Entertainment

Zombies are amongst us in Manchester in an apocalyptic short film which tackles a father-daughter relationship between the undead.

The Libertines’ drummer said that the band are writing more collectively than ever on a visit to Manchester.

Shakespeare, with an accessible Mancunian twist – that’s what Manchester Shakespeare Company founders John Topliff and Gina T Frost are striving for as they commemorate the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death.

The new interpretation of Don Quijote, brought to HOME by Emma Frankland and Keir Cooper, uses Cervantes’ classic novel to explore the importance of standing up for what you believe in.

The sound of legendary Manchester band The Stone Roses is all set for Rochdale on Saturday night, with tribute set to be paid to both them and the city’s other music gods.

On April 14 Paul Thompson hosts Fourplay, his first production at the Northern Quarter’s Three Minute Theatre.

Pop star Pixie Lott may give Holly Golightly new life in a new production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but she misses the mark with her American accent.

Hollywood glamour and mind games with an unexpected twist are thrust together in the gothic surrounds of an English haunted house in Joe O’Byrne’s The Haunting of Blaine Manor.

A Glossop funk band will be looking to build on a year of highs after supporting soul legend Alexander O’Neal on tour.

Self-styled as ‘an idealist mixed with a goofball’ and ‘an intellectual with no common sense’, Dane Baptiste is a comic who has no intention of withholding his opinion.

Music with a message may not dominate the charts, but it has found a home in nooks and crannies around the country, and the rest of Europe, in the shape of Roxanne de Bastion.