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LtoR Dana Haqjoo Eddie's Dad/Mr-Bald/Tom Stanley/Brian; Lucie Shorthouse as Chantel/Claire/Linda; Shoba Gulati as Brenda/Helen/Marion in Road at the Royal Exchange Theatre Photo Ros Kavanagh

Reviews Theatre

Road with Johnny Vegas and Lucy Beaumont

It is wonderful to see Manchester’s Royal Exchange start its 50th anniversary season on such a high. Tickets for its opening show ‘Road’ by Jim Cartwright have already sold out for the...

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Reviews Theatre

I Do by Dante or Die: Review

Has the day of a wedding ever gone smoothly? The bride is stressing out, the groom is having second thoughts, the kids are being a nightmare, and there’s always one underpaid staff member keeping it...

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Greater Manchester To do & see

Queer Contact returns with a line-up showcasing the diversity of queer creativity

Manchester’s Queer Contact Festival returns with 10 days of performance, art and community, championing under-represented voices and embracing the breadth of LGBTQ+ talent. “The whole festival is...

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People To do & see

Joss Arnott on new show Meet the Hatter and celebrating the superpower of difference

Joss Arnott Dance celebrates its 15th anniversary with an ambitious new show, ‘Meet the Hatter’, which has been two years in the making. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s iconic character from...

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Reviews

The Cast of Barnum UK Tour - Photo credit Pamela Raith

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Reviews Theatre

Barnum the Circus Musical with Lee Mead: Review

Carmel ThomasonAdd comment

It is a rare treat to see Barnum live. The 1980’s musical is rarely staged, both for the scale of it and the difficulty in finding a leading man who can not only sing, dance and act, but can also wow the audience with death-defying circus...

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

Dance Reviews

Dance Consortium presents MÁM – Review

Carmel Thomason

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

Art Reviews

The Guardians of Living Matter: 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...

LUMINISCENCE UK Premiere - Photo Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Music Reviews

LUMINISCENCE at Manchester Cathedral: Review

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

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 V, and was granted Cathedral status in 1847 with...

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

Collaborator by Ockham’s Razor CREDIT - Jamie Dennis

People

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

Alex Price

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, Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey, it brings the...

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...