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Blog: this week’s Incoming Event Radar

Frankenstein spooks out the Bridgewater Hall, the National Theatre heads for Cornerhouse (and so does Mike Leigh), the Camerata goes digital, there are doers and drifters at Islington Mill, craft comes courtesy of the resurrected Rags to Bitches, and the Science Festival has lift off

Oct 21, 2010 | Comments: 0

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Manchester festivals: our pick of the best

Looking for things to do in Manchester this month? Ben East rounds up the best of the October festivals.

Oct 07, 2009 | Comments: 0

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