There is not a whiff of the outdated mental health stereotypes within leagues of Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline: a powerful and uniquely illustrative portrait of a 16-year-old living with mental health concerns that’s finally arrived in UK theatres and showing at HOME.

On the eve of the release of their second album, Charly Bliss played a giddy and joyous set in Manchester’s Night People, making the small venue their own.

Andy Burnham has already spent the last few months working on his own measures to tackle the problem, including the extension of his flagship ‘Bed Every Night’ scheme until at least next June.

Being a new mum can often be quite a stressful and lonely time, which is why Lauren Webber and Jessica Lawes set up The Mum Club in 2016 to combat some of the feelings women go through. MM spoke to Lauren about her mission to make mothers smile!

The latest issue of the MM e-edition is packed with news, sport, features and entertainment.

The news came as an unpleasant surprise to Wythenshawe’s Methodist minister, the Reverend David Warnock.

“We’re all connected in one way or another”, so says one of the hundreds of jazz musicians in A Great Day in Paris. It’s a simple message, but one that courses through every fibre of the film’s being.

The 1992 movie ‘Death Becomes Her’, starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn, has been long-regarded as a queer classic but a drag parody of the film at HOME turned the well-loved flick into an even camper affair – and we couldn’t get enough.

In a more than worthy tribute to an astounding artist, The Untold Orchestra and a number of Manchester’s most remarkable vocalists performed rearrangements of Nina Simone’s material to mark a deluge of anniversaries.

World War Two is over, and the soldiers have finally come home. In this colourful, spirited rendition of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, romantic shenanigans provide a welcome relief for the battle-weary characters and delight the audience.

Manchester has always been known for its wide variety of things to do ranging from culture to food to nightlife. However, as well as moving forward with the times, the Sugar Junction Tea Room is the perfect example of how Manchester is embracing the motto ‘Old Is Gold’.