The Bullet and the Bass Trombone

A symphony orchestra arrive in the capital city of a tropical country, to play a new piece of music by a contemporary composer. On...

Hooked on music-Online game tests the science of music

Do you know your Beyonce from your Bay City Rollers? The Museum of Science & Industry has just launched a new online game, #HookedOnMusic, developed...

A pop-up-theatre pitching at Love Eccles Festival 2016

Roundabout will once again be heading north and pitching up their auditorium in Salford. Following the pop-up theatre-in-the-round's successful run in 2015 on the...

After the bees-a fabled tale

Join artist Megan Powell for a Thursday Late at Manchester Museum that celebrates the culmination of her two-year-long Arts Council England funded project, After...

Diggers Festival returns for biggest bash yet

A popular annual arts and music festival which celebrates the life of Wigan’s greatest radical thinker is set to host its biggest event yet. The...

Manchester to host cycling’s coolest consumer show

Thousands of Manchester’s cycling community will congregate in May for a major urban cycling event that is coming to the city for the first...

World Premiere brings ancient story to a modern audience

Theatre  maker Rose van Leyenhorst and co-director Chris Hill have teamed up to create THE ODDITY, a contemporary exploration of The Odyssey introducing ​Tilly​,​...

The House of Bernada Alba at the Royal Exchange

A bold exploration of female identity, sexuality and power: Lorca’s The House of Bernada Alba is beautifully transformed for the Royal Exchange’s distinctive in-the-round...

Manchester supporting Armed Forces day

This Saturday, the 28th June is Armed forces day and the region will be celebrating. Service personnel and their families from across the Manchester have...

Goo in your loo Steam, sweat and sewers at MOSI

The smells, sounds and sights of Victorian life at the Museum of Science & Industry this Half Term when Steam Sweat and Sewers returns...