Carmel ThomasonIn the 1990s Claud Cunningham and Paula Gannon-Lewis launched a new Manchester club night, Black Angel providing the first women-centred safe place for LBT women of colour to come together and be themselves. 25-years on, the pioneering club night...
The multi-award winning musical, Girl from North Country, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, arrives at The Lowry in September on its first UK tour. On his collaboration with Dublin playwright, Conor McPherson, Dylan said: “To be associated...
No matter what the weather, it is always hard to drag kids away from the excitement of their screens. So, if the summer sunshine isn’t enough to entice your little ones away from their digital devices, our 10-year-old reviewer has tried out some of...
Violinist, Jordan Brooks moved from South Africa to the UK specially to study at Chetham’s School of Music and is now graduating as one of the UK’s best young strings players. Performing with Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra is the pinnacle performance...
Contact Manchester helped set Keisha Thompson on her artistic path when she joined one of the venue’s programmes as a young poet, writer and performance artist at the age of 15. Now, at age 32 she has become the venue’s youngest Artistic Director...
Composer and Flamenco guitarist, Daniel Martinez brings his acclaimed flamenco company to Manchester as part of Stoller Hall’s first ever Manchester Guitar Festival. He talks to Quays Life about what to expect from the festival, his new tour, and...
There is arguably more appetite than ever before for sexed-up period dramas since the meteoric rise of Bridgerton, and Northern Ballet’s Casanova – returning to The Lowry for the first time since its debut in 2017 – is a prime candidate to benefit...
If I could turn back time, I would have been hot on the phone for a ticket to see Cher’s 2019 Here We Go Again tour at Manchester’s AO Arena. Given the level of audience excitement at hearing the opening bars of one of her hits at the start of this...
Manchester Camerata is relaunching its dementia Music Café at Gorton Monastery.The weekly sessions combine music therapy with a cup of tea and friendly chat, as a means of providing support to those living with dementia, their families and carers...
GEOMAG Confetti is another colourful edition to this popular range of magnetic construction toys. In the video below our 10-year-old reviewer tries out the latest set and enjoys experimenting with polarity to make a spinning mobile. Video review...