Entertainment

This Is Elvis is ‘One Night’ of countless flaws and missed opportunities, lacking any coherent narrative which makes it no more than a second-rate tribute show.

Back in August 2017, the internet went into meltdown as Taylor Swift wiped her social media slate clean. Eventually, after three long days of Blank Space, she posted a grainy, flickering video to Instagram of an ominous black snake.

The photographer who snapped some of The Smiths’ most iconic shots said that the night before the infamous photoshoot outside Salford Lads Club was one of the most sleepless nights of his life.

In Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, a woman is buried up to her waist in a hole and then later up to her neck.

Watching interviews with Ruban Nielson, you’d be forgiven for expecting a chilled and pleasant live performance from a somewhat withdrawn artist that would simply be enjoyable to listen to.

Manchester Opera House have released the first pictures of McIntyre and Dennis in full costume as the Ugly Sisters ahead of this year’s pantomime Cinderella.

There’s nothing like a night at the theatre to take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. In this regard, Blood Brothers is arguably the Big Dipper of productions.

A theatre production can only dream of a smooth sailing run – but it’s ultimately the public who will decide whether it sinks or swims when on the stage.

Kindertransport has returned to the stage in Manchester 25 years after writer Diane Samuels’ first showing – and it’s now presented to the world in a time where its themes of identity politics, immigration and anti-Semitism are perhaps more topical than ever.

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Courtney Marie Andrews has been touring her critically-acclaimed new album May Your Kindness Remain.

For lovers of the iconic post-punk group Joy Division and revellers of the Manchester music scene, New Dawn Fades brings to light the perfect combination of history, tragedy and earth-shatteringly dark comedy associated with one of the city’s most influential music acts.