In conversation with Ian McDiarmid
Investigations Editor Joe McFadden interviews Olivier and Tony winner Ian McDiarmid, best-known for playing the Emperor in Star Wars
Review: The Book of Mormon
Managing Editors Ella Robinson reviews The Book of Mormon at the Palace Theatre
Contact Theatre is dreaming of a Catty Christmas
Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat plays at Contact Theatre this Christmas
Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
This year’s musical at the Royal Exchange Theatre is something very different
All I Want For Christmas is Theatre: What’s on in Manchester
Find out what shows are heading to Manchester’s main theatres over the holiday season
There’s something Queer about Contact Theatre
Queer Contact returns to Contact – for the first time in the newly transformed venue
Review: First Time
Head of Culture Michal Wasilewski reviews First Time at Contact Theatre – written by and starring Nathaniel Hall
Hope Mill Theatre is about to get TURNT
TURN ON FEST returns with in person events, following the 2020 launch and the online festival in 2021
Robot Nuns and Maxine Peake: Royal Exchange announces its 2022 season
For the first time in its history, the Royal Exchange Theatre has announced a year-long season – which sees the return of creative duo Sarah Frankcom and Mazine Peake
Review: The Wiz
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews The Wiz at Hope Mill Theatre – the first UK production in a decade
Review: Pink Lemonade
Rebecca Rommen reviews Pink Lemonade at the recently refurbished Contact Theatre – just after Trans Awareness Week
Review: As British as a Watermelon
Alex Bikard reviews Mandla Rae’s As British as a Watermelon at Contact Theatre
Hop on a magic carpet to catch Aladdin at Manchester Opera House
After last year’s pantomime was cancelled, the Opera House returns with Aladdin – starring Alexandra Burke
The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House: making ballet accessible
Aayush Chadha reviews The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House and discusses the accessibility of ballet
The Royal Exchange Theatre is dreaming of a Strange Christmas
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is the Royal Exchange Theatre’s annual musical of 2021
Review: Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, a contemporary reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s classic, at the Lowry
Nathaniel Hall on First Time, It’s a Sin, and living with HIV
Managing Editor Michal Wasilewksi talks to Nathaniel Hall about his show First Time, TV drama It’s a Sin, and personal experiences with HIV
Take a trip to Narnia with the Lowry this Christmas
The stage adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe plays at the Lowry this Christmas
We’re off to see The (wonderful) Wiz at Hope Mill Theatre
This Christmas, Hope Mill Theatre is staging The Wiz – a musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – a decade after it was last performed in the UK
