Explore green spaces, striking architecture, and fascinating stories at Angel Meadow and the Irk Valley, which has a dark past but bright future.

Julia Cranney’s one-woman show takes a hard look at adoption, the care system, and our assumptions about those who adopt.

A key name in a local music scene increasingly coming to national attention, SILVERWINGKILLER bring their maximalist electronic punk to The White Hotel.

The Untold Orchestra bring musical theatre hits to RNCM’s Young Explorers, opening orchestral music into something looser, more collective and fun.

30 years after the IRA bomb, a new Royal Exchange play traces three centuries of Manchester history as it plays out through individual lives.

The RNCM launches its second Inspirational Artists series, spotlighting a huge range of touring musicians and ensembles, each bringing something unique to the stage.

Funny, nostalgic and full of heart, this award-winning production by Malandra Jacks, celebrates the people and places that shape our lives.

This Lankum offshoot treats Irish mythology not as inspiration but as raw material for drone and industrial noise.

Salford Lads Club shot to global fame as the iconic backdrop on The Smiths’ album The Queen is Dead, but its significance goes far beyond its musical ties.

There’s high jinks and high drama in Emma Rice Company’s musical adaptation of Enid Blyton’s original ‘Girl Power’ story.

Internet blackout fantasies, displaced mermaids and a filmmaker turning wolf. This all dayer explores experimental fiction filmmaking from three continents.

Lowry presents an exhibition on group communion, featuring artists who capture the energy and anticipation of live audiences.