Polly Checkland Harding

Mega Mela festival of South Asian culture brings food, music and Bhangra dancing to Platt Fields Park. Mega Mela has a rather lovely ring to it, doesn’t it? It sounds...

This new exhibition by one of India’s most respected abstract artists has to be seen to be believed. Look closely at Nasreen Mohamedi’s drawings and you’ll find it hard to...

This rave-tastic show at Sheffield’s Site Gallery looks back at the 1990s rave culture in noisy, neon style. When did exhibitions start to follow theatre down the immersive, interactive route?...

A new, pop-up Cinema on Portland Street is set to transport its audience into the threatening world of Keeping Rosy. Imagine being trapped in a film. Richard Ayoade’s The Double,...

In Collider at MOSI, you can walk the halls of CERN and witness history being made. There’s a long row of open champagne bottles clustered along a top cupboard in...

Three site-specific theatre productions mark HOME’s opening season. With the building still in construction, this is a taste of things to come. Over the next eight months, Manchester will be...

Summer. premieres at The Warehouse in Salford this month – and we’re giving away a pair of tickets. Summer is the season that rarely turns out the way we hope...

Quarantine Theatre brings Summer to the stage in June – with the help of dozens of volunteers. Officially, British Summer Time began at the end of March – though no...

Kinofilm Festival only comes around every few years – here’s why you’ll not want to miss what it brings to the screen. Depending who you ask, the word “kino” has...

There are almost too many music festivals to choose from – here’s how Festival No.6 sets itself apart. What is it that makes festival-goers choose one event over another? As...

In his first ever UK show, New York performance artist Clifford Owens asks his audience some difficult questions. If someone encouraged you to “tell me what you need,” what would...

At this bi-monthly audio event, you’ll hear radio documentaries with astonishing stories to tell. A man takes a walk, his newborn baby strapped into the carrier on his front. His...