From pub crawls to Freshers' events, drinking can feel unavoidable, and sobriety can feel isolating. Here's how to miss out on the hangovers, not the fun
Alica MacDonald's 'Finding Emily' provides an inventive spin on the rom-com for a modern audience thanks to a strong sense of place – and UoM's campus
Russell T. Davies shares insight at Manchester's SCENE Festival about his hit Channel 4 shows exploring queerness, community and adversity
Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror tells a devastating tale whilst showcasing the most dazzling disabled talent
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Giovanni Pernice’s This Is Me at Bridgewater Hall
CODA may have been overlooked due to its innocuous Apple TV+ release but its warm yet thoughtful outlook makes it one of 2021’s best coming-of-age tales.
Riz Ahmed shines as a hearing-impaired drummer in an understated drama about struggling to accept a dramatic change in one’s way of living
Sam McElhattan reviews Augmented at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Rosemary Russett reviews Ad Infinitum’s Extraordinary Wall of Silence at HOME
Zakk Brown gets down with Peace’s indie extravaganza at the Deaf Institute
Samuel Ward gets lost in the falsetto dreamscape of All We Are
Silverclub turn the Deaf Institute into a neon-coloured mush of grooviness.
Melissa Blanche contends with a sea of girls at Deaf Institute to report on NME’s new favourite expose
The Sheffield quintet couldn’t have made their Manchester return at a more appropriately-named venue
NME’s newest cover boys bring their frenetic live show to the Deaf Institute
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