Is anyone ever really gone? Denis Côte poses this question with his adaption of Laurence Olivier’s (no, not that one) novel, a glacially paced gaze at a community’s grief following an untimely death.

The world-renowned Marillion will be celebrating 40 years of music with a huge UK tour spanning 13 different venues – including a date at Manchester Bridgewater Hall next month.

Everybody’s talking about Layton Williams, but last week it was my chance to chat to the versatile actor and bonafide West End star.​

Standing around on a rainy Saturday afternoon outside HOME, a group of people dressed in brightly coloured raincoats and carrying umbrellas seem little out of the ordinary. That is until the song Singin’ in the Rain begins to play and they all burst into dance.

Two years ago, Catalonia’s bid for independence plunged Spain into a huge political crisis when the autonomous Catalan government held an independence referendum.

Class is a hard-hitting performance of raw storytelling that interrogates the disparity between Britain’s haves and have nots through the experiences of Scottee, the show’s writer and sole performer.

Beautiful, powerful, and soulful.

WWE will be providing an action-packed evening of entertainment when its larger-than-life superstars perform next month in Manchester.

Recalling the day that changed his world, he said: “Two years ago on my last day in Manchester I was an unfortunate victim of a machete attack and was slashed six times.

England cricket legend and ex-Ashes winning captain David Gower is going back on tour. No, he’s not batting for England again, but is instead travelling the country with his autobiographical show, On the Front Foot.

Leavers from across the political spectrum marched through the streets of Manchester yesterday in the name of democracy. March4Democracy was a Leavers of Manchester event organised by Joan Mulvenna and the group is a branch of the Brexit-supporting social networking group, Leavers of Britain.