United Kingdom
Recycler by day, blogger by night. Contributor to The Skinny, The Good Review, Cornerhouse, Kasterborous, The Digital Fix, Down the Tubes and more. Founder of The Fiction Stroker, a Manchester arts and culture blog.
2014
Reviewing the critically acclaimed 'Orlando' at Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre.
Reviewing part of The Kings Arms 'Mashed Up North' festival.
First in a new column series for the Digital Fix's Geek section.
Reviewing the interactive and well-researched Project XXX that sought to explore teenagers attitudes to sex.
Darlings of the Manchester Fringe comedy scene Norris and Parker are back with an updated version of All of Our Friends Are Dead, their anarchic character sketch comedy show that took Manchester, Camden and Edinburgh by storm last summer. Possibly the most vibrant comedy performers on the scene at present, All of Our Friends Are...
2013
Reviewing the 50th anniversary audio Doctor Who adventure from Big Finish Productions.
Review of the Library Theatre's 2013 production of Educating Rita.
Based on Walter Moseley's book, Devil in a Blue Dress sees Ezekiel ' Easy' Rawlins (Denzel Washington) down and out in 1940's Los Angeles. His bartender friend Joppy sets him up for a job with local thug DeWitt Albright. Albright offers Easy $100 to find Daphne Monet, a missing politician's fiancé.
Feature article on the return of missing Doctor Who episodes to the archive after 46 years missing.
Review of 'Temper' as part of the 24:7 Theatre Festival
Review of the 50th anniversary Doctor Who Prom
Interview with writer and actress Jess Lee in advance of her play "Diabetic Penguins"
Review of Manchester Sound: The Massacre
A preview of Library Theatre's Manchester Sound: The Massacre
Review of 30 Years of Darkness for the Cornerhouse's 2013 Viva Festival
Review of Michael Winterbottom's Everyday for Manchester's Cornerhouse
Reviews of Stars are Fire and Hidden at Manchester's Lowry Theatre
Staff interview with Matt Charlton
Review V for Vendetta live at the Lass O'Gowrie, Manchester. Part of Lassfest 2013.
Review of Coronation Street 1977 live at the Lass O'Gowrie, Manchester. Part of Lassfest 2013.
2012
Review of Library Theatre's Arabian Nights
Excerpts from my review of The Ballad of Halo Jones stage play
Creating comics with leading artist Jim Medway at Manchester's Cornerhouse
Work Appearances
Recofloor awards it's recycling champions - co-organiser of event
News updates from Recofloor UK based vinyl take-back recycling scheme
Ecobuild reportedly proved a resounding success for Carpet Recycling UK
Team Axion complete the Manchester 10k raising £2,000 for Cancer Research UK
2011
Reporting findings on retailer take-back schemes at Harrogate
Success of Recofloor's 'on-the-road' bacon butty events
Marking Carpet and Flooring's membership of Recofloor
Success of Recofloor's 'on-the-road' bacon butty events
Reviewing Carpet Recycling UK's attendance and seminar at the Harrogate Flooring Show
Welcoming the Independent Floorcovering Distributors Association on board to Recofloor
2010
Polyflor and Recofloor celebrate their CIWM Award Win
Addressing the East Anglia meeting of the Contract Flooring Association