How do you make an opera with 180 kids?
This week: Noah's Flood at Manchester International Festival, a 7m Earth in Durham Cathedral, Liverpool Theatre Festival returns, Julian Clary as Herod

CONVERSATIONS with Slung Low’s artistic director Alan Lane are an emotional rollercoaster. Just as you are filled with excitement at his plans for a near-impossible piece of theatre, he hits you with an observation about society that blasts you out o…



