Entertainment

Taylor Swift is creating quite the stir in Manchester and she’s not even taken to the Arena stage for her gig tonight.

In a quirky fusion of science and music, the ‘composer in residence’ of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute will unveil her testament to the wonder material that’s got everyone talking.

After attracting over half a million visitors since its opening in 2014, the widely popular Coronation Street tour is sadly set to close its doors to the public at the end of this year.

In the 22 years that have passed since RNCM graduate Tim Benjamin – adopted northerner, entrepreneur and musical prodigy – won the BBC’s coveted Young Musician of the Year Composer’s Award at the tender age of 17, everything has changed.

Coronation street star Julie Hesmondhalgh took Shakespeare’s much loved classic Romeo & Juliet to the grassy stage of the Bolton Parish Church gardens last week.

Jurassic World fans are being offered the chance to snap up a host of goodies as part of a special free event at the Arndale Centre next weekend.

The world’s first computer game based entirely in Manchester is set to be officially launched on Windows 10 in September.

Last night’s #UberLive gig was heralded as a glorious hookup between the taxi company and Sofar Sounds, a company which picks artists to perform in unusual spaces for small audiences – past gigs have included people’s flats, abandoned art galleries and disused factories.

Manchester gig-goers are in for a treat tonight with taxi app Uber giving music aficionados the chance to see an intimate secret gig somewhere in the city.

Hispanic cinema will be celebrated as part of the second installment of Manchester’s annual ¡Viva! film festival, which will commence at the city’s HOME entertainment venue tomorrow.

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is penning a new drama series about the real-life story of two Manchester brothers who built a global fashion empire on the back of the city’s acid house scene.