Entertainment

For a musical about a boy band, it is sisterhood that steals the show as the Take That musical comes to The Lowry this January.

Apparently audience participation – shouting often-rude, always-hilarious lines in appropriate places in the shows – started for the movie version back in the 1970s in the US and made it to our shows a few years later.

Thirty years ago to the day, Morrissey performed for the first time as a solo artist, and with that stood at the forefront of a British cultural movement for the last time.

Stockport’s own Blossoms finished their sell-out weekend at the Victoria Warehouse in style on Sunday.

Madness rocked the Manchester Arena last night with a powerful potion of their old and new foot-stomping songs.

Director David Lowery’s last film A Ghost Story (2017) showed the torment of death, so it’s fitting that his follow-up The Old Man & the Gun celebrates the joy of life – whether that is found robbing a bank or being on the tale of a criminal.

This Christmas HOME are jumping in their telephone box and travelling back to the 80s as part of their At HOME in the 80s film bonanza.

We are now in the throes of Christmas with the markets in full swing, advent calendar doors wide open and festive films back in cinemas…

Manchester is a city that’s second to none – but you can’t beat a good trip to the Land of Oz.

Ben Wheatley offers an absurdly realistic look at family engagements in his latest film ‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’.

“We always got told we’d struggle here, but no. As soon as we walk through the door, football is out the window and we’re f***ing cousins,” Courteeners frontman Liam Fray affirmed to the room.