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Backwards Anorak: Winter Is Coming

Baz McAlister

"Vince Milesi establishes himself as the troupe’s alpha Khaleesi, by turns squabbling with and canoodling with Michelle Brasier, and abusing the “Imp”, Leo Miles."

The five members of high energy troupe Backwards Anorak hit the small Trades Hall Music Room stage with a boundless energy that belies their 10.45 start time. Winter Is Coming is fast-paced, fusing an actor training workshop with George RR Martin's world of Westeros from Game Of Thrones – but as with Martin's work itself, the show is full of backstabby B-plots as Vince Milesi establishes himself as the troupe's alpha Khaleesi, by turns squabbling with and canoodling with Michelle Brasier, and abusing the “Imp”, Leo Miles.

Trades Hall: Music Room to 20 Apr