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Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Max Frisch’s darkly comic play The Fire Raisers arrives courtesy of new Manchester company We Merry Dancers in co-production with HER Productions.
From £15.00
Flexible space in the heart of Ancoats. Studio space for offices, workshops or artistic space.
Le Social is a stylish wine bar and tasting room, focusing on exhibitions by local artists as well as natural wines, deli boards and continental plates.
Flawd is a neighbourhood wine bar based in Ancoats, from the team behind the wonderful Higher Ground dining experience.
Welcoming waterside bar in New Islington Marina, serving a wide array of carefully-curated cocktails.
Popular bakery in the Ancoats and New Islington area, specialising in sourdough bread and viennoiserie baked goods.
Cask in Ancoats opened in November 2018, it is the flashy sister bar to Cask on Liverpool Road.
This café in Ancoats is locally famed for its lunchtime deals and sandwiches
Started by artisan baker Russell Goodwin, Companio Bakery sells freshly-baked bread from a small unit in Manchester’s Ancoats.
Manchester’s Track Brewing Co Taproom is one of a handful of taprooms in the UK where the taproom is located in the brewery itself.
Cloudwater is a world-renowned brewery in Manchester. Set up in 2014 by Paul Jones and James Campbell, they’re a shining example of the best of modern British beer-makers.
Photography Studios in Ancoats hosting workshops and studios for hire.
Perfectly-formed, eye-catching small plates with a focus on environmentally-friendly practices.
53two hosts Stayin’ Alive, a fierce, funny North West–rooted play about grief, sisterhood and learning how to keep going.
From £15.00
Company Chameleon return with Obscura, a physically demanding double-bill exploring the hidden corners of self and society.
Set in Gaza, one-woman show A Grain of Sand insists on one simple principle: that children’s voices matter, and that listening to them is a political act.
From £17.00
Ockham’s Razor return to Lowry with Collaborator, an intimate duet crafted and performed by artistic directors Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney.
Three sisters, one bitter-sweet reunion – grief, whisky and buried truths collide in a sharply funny Northern family reckoning.
From £15.00
This UK premiere reframes Shakespeare’s story of love, loyalty and power as a contemporary struggle between community and corporate greed.
From £16.00
Watch a playful, high-energy adaptation of Pinocchio where everyday objects become puppets and family relationships take centre stage.
Sneak into the deep dark wood with The Gruffalo’s Child in 2026.
From £14.70
From monumental to minutiae, this month’s exhibitions trace power, care and community across galleries big and small.
We have an eclectic mix of gigs for you this month, moving from experimental electronics and noise rock to synth pop, opera, and hyper-local R&B.
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Classic texts and new work meet in this month’s Theatre Guide, with a bumper crop of shows shaped by power, consequence and collective action.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.