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Collaborator by Ockham’s Razor CREDIT - Jamie Dennis

People

Ockham’s Razor considers the ‘cost’ of working with another in new show Collaborator

After decades of creating large-scale ensemble works and touring internationally, Collaborator marks a significant moment for contemporary circus company, Ockham’s Razor. Showcasing its two founders...

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Travel

5 Unexpected Ways to Elevate a Weekend Getaway

There are many ways to elevate a weekend getaway, from using apps for postcards to perfect photography we’ve got some tips to get you started with ideas. Travel with intent Everyone has their...

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Travel

Discover the Soul of a City through its bars

Travelling is often about exploring landmarks, savouring local cuisine, and wandering through neighbourhoods. However, one of the most insightful ways to truly understand a city is by visiting its...

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Dance Consortium - Michael Keegan-Dolan's MÁM, photo - David Gray

Dance Reviews

Dance Consortium presents MÁM – Review

Irish choreographer, Michael Keegan-Dolan can be thought of as something of a rebel in the dance world. In the programme notes he describes his relationship with ballet as ‘complicated’. He was...

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Reviews

The Guardians of Living Matter. John-Paul Brown and Sophy King. Photo: Michael Pollard

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Art Reviews

The Guardians of Living Matter: Review

Leslie James KerwinAdd comment

Fifty years in the future, humanity has stepped down from the podium of Earth’s dominant species. Generations of damage to the planet’s ecosystem has now given rise to a new form of life: a living, breathing web of mycelium, supercharged by AI. In...

Hidden by Motionhouse. Image by Dan Tucker

Dance Reviews

Motionhouse Hidden: Review

Carmel Thomason

LUMINISCENCE UK Premiere - Photo Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Music Reviews

LUMINISCENCE at Manchester Cathedral: Review

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

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Art People To do & see

Climate change, AI and finding hope in artistic activism

Leslie James Kerwin

AI meets nature in a new interdisciplinary exhibition at Lowry from January which sees artists, John-Paul Brown and Sophy King, look beyond climate grief into a future of possibilities. It is 2076 – the climate crisis is fading, the Earth is...

Dance Consortium - Michael Keegan-Dolan's MÁM, photo - Ros Kavanagh

People

Michael Keegan-Dolan – ‘If what you feel is really strange… that’s really exciting for me’

Diane Parkes

Michael Keegan-Dolan’s dizzying gateway between modern dance and the ancient heartbeat of Ireland, MÁM, comes to Lowry, Salford By Diane Parkes When choreographer and dancer Michael Keegan-Dolan was creating his production MÁM, he turned to the...

To do & see Travel

The only swing bridge aqueduct in the world

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Lorraine Worsley-Carter stumbles upon a unique wonder of the canal age in Salford After taking a short cut to our favourite Trafford DIY store, our sat-nav suggested a route which took us over an old bridge which we had not traversed before...

Further Afield To do & see

Happy Mondays join line-up as The Brit Fest turns three

Alex Price

Brothers and business partners, Anthony and Edward Prophet have been involved in many projects together over the years. But back in 2024 when Brit Fest first launched, the pair could never have imagined how their ‘crazy little idea’...

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People

Sadiq Ali on using circus to challenge outdated beliefs about HIV

Leslie James Kerwin

When Sadiq Ali was diagnosed HIV+ during his circus training at NCCA, he witnessed the fear and ignorance that still surrounds the virus. He talks to Leslie Kerwin about his new work, ‘Tell Me’, created in consultation with HIV...

People Salford Quays To do & see

‘If Tarantino was to write a play, this would be it’ – Jason Durr

Carmel Thomason

Actor Jason Durr talks to Quays Life about his role in Murder at Midnight, a brand-new comedy thriller from Torben Betts, writer of smash-hit Murder in the Dark. Could you introduce us to Murder at Midnight? Jason: “It’s a brand new comedy...