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Review: IDEAL 20th Anniversary Live Show at The Lowry, Tuesday 9 September

Harley Young takes a big hit from the noughties comedy bong with this hilarious stage...

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Women in Comedy Festival returns for its 14th year

This October, the festival will host upwards of 50 shows and events in six venues...

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‘A raunchy, raucous tale of romance’: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Palace Theatre Manchester, reviewed

Harley Young gets wrapped up in all the glitz and glamour

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Dancing with the dead: Wake at Aviva Studios reviewed

Irish tap meets a pole-dancing funeral party at Factory International

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'Despotic and batwinged fabulous’: Abigail’s Party, The Royal Exchange, reviewed

Lily Wallen sees things fall apart in suburbia

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‘An emotional rollercoaster in a VR headset’: Dear Evan Hansen, The Palace Theatre, reviewed

Hayden Naughton enjoys a musical for our modern age

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‘Plenty of teeth’: The Shark is Broken, The Lowry Theatre, reviewed

David Adamson has a chunk taken out of him by this claustrophobic three (and a...

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‘Tears-in-your-eyes funny’: The Book of Mormon, Palace Theatre Manchester, reviewed

This hilariously brutal musical makes Harley Young laugh until she cries

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‘Fabulously fun and full of female empowerment’: & Juliet, Opera House Manchester, reviewed

Harley Young enjoys an evening of Shakespeare’s greatest love story with a modern day twist...

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'A joyous production': Frankie Goes to Bollywood, HOME, reviewed

Georgina Harrington Hague enjoys an evening of colour and catchy tunes

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Pretty Woman The Musical, reviewed

Sarah Tierney is pretty impressed by the musical adaptation of the 80s romance

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'Odd location and oddly staged': Fiennes' Macbeth, The Depot, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield is confused by the direction, the staging and the location

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MIF '23 Reviews: THEY with Maxine Peake at John Rylands Library

Sarah Tierney hears a late-night tale about a world where art and individuality are under...

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Behind the scenes: a chat with Basil and Sybil from The Faulty Towers dining experience

We caught up with the cast of the Faulty Towers dining experience ahead of their...

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Queer Contact Festival returns with a bumper line-up for 2023

Contact’s 50th birthday just keeps getting bigger and better

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Go Fund Me: Arts Council England cut funding for major Manchester theatres

The show must go on, but with a significant lack of funding

Manchester Christmas Markets Festive Things To Do In Manchester Decmeber 2022

Confidentials' big fat Christmas round-up of the year

If they don't know its Christmas time at all, then they're definitely about to

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Top things to do in and around Manchester: November 2022

Fireworks, vegan fests, and a cafe full of Dachshunds