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Aladdin at Stockport Plaza: Review

In the sparkling thrill of the pantomime, fantasy becomes everyday and the everyday fantastical, and the latest treasure to surface at Stockport Plaza is no exception. The first lesson of the panto...

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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe company. Photo by Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: Review

Aslan returns to Lowry, Salford in the 75th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ spellbinding children’s tale. And what a magnificent return it is, capturing all the emotion, thrill and excitement of the story...

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Hope is the thing with feathers (concept design) Illuminos

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Free light festival shines hopeful optimism across Media City

Free light festival, Lightwaves returns for a 12th year, lighting up the nights of Salford Quays and Media City with 12 new spectacular light art installations focused on themes of optimism...

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How to Make Your Next Work Trip More Comfortable

Travelling for business can sometimes be a daunting experience. Hotels are great for a holiday but if you’re working and you need space and comfort, they are certainly not home. As an...

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Manchester Collective Wintering. Photo by Chris Payne

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Wintering: Review

Leslie James KerwinAdd comment

This year will be the third in a row that Samantha Fernando opens a copy of Wintering, by Katherine May. Throughout its deep and wandering journey that considers embracing the fallow periods of life, the book asks, “What if we made peace with the...

TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL. Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy (Tina Turner) and Company. Photo by Johan Persson

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Tina – The Tina Turner Musical: Review

Carmel Thomason

Top Hat at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2025

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Top Hat: Review

Cathy Crabb

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Salford Quays To do & see

Free light festival shines hopeful optimism across Media City

Isabelle Fallows

Free light festival, Lightwaves returns for a 12th year, lighting up the nights of Salford Quays and Media City with 12 new spectacular light art installations focused on themes of optimism, positivity and togetherness. This year there are even more...

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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: Review

Carmel Thomason

Aslan returns to Lowry, Salford in the 75th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ spellbinding children’s tale. And what a magnificent return it is, capturing all the emotion, thrill and excitement of the story in a roller-coaster two hours that leaves us...

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Tina – The Tina Turner Musical: Review

Carmel Thomason

My first ever stadium gig as a child was watching the late Tina Turner at Gateshead International Stadium in 1990. It was billed as a farewell tour – which of course it wasn’t. Much to the delight of her fans, this born performer was back at the...

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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...

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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...

Wintering with Samantha Fernando © Mike Skelton

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Samantha Fernando’s music is balm for winter’s long, cold nights

Leslie James Kerwin

Amid a blizzard of Christmas markets, holiday shoppers, and one of the coldest Novembers in years, composer Samantha Fernando is stepping out to bring a moment of calm to Manchester this winter. Her latest orchestral piece, Wintering, asks: what if...