Carmel ThomasonOldham Coliseum Theatre, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Hull Truck Theatre are streaming their acclaimed 2019 revival of musical The Hired Man to raise vital funds for current and future creative projects. Based on the 1969 novel by Melvyn...
The Lowry is planning a major online exhibition, Days Like These, exploring the experiences of people living in Salford during the coronavirus lockdown. The art’s centre is calling for Salford residents to share their experiences of COVID-19 via...
Manchester Art Gallery has been at the heart of city’s cultural scene for 200 years.And while its doors may be closed to the public, staff are working hard behind the scenes to provide digital access to its collection, with related creative...
Greater Manchester based artists and creatives can access funding to create and test new ideas thanks to a new scheme launched by Manchester International Festival (MIF). Livelihoods of people working in the creative sector have, like the wider...
The Lowry arts centre in Salford Quays has launched a new fund to help the organisation through the current Coronavirus crisis. The Futures Fund aims to ensure the venue’s financial stability and enable it to continue to support the local...
In difficult times we can all do with a laugh to lighten our spirits. And the Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is offering £10,000 for a winning comedy script. The competition, now in its fourth year, is the second largest national playwriting...
Max Raabe and his Palast Orchester arrive in Manchester on the final date of their first ever UK tour. But while the German singer and his 12-piece orchestra may be relatively unknown to British audiences, their music is nostalgically familiar...
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is one of the most unsettling ghost stories ever written. And Benjamin Britten’s operatic version as part of Opera North’s new season at The Lowry is equally chilling. When a governess agrees to take care...
We are giving away a pair of tickets to see the new stage adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s award-winning, young adult novel, Crongton Knights. The tickets are for the show of your choice at The Lowry, Salford Quays between Tuesday 10 and Friday 13 March...
Songs of Arrival is a performance of songs based on the stories of Jewish refugees arriving in Cheetham from Manchester Jewish Museum’s oral history collection as well as contemporary stories of migration to Manchester. Carmel Thomason talks to...