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Brought to life on stage by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and long-time collaborator Nick Newman it’s an absolute triumph.

Lizzy Watts stuns as Hedda Gabler in Patrick Marber’s version of the play at The Lowry in Salford.

Psappha performed the moving pieces Rave, Steelworks and Penelope to a dazzled crowd at Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester.

Superposition seeks to solve what are life-long and often unanswered questions for most people.

#BeMoreMartyn paid an emotional tribute to Manchester attack victim, Martyn Hett, at the Hope Mill Theatre on Sunday and Monday – now play director, Adam Zane, is looking to “spread the message” nationally.

Manchester’s winner of the ‘Project: Aloft Star’ UK final, Kris Evans, is jetting off to New York to perform against global winners in an international final.

Back-to-back and in black and white, the screening of Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) was a definite Halloween treat.

Starsailor rocked out in style at the 02 Ritz in Manchester – in a gig that lead vocalist James Walsh described as ‘one of the best’ of the tour so far.

Manchester gets its fair share of rain yet once you’ve watched Alexandre O. Philippe’s brilliant Psycho tribute you might never see water the same way again.

Terms such as ‘hotly-anticipated’ and ‘long-awaited’ are sometimes thrown around a little too often in the world of theatre.

Irish rock band The Coronas sold out Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe in a gig that frontman Danny O’Reilly described as a ‘really special’ night for the band.