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

Art Reviews

The Guardians of Living Matter: Review

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...

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Hidden by Motionhouse. Image by Dan Tucker

Dance Reviews

Motionhouse Hidden: Review

When Motionhouse’s co-founder and artistic director, Kevin Finnan says Hidden is the company’s most ambitious production to date, we know to expect something spectacular. Motionhouse is known for...

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Salford Quays To do & see

Dance-circus company Motionhouse explores shared humanity in new show Hidden

Dance-circus company Motionhouse’s latest show Hidden has been wowing audiences in the UK and Europe – and this January it comes to The Lowry in Salford. The show, which brings together...

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LUMINISCENCE UK Premiere - Photo Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Music Reviews

LUMINISCENCE at Manchester Cathedral: Review

Manchester Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, began as a parish church in the 13th century, became a Collegiate Church in 1421 under Henry...

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Reviews

Max Bowden, Jason Durr, Susie Blake in Murder at Midnight. Credit Pamela Raith Photography

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Reviews Theatre

Murder at Midnight: Review

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Murder at Midnight is Torben Betts’ follow-up to his highly successful Murder in the Dark. In the programme notes he tells how the idea emerged after producers at Original Theatre company asked him to write another that could form a series of...

Sidonie Smith, Adam Garcia and Cast. Credit Paul Coltas

Reviews

The Bodyguard: Review

Carmel Thomason

Sadiq Ali: Tell Me Credit Alberto Santos Bellido

Reviews Theatre

Sadiq Ali: Tell Me – Review

Leslie James Kerwin

To do & see

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’...

People

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...