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The cast of Dear England (2025) at the National Theatre (c) Marc Brenner

Dear England cast reveal their approach to playing well known faces on stage

Dear England, the hit Olivier Award-winning play by James Graham, comes to Lowry, Salford direct from a 10-week run at the National Theatre in London. After scooping the award for Best New Play In...

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Hamlet Hail to the Thief (Photo by Manuel Harlan)

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Hamlet Hail to the Thief: Review

Combining art forms to create something beyond traditional description has become a hallmark of Factory. Hence why Hamlet Hail to the Thief is advertised not as a play or musical, but as ‘a live...

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A Knights Tale the musical, Manchester Opera House

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A Knight’s Tale the musical: Review

All the hype over the past few weeks is true – A Knight’s Tale is a firework of a show. And I mean literally at points. Figuratively it zings, glitters and explodes. Faux leathering their way...

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Death of a Salesman. Photo by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

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Death of a Salesman: Review

Arthur Miller was originally going to call Death of a Salesman ‘The Inside of His Head’, and it’s easy to see why in this lucid and powerful production of the postwar American classic. Willy Loman is...

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Boys from the Blackstuff: Review

Steve TimmsAdd comment

Gizza Job. Welcome to the gig economy. The game may have changed but the rules of a capitalist society remain the same: for the powerful to thrive, the working class must be oppressed. Zero hours contracts usually involve working for companies who...

MARY POPPINS. Stefanie Jones(Mary Poppins) and Company. Photo Danny Kaan.

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Mary Poppins: Review

Carmel Thomason

Micky Cochrane (Marius) and Faz Singhateh (John) in Moth

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The Moth: Review

Martin Thomasson

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Imran Perretta A Riot in Three Acts - (credit Michael Pollard)

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Imran Perretta: A Riot In Three Acts – Review

Martin Thomasson

On 4 August, 2011, a 29-year-old black man, Mark Duggan, was shot dead by police in Tottenham, London. Duggan’s death sparked a series of riots, beginning in Tottenham, spreading across London and on to other cities in England. From where he was...

Tyson Fury (right) is England Manager and Wayne Rooney is Player-Manager (left) for UNICEF 2025, which takes place on Sunday 15th of June at Old Trafford, Manchester. Photographed by Daniel Hambury for UNICEF UK and Soccer Aid Productions. ©UNICEF/Soccer Aid Productions/Stella Pictures

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Tyson Fury and Wayne Rooney to form knockout team

Carmel Thomason

It’s a knockout line-up for this year’s Soccer Aid for Unicef at Old Trafford as former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury teams up with Manchester United’s all-time record goal-scorer, Wayne Rooney. The pair will co-manage England who take on...

Artist Bobby Baker An Edible Family in a Mobile Home at The Tate 2023 © Hugo Glendenning

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Artist Bobby Baker talks feminism, family and edible art

Verity Marchant

Whitworth Art Gallery is currently home to an installation quite literally good enough to eat. Artist Bobby Baker has recreated her An Edible Family in a Mobile Home (1976, 2023) enlisting the help of Long Boi’s Bakehouse to make the edible family...

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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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Alan Bleasdale and James Graham on bringing Boys from the Blackstuff to the stage

Sarah Hemming

It’s been a long time coming. Ever since Yosser Hughes strode onto the screen in 1982 and into television drama history, with his brilliant, heartbreaking catchphrase “Gizza job”, people have been urging Alan Bleasdale to bring Boys from the...

Nathaniel J Hall Photo by Rebecca Lupton/Factory Int

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Nathaniel J Hall draws on lived experience to explore toxic relationships in his new play

Amy Corringham

Following its sell-out debut at HOME, Manchester in 2023, actor, writer and HIV activist Nathaniel J Hall is taking his critically acclaimed second play, Toxic on tour, arriving at Lowry, Salford on April 16. He talks to Amy Corringham about the...