To mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, HOME Manchester is hosting a one-off, pay what you can, screening of the 2018 film, Peterloo followed by a Q&A with director, Mike Leigh. PETERLOO featuring Rory Kinnear as Henry Hunt...
Read onCircus fans are in for a treat this autumn as Circus 1903 arrives at The Lowry with some of the most spectacular acts from around the world. The show promises to transport audiences back to the turn-of-the-century, shortly after the time of Greatest...
Read on‘A bunch of clowns trying to do the impossible,’ is how Dylan Emery describes Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. It’s an insanely ambitious show he co-founded with Adam Megiddo in 2008, and soon became a must-see staple of the Edinburgh Fringe...
Read onThe Lowry Galleries are hosting a special display giving a peak behind the scenes of the new cinema biopic celebrating Lowry’s life. Mrs Lowry & Son stars Timothy Spall as artist LS Lowry and Vanessa Redgrave as his mother Elizabeth, with whom...
Read onThis summer We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Live, based on the much-loved picture book by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, returns to the Lowry direct from London’s West End. We sat down with the cast – Tim Hibberd, Benjamin Hills, Hannah Donelon, and...
Read onClaire Gaydon’s See Through was voted by Time Out as one of the top 10 weirdest shows at Edinburgh Fringe. The one-woman show examines identity, validation and the cost of sharing in the digital age. Quays Life meets Claire ahead of her performance...
Read onManchester Jewish Museum in Cheetham Hill is housed in what was the city’s oldest synagogue, a Grade II listed building built by Jewish textile merchants in 1874. To return the architecture to its original splendour the museum is closed for 18...
Read onManchester’s trendy Northern Quarter is a hive of independent shopping and bars. George’s Bar and Kitchen on High Street is the latest venue to join the buzzing Bohemian vibe, offering a range of classic and house creation cocktails, and a wide...
Read onLegendary filmmaker David Lynch will present a special season of screenings, live concerts and talks, alongside his first major UK exhibition of visual art, My Head is Disconnected, as part of Manchester International Festival and the summer...
Read onIf you think Back to Netball means revisiting that game you played in school PE, wearing a pleated skirt, while a shouty PE teacher yelled: ‘Don’t walk with the ball’. Think again. The sport has changed and so have you! This summer is going to be...
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