Excerpt: Theatre and Arts editors, Anuli Changa and Bella Jewell, meet with Mandy Tootill, one half of the comedic duo bringing burlesque and comedy together

Louis Haddad meets with Alice Kettle, the artist behind an ongoing project aimed at both highlighting the plight of refugees, whilst empowering them

Frank Radcliffe-Adam considers the impact of Time upon a nation recovering from Apartheid, reviewing William Kentridge’s mixed-media exhibition ‘Thick Time’ at The Whitworth

Bella Jewell discovers how a travelling exhibition of human figures are being used to raise awareness about Blood Cancer, the third most deadly form of cancer

Francesca Casaburi explores Nate Lowman’s bronze sculpture ‘Snowman’ and its ability to provoke vital questions regarding climate change

Bella Jewell meets with three members of the team behind ‘Art on the Sly’: a group of students who are seeking to make art accessible to all

Bella Jewell reviews David Ogle’s ‘Land/Lines’ exhibition at HOME, uncovering his desire to capture the essence of a moment in his works

Bella Jewell delves deeper into the history and significance of Hardy’s Well: the soon-to-be lost home to Lemn Sissay’s first Landmark Poem, and the hub of a community

Len Green discusses how he seeks to encapsulate the energy, power, and dynamism of the Northern Soul movement in his first completed body of art work

New artwork in the union is causing somewhat of a stir

Eleanor Forrest finds out what it means for comedian Tez Ilyas to ’Teztify’ against modern day assumptions of himself as a Northern, Working-class, British Muslim.

Four universities go head to head in a slam poetry competition tackling issues ranging from puberty to politics

Manchester Art Gallery host Sonia Boyce as part of the Objects of Obsession collaboration with the Royal Academy, revealing what object has influenced and obsessed her most

Castlefield Gallery holds a major two person exhibit exploring an encounter between the quotidian, ancient world, and contemporary Britain

Nearly a century since Annie Swynnerton was first exhibited at the Manchester Art Gallery, they pay homage to her legacy as part of the Wonder Woman Festival running across Manchester

Vikram Kushwah’s photography brings surreal fairytales to fashion photography

Orla Quilligan talks to Cara Looij, project manager of multimedia arts event (IN)SANE

Liv Clarke identifies why Petra Collins’ hazy dreamscape photography has become so pertinent in our own female realities

Putting young South Asian talent on the agenda, the Whitworth Young Contemporaries launched an evening full to the brim with conceptual art and emerging musicians to bring diversity back into galleries

10 terracotta warriors and over 180 artefacts are on display at the World Museum, Liverpool, linking the UK and China both historically and culturally