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Bank of Dave The Cast of Bank of Dave. Credit: Mark Brenner

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Bank of Dave the Musical: Review

The story of how white van man, Dave Fishwick took on the banking establishment to become the people’s champion has become the stuff of legend. The Burnley businessman’s quest to open the first high...

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NIKOLAI FOSTER, OLLIE KHURSHID_CREDIT MARC BRENNER

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Director Nikolai Foster on his Barnum of Burnley Bank of Dave the Musical

Bank of Dave is a real life story that became a best-selling book, then a BAFTA award-winning documentary, and a global Netflix film sensation. Now the feel-good tale of people’s champion Dave...

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“Men are in a difficult phase right now, but we’ve got to support each other” – Les Dennis

Former Coronation Street favourite and comic, Les Dennis returns to Manchester as diner and pie shop owner, Old Joe alongside Carrie Hope Fletcher as his employee Jenna in the 10th anniversary...

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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

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Waiting for Godot: Review

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‘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...

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

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Private Lives with Jill Halfpenny: Review

Dave Porter

Top Hat at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2025

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Top Hat: Review

Steve Timms

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Director Nikolai Foster on his Barnum of Burnley Bank of Dave the Musical

Carmel Thomason

Bank of Dave is a real life story that became a best-selling book, then a BAFTA award-winning documentary, and a global Netflix film sensation. Now the feel-good tale of people’s champion Dave Fishwick is taking to the stage as a brand new...

Art Reviews

Curtain Up – exploring the thrill of the live performance

Leslie James Kerwin

‘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 Reynolds, Bridget Smith, and Ulla von Brandenburg...

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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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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’...

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Payal Ramchandani Just Enough Madness © Luke Waddington

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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...

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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...