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Grimmfest 2019 in Manchester

Zombies and werewolves in Manchester for Grimmfest

Grimmfest, one of the UK’s leading cult and genre film festivals, will take place at the Odeon Great Northern cinema in Manchester this week…

Yvette China Plate Theatre Image: Ed Collier

A story of teenage angst and survival with Yvette

China Plate presents Yvette, a one woman show about a stolen childhood and growing up with a secret, touring to Birmingham and London this May…

Melanie Wilson, Autobiographer, photo by Monika Chmielarz

Interview with Melanie Wilson, London-based performer, writer and sound artist

Melanie Wilson is a London-based performer, writer and sound artist, her latest show begins at the Toynbee Studios in London this month…

Inua Ellams, photo by Franklyn Rodgers

Interview with poet, playwright and performer Inua Ellams

Inua Ellams is a poet, writer, teacher, performer and graphic artist, his new show The Black T-shirt Collection is on at the National Theatre this April, Contrary Life caught up with him to find out more…

Spoken word artist Polarbear

Contrary Life chills out with Polarbear as he warms up for his latest show

Polarbear specialises in sparse, straightforward storytelling with a unique sense of poetry, his show Old Me is on at the Roundhouse in London (21st November – 3rd December), find out more by reading our interview…

Tony Giles, Seeing the World My Way - SilverWood Books

Why author and traveller Tony Giles is seeing the world his way

Tony Giles has had a lot of obstacles to overcome in his life, his adventures have been published in a book, Seeing the World My Way. Contrary Life tracked him down for a quick chat about his book and his travels…

Author Chris Morton's book English Slacker

Slacking off with Brighton author Chris Morton

Contrary Life interviews Brighton-based author Chris Morton to find out more about his debut novel, English Slacker and the importance of being happy…

Sam Walters, The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond

Interview with the Orange Tree Theatre’s Sam Walters on the fruits of his labour

The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond is London’s only permanent theatre-in-the-round. This year the theatre celebrates its 40th anniversary, so to find out more Contrary Life caught up with founder and director Sam Walters…

Interview with Jacksons Lane artistic director Adrian Berry

Jacksons Lane has been providing first class arts events, community activities and projects in North London since 1976. We catch up with Adrian Berry to find out more…

Two Unknown by Alan Hamilton

Interview with author Alan Hamilton

Two Unknown by Alan Hamilton, a tragedy surrounding a boy and girl in the 1920s. In this interview discover the history behind the book and find out about the author…

The Judas Cup by Shaun Ivory

Interview with author Shaun Ivory

The Judas Cup is a supernatural thriller written by Shaun Ivory. Contrary Life discovers more the inspiration behind Ivory’s writing…

Past Continuous by Tony Bayliss

Interview with author Tony Bayliss

Tony Bayliss has written several books and founded Zeus, a poetry magazine, and Masque, an Arts Magazine. His latest book, Past Continuous comes out this autumn…

Interview with author Carolyn Lewis

Carolyn Lewis was born in Cardiff and has been living in Bristol since 1987.  She is married with three daughters and one step-son and has seven grandchildren.  Carolyn has been writing since she was eight years old.  She has written a guide to writing a novel which hopefully will give budding authors confidence to get […]

Interview with Jan Hedger, author of On Calico Wings

Jan Hedger is the author of a new poetry anthology On Calico Wings which raises money for Gardening Leave, a charity supporting Armed Forces veterans. You have a new poetry anthology out called On Calico Wings; tell us a bit about it: On Calico Wings is a collection of poetry I have written over the […]

Interview with author Amanda Sington-Williams

Amanda Sington-Williams comes from a literary family and writes short stories, poetry and novels. She likes to create characters that are outsiders or different from the norm. Her settings go from the ordinary to the exotic and often the stories reflect historical and political events of the time.  Her novel, The Eloquence of Desire, has […]

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Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

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Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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