Sam Bronheim reviews Opera North’s ‘The Merry Widow’ at the Lowry
Jay Darcy reviews ‘Kinky Boots’ as it visits the Manchester Opera House on its national tour.
Amidst his hectic tour schedule, Tom Walker sits down for a chat with contributor Alex Stagg before putting on an electric performance at the O2 Ritz.
The once great music mag finally gives up pressing
Goth-pop heroes Pale Waves bring their 80s inspired heartbreak to Gorilla
Guillermo Del Toro strikes gold with a beautiful meditation on love, humanity and fantasy which has made quite the splash
Michael McQuaid reviews Emma Rice and Kneehigh Theatre’s adaptation of the 1938 film
The perfect soundtrack to your melancholy evenings
Beneath a happy, energetic K-Pop exterior lies a draconian, corporate underworld
Brummy Connor Schofield of JAWS exhibits his views on the music industry, the importance of mental health and plans for the band’s future
Deputy Film Editor Jamie McEvoy presents the best films of the past year, as voted by Mancunion Film
A farewell to Rock and Roll legend Tom Petty, who died on Monday at the age of 66
In unprecedented times of bad and ugly, it’s important to keep an eye out for the good. Ben Lomax picks out his top 5 songs both good in name and good in nature.
Finding yourself out of the loop when your musical friends talk classical? Stuart Grantham has compiled an introduction to catch you up in no time
This feisty piece of promising writing from a Young Pleasance alumnus is bound to administer an injection of fun into the Fringe programme
A Moon Shaped Pool may be Radiohead’s dourest album yet, but it’s also possibly their most subtly beautiful
A look at self-publishing zines and how they offer empowerment back to creators
The best albums of the year, as voted by those who’ve written for us all semester. Complete with loving praise and custom illustrations
The time has come for music, culture and compassion to work as one in the wake of the Paris attacks
This Bollywood hit, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, suffers from a general lack of coherence and some over-simplification