Entertainment

Performers include Richard Herring, Russell Kane, and James Richardson, each hosting a live recording of their respective shows

No, Gorilla is not a primate, it is one of Manchester’s edgiest concert venues – and on Thursday night Catherine McGrath owned the place.

Matilda, who travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village, finally opened in Manchester this week as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s award-winning adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1988 book came to the Palace Theatre.

This is Shakespeare, but not as you know it.

Director Crystal Moselle’s previous project, documentary The Wolfpack, focussed on a group of reclusive brothers, locked away from the outside world in their Manhattan apartment.

The Return of the Soldier is compelling proof that, as the centennial anniversaries of the First World War draw to a close, there are still new stories and new perspectives of the Great War to be found.

If you want to see a farce, there are no companies better than Mischief Theatre.

If Gamescom is a barometer of up and coming technology then you have to say that Virtual Reality (or VR as it is often referred as) is something that you can’t deny is the future of gaming.

The film follows the story of Ron Stallworth, a black undercover cop in 1979 who infiltrates the Klu Klux Klan.

Peppa Pig is not a rock star, but she’s up there with the best of them when it comes to drawing a crowd.

The 80s are back in full force in Manchester – but for one week only.