An Interview with Cecilia Alfonso-Eaton, University of Manchester Drama Society’s new inclusion officer on her values and how she is striving to ensure inclusion within the University’s drama society.

Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy explains what the government’s new Tier system means for theatres – especially those in Manchester

Find out which shows can still be attended live this season, as Head Theatre Editor Jay Darct discusses the Manchester theatres set to re-open with social distancing measures in place

Deputy Theatre Editor Dolly Busby tracks what happened to our theatres during the dark months of the national lockdown, explores how they adapted to the virtual world and questions their survival

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy explains why we must not merely mourn Naya Rivera’s tragic death but also celebrate her terrific life

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Opera North’s Street Scene, which is based on the play of the same name, at the Lowry

Sam Whitehouse reviews UMDS’s Gorgon Westley’s Railway Circus, which was performed at the Peer Hat as part of the MIFTAs

Alexia Pieretti reviews dark comedic social commentary The Shadows, performed at the King’s Arms as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season

Lily Rosenberg and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy review Vogue Ball of Atlantis at Manchester Academy

Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy review The Believers Are But Brothers on its returns to HOME, as part of its new socially distanced theatre season

Deputy Theatre Editor Dolly Busby discusses Black British theatre from the 13th Century to the last decade, reflecting on pivotal moments as well as the lack of accessible history

Do you cry over Don’t Cry for Me Argentina? Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy explores the hidden meanings behind notable musical theatre songs that audiences have misunderstood

Olivia Castagnetti reviews Andrew Lloyd Webber and Beverley Knight’s socially distanced pilot performance at the London Palladium

Alexia Pieretti reviews We Won’t Fall at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Alice Porter reviews ‘How To Keep Up With The Kardashians’, a UMDS production on body image and pop culture

Anna Jin reviews UOM Shakespeare’s society’s adaptation of King Lear at the Students’ Union Theatre

Alexia Pieretti reviews a live-streaming of Monster/Monstrum, which was performed at NIAMOS Art Centre as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season but live-streamed in the wake of the coronavirus crisis

Sam McElhattan reviews Augmented at the Royal Exchange Theatre