Culture Blog on the way out from ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore at the Everyman.
Hansel and Gretel at the Everyman
Kneehigh’s Hansel and Gretel, at the Everyman, is great fun for kids and big kids alike, with some wonderful music and a diverting script.
Dick Whittington the Rock 'n' Roll Panto at the Everyman
Pantomimes and me don’t mix. I’m fundamentally a rather grumpy personality. If there’s no ironic fall-back position I feel a bit lost.
Abandon all Hope – another fucking Tesco
You know, Tesco isn’t all bad. Well, OK it is – but a new Tesco store isn’t the end of the world.
However, a new Tesco store on Hope Street – slap bang in the middle of the ‘cultural quarter’, connecting two astonishing cathedrals, host to the iconic Philharmonic Hall, Everyman Theatre and Philharmonic pub and blessed with its own street festival – is a bloody awful prospect.
Announced at a time when the city council has somehow allowed a developer to destroy Josephine Butler House, the prospect of another sodding Tesco store blighting the otherwise-stunning thoroughfare is a depressing one.
Rebuilding the Everyman
The Everyman has apparently been declared “unfit for purpose” and faces a “long lingering death” unless it is demolished, according to Arts Council England, because of its poor rehearsal space and bars.