Entertainment

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.

With the Greater Manchester Fringe running through all of July – the event’s seventh year – Mancunian Matters went to speak to some of the acts and the organisers of the event at the closing party…

Fame has been a cultural phenomenon since the 1980s.

“I would like you to remember that this happens to real people,” introduced director and producer of The Receptionist, Jenny Lu, whose film is in cinemas now and is showing at HOME Manchester on Thurs July 26.

Lionman is a piece that explores the notion of anxieties and pressures in a strange and dystopian world.

Fans attending one-day festivals with headliners Liam Gallagher and Queens of the Stone Age at the end of June quickly flooded social media with complaints of poor organisation, long queues and overcrowding.

Legally Blonde: The Musical manages to be everything – a fun, fiery, empowering, extravagant, heartfelt production that never takes itself too seriously.

Sting’s talents have led him to success in the world of film and music – but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s capable of penning a hit musical.

“Life is too short not to be something you love,” Kiefer Sutherland declares on what is surely a midsummer night in a sweltering Albert Hall.

“Firstly, I would like to apologise to those of you involved in our little box-office mix-up. I do hope those of you affected will enjoy our little murder mystery just as much as you would have enjoyed Rock of Ages.”