Luke Sheppard’s acclaimed production of Rent has opened at Manchester’s queer-run Hope Mill Theatre. We’ve been meaning to check out Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre for a while, having featured some of their digital content during lockdown, but we’ve only recently made it up to see a show in-person.
What a show to start with, though – their production of Rent has been a huge critical success and is routinely playing to sell-out audiences.
We can see why – during our visit, we were blown away by the quality of this show. Directed by Luke Sheppard – director of West End smash &Juliet and, more recently, the wonderful My Son’s a Queer at London’s Turbine Theatre – Rent is a musical telling the story of squatter Mark, a freelance film maker, and