This is the first time that ENO has performed an opera at The Bridgewater Hall, which this year is celebrating its 30th ...

The Ladies Football Club is at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, until March 28, 2026. For more information, follow this link: ...

At the centre sits a circular playing area occupied only by a bar. Pumps draped in towels, stools stacked upside down, waiting to open. Two carpeted runways lead into the circle, creating a tight ...

War of the Worlds is at the Playhouse, Liverpool until March 7, 2026 and on tour. For more information, click here.

The history of Joy Division and New Order has been told so often that it’s hardened into one of Manchester’s defining narratives, both a starting point and a long-lasting presence. Mayer Nissim’s Joy ...

What’s that you say? You don’t know much about opera and you don’t think it’s for you? Well, let ...

It smells the same, but looks different. The famous Power Hall at Manchester’s Science & Industry Museum – that warehouse of steam-powered engines, heaving hydraulics and giant trains – has reopened, ...

For anyone wondering whether there is any humanity left in this troubled world, I am delighted to confirm that there is – I have just found it in the form of Flapjack Press’s new release, The First ...

And so to the hottest dining ticket in town, Bangkok Diners Club, upstairs in the Edinburgh Castle pub in Manchester’s Ancoats. It’s a new venture from husband and wife team Ben and Bo Humphreys from ...

Culture defines the architecture of our inner landscape. Constructed on commonality, tapering from its base to its apex, its foundations are laid in what we were, while its heights are suggested by ...

Lost Souls, the debut album by Cheshire trio Doves, was released 25 years ago. That quarter of a century has been a hell of a ride for the band, made up of brothers Andy and Jez Williams and frontman ...

As we approach the end of 2025, we’re looking back at the things that have brought us immense comfort during the year. For the team at Northern Soul, books were once again a source of great joy, and ...