“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.

HOME is celebrating Refugee Week this week with a programme brimming with world-class theatre, film, art and performance.

The Drill explores the notion of preparedness in contemporary emergency situations, such as terrorism, and the anxiety that both leads to and results from that process.

With​ ​a​ ​prominent​ ​politician’s​ ​father​ ​in​ ​the​ ​​I’m A Celebrity ​jungle​ ​and​ ​a​ ​reality​ ​star​ ​in​ ​The White​ ​House,​ ​parodying​ ​trash​ ​TV​ ​effectively​ ​has​ ​become​ ​something​ ​of​ ​a​ ​conundrum.

Lurching violently – much like many of the tragic characters – from prophecy to farce, Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya was ahead of its time.

As ever HOME have plenty of highlights scattered across their February-September schedule from the world of film, theatre and visual art.

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.

Looking ahead to this year’s Manchester Literature Festival, MM picks its top tips from the events happening all over the city.

Tom Robinson is back – and he promises he’ll be ‘shouting his head off and playing at 100 miles-an-hour’.

Set in a gritty area of South East London, Daphne – a vivid character study from Peter Mackie Burns that’s now playing at HOME – opens in a dimly lit bar in Elephant and Castle.

We are all married, bound by contract. But what are the terms of this relationship, and can we consider divorce?