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Preview: End of the Road 2026 brings Manchester acts to North Dorset

Preview: End of the Road 2026 brings Manchester acts to North Dorset

End of the Road is due to bring yet another stellar line-up to Larmer Tree Gardens for its 2026 edition
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What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

Family, love, and cultlike faith unspool together in this new undersea drama, ‘Divine Wave’
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UMDS’s Juturna review: A cosmic journey to the final frontier

UMDS’s Juturna review: A cosmic journey to the final frontier

Benedict Zephyr and Neeyati Singh offer an isolated tale of colonial cabin fever in ‘Juturna’
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UMDS’s A Vacuum at the Centre review: The cryon, the rich, and the aerophobe

UMDS’s A Vacuum at the Centre review: The cryon, the rich, and the aerophobe

In ‘A Vacuum at the Centre’, Elisabeth Hughes and Ruby Coyte produce an eclectically eccentric comedy that comes directly from heart to stage
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UMMTS’s Making a Killing review: A masterful musical murder mystery

UMMTS’s Making a Killing review: A masterful musical murder mystery

UMMTS’s latest original endeavour is a charming sendup of the detective novels of old in ‘Making a Killing’
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UMDS’ Eurydice: A playfully haunting take on a Greek classic

UMDS’ Eurydice: A playfully haunting take on a Greek classic

Hattie Wood and Martha Pardue’s ethereal production of Sarah Ruhl’s Greek tragedy never looks back
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UMDS’s The Beauty of It review: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore receive a touching tribute

UMDS’s The Beauty of It review: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore receive a touching tribute

UMDS shine a light on a pair of forgotten queer artists and activists in ‘The Beauty of It’
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UMDS’s We Know the Rats review: Restaurant comedy-drama is both brash and sensitive

UMDS’s We Know the Rats review: Restaurant comedy-drama is both brash and sensitive

UMDS kick off the MIFTAs with a searing exploration of masculinity, loss, and pest control in ‘We Know the Rats’
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Shoryu student deal review: I’ll take this over a meal deal any day

Shoryu student deal review: I’ll take this over a meal deal any day

Somewhere between deadlines and dwindling cupboards, a £10 ramen deal starts to sound like a very good idea
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Live review: What isn’t in the teaches of Peaches?

Live review: What isn’t in the teaches of Peaches?

Toronto-born Peaches brings infectious energy to O2 Ritz
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Faster Horses at Albert Hall: Dance as worship

Faster Horses at Albert Hall: Dance as worship

The scouse-turned-Mancunian DJ and producer brings his euphoric set to Albert Hall’s enchanting interior
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Live review: Holly Humberstone welcomes Manchester into her ‘Cruel World’

Live review: Holly Humberstone welcomes Manchester into her ‘Cruel World’

Budding popstar brings a spellbinding show to New Century Hall to celebrate the release of her sophomore record
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Live review: VÆB row to Academy 3 on their ‘Boat Tour’

Live review: VÆB row to Academy 3 on their ‘Boat Tour’

Icelandic electronic-duo VÆB performed to a fanatic crowd at Academy 3 on their tour of Europe
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Live review: Alice Merton has ‘Visions’ at Amber’s

Live review: Alice Merton has ‘Visions’ at Amber’s

Alice Merton pitstops at Amber’s on her ‘Visions’ tour of Europe, celebrating her new album of the same name
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The Prodigy at Co-Op Live: Music for all generations

The Prodigy at Co-Op Live: Music for all generations

Electro-punk legends bring an exhilarating live performance to Co-Op Live with support from Carl Cox
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Live review: magda(1999) bring a stellar line-up of upcoming bands to The Castle Hotel

Live review: magda(1999) bring a stellar line-up of upcoming bands to The Castle Hotel

The Brighton band pack out The Castle Hotel’s eighty-capacity performance space for a night of new music
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Should Reform UK be shown the door or given the floor: Reform Society and free speech on campus

Should Reform UK be shown the door or given the floor: Reform Society and free speech on campus

In conversation with the President of the newly founded Students for Reform UK Society at the University of Manchester, we discussed the limits of free speech on campus
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Identity and fast fashion: A story of overconsumption

Identity and fast fashion: A story of overconsumption

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Social media is driving overconsumption, selling us an ideal aesthetic – but our identity doesn’t just come from fashion
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Live review: Jessie J returns with a Bang (Bang)

Live review: Jessie J returns with a Bang (Bang)

Jessie J brings an acoustic set to Albert Hall showing the power of her voice and the strength of her chat
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