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Northern School of Writing Lecturer produces play with students

A Salford academic is staging the full-length English language premiere of the acclaimed Hungarian drama The Dead Man at our MediaCity campus next month. Tickets for the performances can be purchased via Eventbrite.  Dr Szilvi Naray will bring a full-length adaptation of János Háy’s World War Two drama to audiences across three nights from Thursday 21 May […]

Poster for the play Yen.

Octagon Theatre premiers Northern School of Writing alumnus production

Northern School of Writing Alumnus Daniel Lovatt is back at The Octogon Theatre in Bolton with his company Divided Culture Company producing Yen starring Coronation Street’s Vicky Binns. A story of two teenagers living alone and without parents, Anna Jordan’s Bruntwood Prize Winning play is directed by Divided Culture Company’s Connor Goodwin. The Independent newspaper […]

Bolton Octogon Theatre. Street View.

Northern School graduate writes and directs play for Bolton Octogon Theatre

Toxic, an award-winning play written and directed by recent Northern School graduate Dan Lovatt, will be performed at The Bolton Octogon Theatre on Saturday October 19th and tour to Manchester’s Edge Theatre on November 21st 2024. The play was described by reviewers as ‘a perfect blend of pathos and humour’, and a story that ‘keeps […]