Manchester
Cornerhouse
Cornerhouse on Oxford Street was an independent cinema, gallery, restaurant, bookshop – oh yes, and also a Manchester institution. It has now closed it’s doors, relocated and reinvented itself as HOME.
Written by Kevin Bourke
¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival
at HOME, preview: Viva change!
at HOME, preview: Viva change!
¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival returns to HOME Manchester – this time with theatre, film, art, and a revival of The Storming. When HOME had yet to open, one...
Husbands & Sons
at the Royal Exchange, review: Formidable female leads
at the Royal Exchange, review: Formidable female leads
Director Marianne Elliott returns to the Royal Exchange for this story of lives lived near the pits – told from the women’s perspective. Typical! You wait ages for a D.H....
Manchester Theatre Awards 2016: The nominations are out
Find which plays and actors have been nominated for this year’s Manchester Theatre Awards. This year’s Manchester Theatre Awards, due to be presented at HOME on 4 March, reflect a...
By Far the Greatest Team,
at The Lowry: Football for the stage
at The Lowry: Football for the stage
Four stories about Manchester’s two great football teams combine for a play that’s like being on a pitch. For millions of people around the world, Manchester is most recognisable for...
Northern Ballet’s 1984, preview: Big Brother comes to The Palace
Northern Ballet’s touring adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian novel is coming to The Palace Theatre. “This production promises to challenge the idea of what stories can be told through dance,”...
Summer preview: Best theatre in Manchester, Liverpool & beyond
Big hitters such as MIF aren’t the only theatrical contenders as we nudge into summer: we pick some of the best, newest, edgiest and most physical theatre across the north....
Manchester Theatre Awards 2015: The nominations are out
Ranging from high profile stars to fringe theatre highlights, this year’s Awards are more hotly contested than ever. The just-announced nominations for the Manchester Theatre Awards are a testament to...
The best winter theatre in the North: Scuttlers, Spamalot and more
We round up theatre across the north at the top of the year – and, from ghost stories to street gangs, this is edge-of-the-seat stuff. One of the most successful theatre shows...
Sex and the Three Day Week
at Liverpool Playhouse: Farcical, not festive
at Liverpool Playhouse: Farcical, not festive
The latest offering at Liverpool Playhouse has very little Christmassy feel to it, but a whole lotta laughs. With, as they point out in the programme intro, “every other theatre in the...
A Farewell to Arms on stage: Adapted, for now
Hemingway’s epic novel might finally work on stage in this new, inventive adaptation – coming to The Lowry, Salford and The Dukes, Lancaster. The journey from page to stage is rarely, if ever,...
Urban Moves Dance Festival: Moving freely
This free, outdoor dance festival unfolds in Manchester’s open spaces for one day only. Don’t miss it. Urban Moves is about movement – in more ways than one. When Dance...