MM’s Cornerhouse loyalist reluctantly headed to Manchester city centre’s new thriving art space HOME and even more reluctantly warmed to its galleries, theatres, cinemas and architecture

At the manchester Fringe Festival launch MM caught up with performer and co-creator of FoolSize Theatre Joanne Tremarco to chat about her upcoming show Women Who Wank.

Coronation street star Julie Hesmondhalgh took Shakespeare’s much loved classic Romeo & Juliet to the grassy stage of the Bolton Parish Church gardens last week.

This year, FLARE International Theatre Festival returns to Manchester bigger and better than ever.

Two prominent Syrian community leaders came together on Tuesday night after a Lowry show on the Arab Spring to discuss the future of their war-torn homeland.

In an uprising that everyone thought would present hope for the Syrian people, the conflict that emerged has proved to be the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.

We need to stop trying to ‘fix’ autism sufferers to make them think like us, and instead appreciate the condition for all its life-changing and beautiful characteristics.

King Lear – the tale of a monarch’s decent into madness after he attempts to secure an early retirement – is perhaps Shakespeare’s finest tragedy. And it is done a great justice by the Northern Broadsides troop at The Lowry.

The concept of the play takes a while to get going, but once the audience are comfortable with the story, it starts to get anything but, as the tricks of the horror trade are brought in and viewers invariably jump out of their seats.

Legendary British director Danny Boyle will kick start a HOME-warming for Manchester’s new centre for international contemporary art, theatre and film.

Heaven-17’s Martyn Ware is to join a host of artists and musicians including Jon McClure of Reverend and the Makers for an evening to support creative communities in areas of conflict and war.