Throughout 2025, the team at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is taking a deep dive into Ruth, one of the famous 19th-century author’s most shocking texts.

A sell-out hit at Shakespeare’s Globe. Debs Newbold brings the darkness, poetry and power of Shakespeare’s tragedy into a fresh focus.

It was a sell-out success at Edinburgh Fringe – Chalk Line’s new show brings laughter, energy and youthful friendship to Liverpool this autumn.

Part of People’s History Museum’s Winter Makers Markets, the Winter Warmer is an after-hours launch night with live jazz, drop-in workshops, festive treats and mulled wine.

F. W. Murnau’s silent-era masterpiece Faust: A German Folk Legend gets the big screen treatment at the RNCM, with a live improvised organ score.

Experience the magic of fairytale and ballet combined this autumn.

Our favourite “afternoon of alternative poetries” Peter Barlow’s Cigarette marks its 50th event with a bumper four-strong line-up on 22 November.

Blending post-punk aggression with queer pop and industrial techno, New York’s Model/Actriz play Manchester in support of their second album, Pirouette.

Head to People’s History Museum for a handmade celebration of the festive season, with makers markets, crafty workshops and live music.

Part interactive gallery, part surreal playground – SUPERMASSIVE crash lands on the rooftop of Depot Mayfield this summer.

Social neglect and digital alienation are closely examined in FACT’s new show from artists Helen Anna Flanagan & Gavin Gayagoy.

Named as one of the ‘Best Horror Film Festivals in the World’ by Dread Central in 2022, Out For Blood is a Film Festival dedicated to all things Queer Horror.