Entertainment

Damon Albarn, FKA twigs and Björk are just some of the stars announced in a stellar line-up for the July’s 2015 Manchester International Festival.

As with the original it’s the character performances that really carry The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel through. After a strong and humorous start the storylines are quickly set up and there it loses its shuffling gait.

The Bishop of Manchester is set to open a unique film series at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation exploring the interaction and conflict between science and religion through movies.

MM takes a look at the various ways to celebrate International Women’s Day around Manchester.

If you are going to the theatre expecting all smiles and an abundance of jazz hands, then you may be disappointed by Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers.

Review of Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy at Manchester’s Cornerhouse.

John is the unapologetic, visceral and devastating true tale of one man’s search for acceptance from within a life abandoned by society and family.

Arguably the biggest cult band in the UK, brothers Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman have racked up an army of die-hard fans over the years and after a two year hiatus the long-haired lads have returned to Manchester to play a sold-out gig at The Ritz.

Nina Simone once said that it was an artist’s responsibility to ‘reflect the times’. There’s no denying that George the Poet represents this models perfectly.

The band, made up of Ellie, Joel, Joff and Theo, announced the release date of their debut album, ‘My Love is Cool’ yesterday and MM caught up with the four twenty something’s to talk life on the road, drunken nights out in Manchester and Miley Cyrus.

As LGBT History Month enters its final week Outings the world’s first show about real-life ‘coming out’ stories arrives in Manchester for a one-off performance tonight.