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Rowland Hill, Relic, 2026. Photo by Michael Pollard

Art Reviews

Curtain Up – exploring the thrill of the live performance

‘Curtain Up’, a new exhibition at Lowry, Salford, brings together works from artists Simeon Barclay, Chris Paul Daniels, Denzil Forrester, Rowland Hill, Joy Labinjo, Ryan Mosley, Abigail...

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Waiting for Godot credit Mihaela Bodlovic

Reviews Theatre

Waiting for Godot: Review

‘A country road, a tree’. The setting for Beckett’s play is surely as synonymous with the text as ‘blasted heath’ is with King Lear, and in director Dominic Hill’s assured stage setting looks just as...

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Scenic View of Appalachian Mountains and Highway Photo by Mark Stebnicki: https://www.pexels.com/photo/scenic-view-of-appalachian-mountains-and-highway-29056565/

Travel

What can catch you off guard on an Appalachia road trip

An Appalachia road trip sounds glorious while it’s still theoretical. In your head, it’s all blue‑green ridgelines, improvised pull‑offs with views worth the sudden braking, small towns folded into...

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Jill Halfpenny in Private Lives at The Royal Exchange Theatre Credit: Johan Persson

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Private Lives with Jill Halfpenny: Review

‘Is there going to be an earthquake?’, asks new bride Sibyl of husband Elyot as they embark on married life together. ‘Quite possibly,’ he replies. There is, of course, but not quite in the way Sybil...

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Reviews

Top Hat at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2025

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Top Hat: Review

Steve TimmsAdd comment

‘There may be trouble ahead.’ In difficult times, people look for an exit. That was the case when the original RKO movie ‘Top Hat’, with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, arrived in 1936 at the height of the Great Depression. Arguably...

Matilda The Musical UK Tour with Sanna Kurihara as Matilda

Reviews Theatre

Matilda the Musical: Review

Leslie James Kerwin

Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens in Eric & Ern (photo credit Paul Coltas)

Reviews Theatre

Eric & Ern: Review

Leslie James Kerwin

To do & see

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’...

Reviews Theatre

Waiting for Godot: Review

Dave Porter

‘A country road, a tree’. The setting for Beckett’s play is surely as synonymous with the text as ‘blasted heath’ is with King Lear, and in director Dominic Hill’s assured stage setting looks just as desolate. A spectral tree with the mangled...

Art with Heart Banner. Photo by Breige Cobane

People To do & see

Artist Emily Simpson on capturing Salford’s complex and diverse identity in textiles

Leslie James Kerwin

Born in Salford and having lived elsewhere, Emily Simpson is used to the city’s reputation as Manchester’s indignant shadow. “Salford is always the other city,” she says. “It has a confusing, complex identity that is often squashed...

People

Payal Ramchandani Just Enough Madness © Luke Waddington

People Salford Quays To do & see

Payal Ramchandani, dance and the unsaid truths of motherhood

Holly Critchley

Just Enough Madness is Payal Ramchandani’s powerful new solo piece featuring live music and Kuchipudi (an Indian dance drama form used to convey emotions that words can’t always grasp) to offer an unflinching glimpse into miscarriage and the...

People Salford Quays To do & see

Joz Norris on getting silly and serious in You Wait. Time Passes

Anastasia Tirca

After a critically acclaimed and sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, comedian, Joz Norris is taking his thought-provoking one-man show: ‘You Wait. Time Passes’ on the road, stopping at Lowry, Salford in April. Blending...