An absurdist comedy the Guardian dubbed ‘waitering for Godot’ takes a single scene and fractures it into a kaleidoscope of perspectives.

Timeless stories of love and grief get a contemporary makeover as the nation’s leading touring opera company pay their annual visit to Buxton.

Have your very own Night at the Museum moment in this adults-only evening of cosmic cabaret, scary surprises and galactic games.

Catholic guilt collides with unrepentant queerness in the acclaimed musical from award-winning migrant-led company, Alpaqa.

A major new exhibition by Manchester-based artist Conor Collins is on display at HOME, responding to the newly created Queer Up North archive.

A powerful exhibition from photographer Cephas Williams uses 116 portraits of Black British people to explore what it means to be Black and living in the UK.

Steam trains, jump scares and swamp monsters. This East Lancashire Railway experience ticks a lot of boxes this October Half Term.

Eat Well, Do Good returns this October, bringing Manchester’s hospitality scene together to fund chef-made meals for people in crisis.

Rae Mainwaring’s award-winning Bright Places brings humour, 90s pop and glitter to an honest, unpredictable exploration of life with MS.

On the eve of Elizabeth Gaskell’s birthday, join Jonathan Schofield Tours for a stroll around the sites (and sights) of Manchester’s literary past.

In the centenary year of the 1926 General Strike, People’s History Museum traces a century of industrial action and collective resistance.

This SEESAW exhibition gathers more than 30 audiovisual works, each made inside 24 hours by Joab Harrison and Euan Morrison.