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Live Review: Crawlers at YES Pink Room

Live Review: Crawlers at YES Pink Room

Daniel Tsourekas reviews Crawlers’ return to Manchester.
Live Review: The Psychedelic Furs at Manchester Academy 2

Live Review: The Psychedelic Furs at Manchester Academy 2

A review of The Psychedelic Furs’ show at Manchester Academy 2 by Jessica Bagley.
Lost Guitars and Battles for Number 1: Jay Mitra interviews Yard Act

Lost Guitars and Battles for Number 1: Jay Mitra interviews Yard Act

As Yard Act finish their first UK headline tour, Sam and Ryan tell The Mancunion about some of the highlights.
MANIFF 2022: Hostile

MANIFF 2022: Hostile

MANIFF 2022: This documentary feature foregrounds the testimonies of those who have been most affected by Britain’s hostile immigration policies
Beauty and the Beast is a nostalgic yet inventive retelling of the tale as old as time

Beauty and the Beast is a nostalgic yet inventive retelling of the tale as old as time

Roxanne Perron explains how Beauty and the Beast, currently playing at the Palace Theatre, honours the original film whilst offering something new
MANIFF 2022: Proxy Emotion

MANIFF 2022: Proxy Emotion

MANIFF 2022: Korean sci-fi drama fails to offer anything other than a bland and predictable social critique
MANIFF 2022: Spaghetti Junction

MANIFF 2022: Spaghetti Junction

MANIFF 2022: Kirby McClure’s debut feature is cinematically gorgeous but struggles to deliver an engaging and comprehensive plot
Review: The House with Chicken Legs

Review: The House with Chicken Legs

Roxanne Person reviews The House with Chicken Legs at HOME
Unpeeling the truth about skincare

Unpeeling the truth about skincare

Recent beauty trends mean that spotless skin is sought more than ever. But at what cost?
Review: The Bread We Break

Review: The Bread We Break

Jessica Hamilton reviews The Bread We Break at Contact Theatre
I’ve heard he’s a bit of a creep

I’ve heard he’s a bit of a creep

The difficulty of talking about personal experiences of sexual assault, and the dismissal of perpetrators as just a bit creepy
Growing up in Ireland: Ignorance vs beauty

Growing up in Ireland: Ignorance vs beauty

Growing up black and Irish is an unspoken struggle at times – yet being Irish goes beyond race
Female empowerment playlist

Female empowerment playlist

A playlist of female empowerment anthems compiled by The Mancunion’s Music Section contributors.
Review: Opera North’s Rigoletto

Review: Opera North’s Rigoletto

Maria Plakhtieva reviews Opera North’s Rigoletto at the Lowry
Golden Oldies: Barry Lyndon, Kubrick’s masterful period drama

Golden Oldies: Barry Lyndon, Kubrick’s masterful period drama

For our next Golden Oldies, Tilly Price writes about her favourite period drama, Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.
Album review: Nobody’s Home – Bakar

Album review: Nobody’s Home – Bakar

A review of the new Bakar album by Daniel Brackstone.
Déjà review: ALICIA – an immersive rock opera

Déjà review: ALICIA – an immersive rock opera

Jessica Hamilton deja reviews ALICIA – An Immersive Rock Opera at Manchester Cathedral
Review: Scooby Doo: The Panto (UoM Panto Society)

Review: Scooby Doo: The Panto (UoM Panto Society)

Jessica Hamilton reviews Scooby Doo: The Panto at Manchester Academy 2
What’s in my tote

What’s in my tote

WIM is coming up fast, so here are a few tote essentials you’ll need to make the most of WIM’s jam-packed weekend.
Florence + The Machine return to the throne with new single ‘King’

Florence + The Machine return to the throne with new single ‘King’

Florence + the Machine confront misogyny in the music industry on new single ‘King.’ Molly Gregson reviews.