This brilliantly conceived prelude to Britten’s elementally powerful Peter Grimes (1945) is the invention of the production’s ...

Commonplace, the exhibition fleetingly inhabiting the modernist ‘s bijou exhibition space, doesn’t even cost 99p, but it ...

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: ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You won’t find Icklewick on any map but it’s a place you’ll recognise easily enough: the local radio station is run from a taxi rank, the locals get up to all sorts for charitable causes, they’re a ...

This is getting boring. Another great night out at Shakespeare North. Sigh. The food writer Jay Rayner used to say he got his best copy and his biggest readership from his worst reviews. His 2017 ...

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, ...