Managing Editor Ella Robinson and Emily Turvey review Waitress at the Opera House, starring Lucie Jones, Sandra Marvin, Evelyn Hoskins and Matt Willis

Elena Bradley spills the ‘hospitali-tea’ on working as a young woman in the restaurant industry. Can you be both pretty and successful in hospitality?

Pretty Woman the Musical was a disappointing adaption of a problematic rom-com that showed glimpses of how much better it could have been if a bolder and more imaginative approach had been taken

Greatest Days, starring Kym Marsh, is visiting Palace Theatre Manchester as part of its UK tour, coinciding with the release of the film and marking 30 years since Take That’s first number 1 single

The Spongebob Musical comes to Opera House Manchester as part of its first ever UK tour, starring Tom Read Wilson, Divina de Campo and Hannah Lowther

The musical adaptation of Time Traveller’s Wife had its world premiere at Storyhouse, ahead of a West End transfer

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this October!

Mrs. Doubtfire, the Broadway musical adaptation of the film of the same name, is having its UK premiere at Manchester Opera

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this September!

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy and Jessica Hamilton review Sister Act at the Palace Theatre, starring Jennifer Saunders, Keala Settle, Lesley Joseph, Clive Rowe MBE, Lizzie Bea, and Sandra Marvin

A rundown of all the musicals coming to Manchester over the next few months

MANIFF 2022: Poser combines podcasting and niche musicians to depict the obsessions of a less basic than she’d like to admit young 20 something in New York

Kick off your Sunday shoes and head to Manchester Opera House for a night to remember

What the leader of the Support for Student Sex Workers campaign has to say about why the uni needs to do more to support its students

May 2021 saw the return of live theatre and music events, albeit with a reduced capacity, social distancing, and masks. Finally, in July, venues could operate at full capacity. I’ve seen over 30 shows this year, which isn’t so bad given the fact that my first one was in mid-June! It’s remarkable that after such […]

Restaurant and bar spending via University of Manchester staff purchasing cards totalled just £150 in December 2020, compared to £22,000 in December 2019.

Hale Barns Carnival returns with a full-scale show but a 50% capacity – headlined by Katrina and the Waves and Boney M

Lockdown is lifting and dates are back in style – whether you’re accompanied or going solo

Izzy Langhamer is in conversation with Still Corners about the other-worldly music of their latest album, The Last Exit

Urussa Malik reviews The Runway at the Martin Harris Centre