Manchester theatre venue The Talleyrand will host a two night run of Cal Jones’ The Conditioning, performed by Jack Lloyd and Cal Jones himself. The run follows a successful premiere for The Conditioning at Edinburgh Fringe last summer. The production will now be performed at new theatre and performance venue The Talleyrand in Levenshulme. The…
APRE have unveiled their new track Gap Year 2008 ahead of a run of dates including two gigs in Manchester supporting Sea Girls at Gorilla and headlining Jimmys. The London duo have released Gap Year 2008 as part of the third in a trilogy of introductory EPs following The Movement Of Time and Drum Machines…
Jodie Prenger is to star in Abigail’s Party, Mike Leigh’s acclaimed comedy, when its major UK tour arrives at Manchester Opera House in April. What is Abigail’s Party about? Beverly (Jodie Prenger) and her husband Laurence are throwing a party for their newlywed neighbours, Tony and Angela. Joining them is highly strung Susan who’s been…
Friends & Family & Beer, a new beer festival organised by Manchester’s Cloudwater Brew Co, will pay tribute to trailblazing UK breweries. The Manchester festival will honour the companies which laid the foundations for the modern independent beer scene in a not-for-profit event raising funds for charities including Mustard Tree and Coffee4Craig. Cloudwater has invited…
This May, Sting and Shaggy will be returning to the UK with The 44/876 Tour for four dates, including a Manchester gig at the Manchester O2 Apollo. Following on from their 2019 Grammy Award win for Best Reggae Album and a successful tour of The Americas and Eastern Europe, the duo will be hitting the…
Angela Carter’s novel Wise Children comes to Home Manchester in a theatre production adapted and directed by Emma Rice. The world premiere production is brought to Home Manchester by Wise Children and The Old Vic, co-produced by Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal. What is Wise Children about? It’s 23 April, Shakespeare’s…
Manchester Academy will welcome back its Gigantic All Dayer as volume 5 hits the venue in May for an event featuring Echo and the Bunnymen, The Wonder Stuff and more. Gigantic will return to the Manchester gig venue on the bank holiday weekend, Saturday 25 May featuring indie rock legends, surprises and familiar faces. Who…
Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum has a host of family fun activities in-store for February half term with workshops, rocket racers and even a funfair. Helter-skelters, hook-a-duck, a carousel and a chair-o-plane are amongst the rides which will keep family entertained. So, what’s on at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum? VICTORIAN FAIRGROUND Time: 10.30–16.30 Age:…
Honeyfeet bring their ever evolving sound to Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre next week after previously selling out Band on the Wall and Gorilla. ‘Folk-hop’, ‘Barrelhouse-pop’, call it what you will, Honeyfeet have spent the last 10 years taking festival stages, clubs and venues by storm with their mix of blues, pop, jazz and disco. And…
Charly Bliss will release their new album Young Enough on 10 May, the day after performing a Manchester gig at Night People. The New York City band have just released the lead single Capacity, which singer Eva Hendricks explains is “a song about wanting to kill your inner people-pleaser”. The video was directed by Michelle…
