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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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The Cast of Barnum UK Tour - Photo credit Pamela Raith

Reviews Theatre

Barnum the Circus Musical with Lee Mead: Review

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...

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Travel

Tips to make travel easier with a big party size

Travel doesn’t need to be stressful, but when you’ve got a big party or group to look after, it can no doubt become a little more complex to manage. From handling all the finances and booking...

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Reviews

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

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Dance Reviews

Dance Consortium presents MÁM – Review

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Irish choreographer, Michael Keegan-Dolan can be thought of as something of a rebel in the dance world. In the programme notes he describes his relationship with ballet as ‘complicated’. He was thrown out of ballet school more than once before...

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

Hidden by Motionhouse. Image by Dan Tucker

Dance Reviews

Motionhouse Hidden: Review

Carmel Thomason

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...