Will Vincent is taken back in time by UMMTS’ latest piece of new writing at Barton Arcade

Grace Currie admires the way in which the cast and creative team handle difficult themes in a challenging production. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018

Jess Johnstone is drawn in to the anonymous world of Martha Treves’ Myopia. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018.

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

Izzy Lewis reviews an uneven production of the classic musical at The Palace

Saira Baksh is captivated by this reinvention of Mary Shelley’s classic tale at the Royal Exchange

Elise Gallagher enjoys the quiet depth of Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation at HOME

Elise Gallagher interviews the Manchester alumnus ahead of her role in Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation at HOME

Amy Newell enjoys a night of new writing as Manchester Musical Revue presents two short musicals

Jessica Wiehler gets sucked into the totalitarian dystopia of Zoe Kent’s Alpha, part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018

Anuli Changa reviews Music Society’s spectacular night of opera on the themes of war and conflict

Jessica Wiehler reviews the beautifully realised off-kilter world of Rory Calland’s Yellow Icing. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season 2018

Lily Brittain enjoys the witty dialogue and twist ending of Joe Large’s A Game of Two Halves. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season 2018

Anuli Changa enjoys the angst and humour of Chloe Weare’s ode to teenage girlhood. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018

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

Alana Cook revels in the whimsy of Lucio Gray’s Aldo, part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018

Grace Johnstone enjoys the technical elements of The Bare Project’s On the Outskirts of a Large Event, but finds its metaphor for the migrant crisis lacking in subtlety

Michael McQuaid reviews Emma Rice and Kneehigh Theatre’s adaptation of the 1938 film

Jessica Wiehler takes a trip to HOME for the Drama Society’s latest scratch night

‘Newspaper Boy’ is a hilarious, and endearing coming-of-age story set in 1992, written by Chris Hoyle and set in Manchester