The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be Olivia Holt. The 25-year-old is currently in her first-ever Broadway role as Roxie Hart in Chicago.
11.05.2023 - 12:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Growing up in a deprived area of Manchester, Neville Thompson never pictured himself rubbing shoulders with BBC directors and film crews at glittering award ceremonies.
But the 47-year-old has come a long way since his teenage years, which were spent in and out of prison for drug dealing.
“I was always dead popular, I never caused any problems,” he recalls of his childhood, which was spent living with his grandparents in Rusholme.
“But as I got older, this one person kept bullying me. I didn’t have anywhere to turn. My dad was a drug addict, so he was no help, and my grandad was too old to ask.
Neville then got involved with gang members at school. “They took me under their wing and my beef became their beef,” he explains.
“But it worked the other way too, and their enemies became my enemies. I was only 16 and had taken on way more than I realised. I never expected to get involved in all that.”
Before long, Neville was selling drugs and constantly in and out of prison. Ultimately, it was a chance encounter during a stint on probation that finally broke the cycle.
“I got out in my twenties, after serving five years for kidnap, and as part of my release terms, I had to work with Odd Arts,” he says, referring to a therapeutic arts project that uses theatre workshops to reduce reoffending and help youths deal with conflict without violence.
Odd Arts is just one of thousands of music and cultural projects in every corner of the UK supported by funding from the National Lottery and its players.
Neville built a rapport with the founder, Becky Friel, and the film he created with their help, Scratching the Surface, gives a fascinating insight into the history of violence and trauma in Manchester’s Moss Side through candid
The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be Olivia Holt. The 25-year-old is currently in her first-ever Broadway role as Roxie Hart in Chicago.
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Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour’ tickets for one, two or three of her MetLife Stadium concerts in East Rutherford, NJ on Friday, May 26, Saturday, May 27 or Sunday, May 28.Congratulations — that’s a big step.(If you haven’t, you can still snatch up last-minute tickets here too).However, now that the day of the concert is rapidly approaching, the realization “Oh, my goodness. I’ve never been to MetLife.
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