Jay Darcy reviews Mrs Lowry & Son, the new biopic about local artist L. S. Lowry, at the theatre named after him

The critically-acclaimed Burnout returns to Manchester next month as a full-length, two-act play

Theatre tickets are expensive, but young people and students can take advantage of the schemes, offers and discounts in place

Jay Darcy reviews Amélie at The Opera House Manchester, a musical adaption of the quirky and surreal French film, which is currently touring the UK

Jay Darcy reviews Re:Creating Europe at MIF19, an unashamedly pro-EU and anti-Brexit play-come-guest speaker event featuring Lemn Sissay and Juliet Stevenson

Jay Darcy reviews The King and I on their touring visit to Manchester

Jay Darcey argues the recent terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand shows how terrorism is a term reserved for events where a Muslim is the perpetrator, not the victim

Jay Darcy reviews Cuts of the Cloth as part of the HOME Push Festival

Jay Darcy reviews the touring company’s Rocky Horror Show on their visit to the Manchester Opera House

Elysium Theatre return to Manchester with an adaptation of Athol Fugard’s PLAYLAND

Awkward Productions’ hit one-man show arrives in Manchester next month

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interviews the main cast of brand-new jukebox musical & Juliet, ahead of its worldwide premiere in Manchester

Who Cares is a play based on the real life testimonies of young carers from Salford as part of a campaign to raise awareness of young carers in the UK

Jay Darcy reviews Idris Elba’s latest play, Tree, as part of the Manchester International Festival which was embroiled in controversy just before opening

Jay Darcy reviews Opera North’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute

Jay Darcy writes about raising awareness of the traumatic psychological damage caused by hate crime through virtual reality experiences which mimic Islamophobic attacks.

Jay Darcy writes about the Government Shutdown in the USA over ‘The Wall’; an embarrassing example of the fallout of Trump’s outlandish policies.

Jay Darcy writes about the need for campaigns for equality with regards to oppressed or minority groups either in race, gender or sexuality to recognise their overlapping aims.