Yoko Ono, Idris Elba and Skepta announced for Manchester International Festival 2019

Actor Idris Elba will premiere a musical theatre production about life in South Africa after Nelson Mandela at a festival next year while Yoko...

Sweet Bee-Summer Bee trail added £10m to the local economy

Findings from an independent report into the economic and social impacts of Bee in the City has found that more than 3 million people...

Zoe Bourn on adapting Twirlywoos for the stage

Over the last decade there has been a revolution in the world of children’s theatre, with some of the biggest children’s brands...

The Art Exhibition, Inspirational People, will be landing at Platform Airport City

Inspirational People is a collaboration between The Booth Centre, Manchester, and photographer Matt Priestley to create an exhibition which celebrates the strengths of...

Manchester Folk Festival line up announcement

Manchester Folk Festival is back to present an imaginative programme of folk and acoustic including Kate Rusby, The Breath, Grace Petrie, Sam Kelly &...

About Manchester at Play Expo

Play Expo, the North’s biggest videogames event, returned to Manchester for the seventh time. Taking place in a new, bigger venue, Play Expo was held at...

Older people’s charity in need of Greater Manchester volunteers

Older people’s charity, Independent Age, is in urgent need of enthusiastic people to sign up as volunteers and help older people feel less lonely....

Public asked to get involved in the re-enactment of Peterloo 200 years on

Exactly 200 years on, just as the people protesting at Peterloo on 16 August 1819 came together, so too will the people remembering those...

Simon Rimmer’s Cookery Theatre starring at Stockport’s Food & Drink Festival.

Organised in partnership with Totally Stockport, Market Place Europe, Stockport Council and Merseyway Shopping Centre, a 3-day Food & Drink Festival is coming to...

Dogs Trust Manchester hopes to find forever home for 14-year-old homeless hound

Dogs Trust Manchester is hoping National Grandparents Day this Sunday (6 October) will prove every dog really does have its day, by finding a...