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
Insidious is back with nothing further to say, leaving in the wake of the Lamberts a 'fresh' start only aiming to parrot its ghastly blueprint
Lily Martin reviews Opera North’s rendition of La bohème at The Lowry Theatre
Sam Bronheim reviews Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes at the Lowry, which stars Adam Cooper and Ashley Shaw
Dolly Busby reviews PLAYLAND, the last play written by Athol Fugard under Apartheid
Evie Appleson and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interview BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon, ahead of their show, All I Want for Christmas is Attention
Dolly Busby reviews Gameshow’s Nuclear Future, the portrayal of family in a post-nuclear apocalyptic landscape
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews the jukebox musical On Your Feet!, which tells the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, at the Palace Theatre
Sam Bronheim reviews Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella (English National Ballet)
Ella Broadbent reviews The Lovely Bones, the stage adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name
Rosemary Russett reviews Reckless Sleepers’ Negative Space at the New Adelphi Theatre
Kayleigh Crawford reviews Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve F*cked
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Rip it Up the 70s, starring Melody Thornton, Louis Smith CBE, Rachel Stevens, and Giovanni Spano
Bayse Genc interviews Javaad Alipoor, the writer and co-creator of Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Curtains, a musical whodunnit, starring Jason Manford, Carley Stenson and Ore Oduba
Rosemary Russett and Sophia Hadji-Michael review Baby Fever, which is part of this year’s SICK! Festival
Bayse Genc reviews Box of Tricks’ Under Three Moons at the Lowry
Phosphoros Theatre, a refugee theatre company, bring their new show to Manchester
Sam Bronheim reviews the Royal Shakeaspeare Company’s adaptation of As You Like It
Kayleigh Crawford reviews the RSC’s gender-swapped adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew at the Lowry
Ella Marsden reviews Fifty and Nifty – a play about staying young no matter your age
The Musical Theatre Society are gearing up for another year of performance, with the Musical Revue getting going soon
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