Manchester Blog

I fell in love with Manchester when I came for my University admissions interview. It had been exciting to travel up by train from the farthest reaches of East Anglia, well Peterborough anyway.
I’d heard all the stories about how Manchester had a permanent black cloud tethered to it by a large and grime-ridden piece […]

The Royal Northern College of Music fairly shook with the loud cheers and applause as we finished our final performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe on Saturday night.
We’d struggled to sell tickets again this year. And that’s despite a pretty high standard, semi-pro orchestra, great RNCM bar and a fun time for all!
The […]

After months of rehearsal and working Thursdays and Sundays for quite a while the show has come together at last. As usual we seem to not get the knack of a particular dance step until we’ve had it drummed into our brains 11 million times.
Anyway, now we’ve a show on our hands and I’m […]

After putting on Bugsy Malone in November Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (MUGSS) is swooping back into it’s true vocation Gilbert & Sullivan.
And putting on Iolanthe with a twist. Again at the Royal Northern College of Music in April.
Of course, it wouldn’t be MUGSS without a bit of a twist to […]

I’m serious.
Let’s get Manchester onto the board of the World Monopoly game.
Go to the Monopoly Site and nominate Manchester (UK) to get onto the board. Be careful because the USA has a few Manchester’s too.
Manchester’s not on the shortlist but when enough of us nominate it we’ve got a chance of being one […]