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Yolanda Ovide as Mende in Slave. Photo by Roger More Photography

Reviews Theatre

Slave: A Question of Freedom – Review

This play could not come at a more apposite moment. Next week not only marks Anti-Slavery Day but the subject of this production – abduction and enslavement in Sudan – comes at a time when the sub...

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The cast of GREASE UK & Ireland Tour. Credit Marc Brenne

Reviews Theatre

Grease: Review

Grease is back in Manchester for a welcome return with this energetic touring production featuring a youthful cast. This current version is a blend of one of the greatest movie musicals of the last...

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The QDance Company, ReINCARNATION, photo Tristram Kenton

Dance Reviews

QDance Company’s Re:INCARNATION: Dance Review

Nigeria’s QDance Company embodies the youthful vibrancy of Lagos in its ambitious 90 minute show, Re:Incarnation. It starts with the rhythmic banging of a drum resembling a heartbeat as the...

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Tricia Paoluccio on writing and starring in new Dolly Parton musical Here You Come Again

Tricia Paoluccio plays Dolly Parton in a new musical Here You Come Aagin, which she co-wrote with Bruce Vilanch and Gabriel Barre. The show has been fully authorised by the real Dolly herself, with...

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Blue Man Group – Bluevolution World Tour: Review

Carmel ThomasonAdd comment

There’s a Bluevolution happening in Salford this week. Don’t know what that is? Well, it’s what this experience is all about – discovering the world of art and entertainment as if it’s a world you’ve never seen before. Blue Man Group is a...

Reviews Theatre

Two of Us: Review

Carmel Thomason

Reviews Theatre

Le Navet Bete’s King Arthur: Review

Carmel Thomason

To do & see

QUEENS the Exhibition. Photo by Nathan Chandler

Art Salford Quays To do & see

New exhibition Queens begins its reign at The Lowry

Carmel Thomason

What kind of Queen are you?’ That’s the question posed by a new exhibition at The Lowry. The exhibition, which takes inspiration from the hit musical SIX, celebrates ‘everyday’ queens of every description. “With Queens we want to celebrate not only...

Games Reviews

Taskmaster – The Board Game: Review

Paul Thomason

Paul Thomason spends a creative, fun and competitive afternoon playing Taskmaster which brings all the silliness of the TV show to your front room. It must have been the ultimate task for board game producers, Ginger Fox but somehow they’ve...

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 Travel

Discovering Fleetwood’s heritage with a Fisherman’s Friend

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

One day in June, taking advantage of the ease of lockdown, we decided to have a day out in Thornton Cleveleys. We took a wrong turn and found we were actually heading for Fleetwood and so decided to visit. I would expect that most Northerners...

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Hugh Cornwell Portrait Courtesy Bertrand Fevre

People To do & see

Hugh Cornwell on Combining his Love of Music and Animation

Dave Porter

Hugh Cornwell – legendary singer from The Stranglers – has one thing in common with his hero, Ray Harryhausen: they both knew at the age of six what they wanted to do with their lives. Hugh explains: “His dad took him to see the original King Kong...

Hopwood DePree carryng a timber Credit Fred Leao Prado

Greater Manchester People To do & see

Restoring Hopwood Hall – An American’s Journey to Middleton

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Last year I was invited to attend an open day of a stately home in Middleton, Greater Manchester. I was delighted to be invited as my husband, Bob, and I had viewed the hall from afar when we spied it on one of our many walks exploring various...