ACT, the latest exhibition from visual artist Joe Simpson, is coming to Stockport

Over five years in the making, the project sees Simpson ask some of his favourite actors ‘what role have you always wanted to play...

A festival of Russia culture is coming to Manchester

A group of researchers from The University of Manchester and The University of Leeds have launched a new festival which aims to introduce contemporary...

English National Ballet’s Raymonda to receive world premiere in Manchester

Tamara Rojo CBE, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, will create a new version of the classic 19th century ballet, Raymonda, after Marius Petipa....

Hope Mill Theatre announces exciting revival of classic rock musical Rent directed by Luke...

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is to stage a revival of Jonathan Larson’s classic rock musical Rent this summer, directed by Luke Sheppard, it...

One of the largest Ming porcelains to be displayed in Manchester for first time

One of the largest porcelains in the Sir Percival David Collection held at the British Museum, a beautiful glazed blue and white garden seat...

The Personal Life of David Copperfield-Review

The trend for injecting a new lease of life into novels continues into the third decade of the twenty first century with a new...

Manchester Writing Competition returns with outstanding international shortlist

An outstanding international shortlist of new writing by emerging authors and poets has been announced for this year’s Manchester Writing Competition – the UK’s...

In A Former Cotton Exchange, The Present Collides with The Past in an Award-Winning...

Winner of the 2018 Alfred Fagon Award Rockets and Blue Lights is an astonishing new play from one of the UK’s most pioneering playwrights...

Semi-finalists announced for the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition

Manchester Hallé has announced the names of the ten semi-finalists in the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition, to be held at Hallé St...

Girl Gang to produce The Lowry Galleries next Edit.

Girl Gang Manchester will lead the sixth Edit in The Lowry Galleries. The Edits series gives artists and performers a space to develop previously unexplored...