Entertainment
2nd February 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Hamlet at The Lowry, Salford QuaysCompared to the repetitive versions I’ve seen of Hamlet, Paapa Essiedu’s spectacular performance is breathtaking, giving the needed colour to the role of Hamlet. Being...
1st February 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: The CommuterInfamous Taken star Liam Neeson steps effortlessly into a familiar role of distressed father, come hero of the hour, in real time film The Commuter....
26th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriAt first glance, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) has all the ingredients to be a great film. Award-winning director? Check. Strong, talented cast? Check. Powerful...
22nd January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: SpaceTime Helix @ The LowryWho would have thought that a piece of string, a light, and a controller could be some mesmerising? Well, that’s SpaceTime Helix in a nutshell. The...
21st January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Cabaret: A Show About The End of Love @ PUSH Festival, HOMEThere is nothing better than a jazz singer singing about the woes of love and a string quartet accompanying her, playing the emotional and portraying the different...
21st January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: True Stories @ PUSH Festival, HOMEA mixture of spoken word, music, dancing, singing, storytelling and cooking a full-three course meal on stage, True Stories journeys through four talented artists’ stories of...
19th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Shrek the Musical at Manchester Palace TheatreThink fairytale characters. Think classic romance storyline. Think big musical numbers. Mash them up and you have Shrek the musical. Based on the Dreamworks animated film,...
16th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Queer Contact Festival brings brand new musical theatre piece to The Palace TheatreContact and Jamie Fletcher & Company are excited to present the Manchester premiere of the brand new musical Dancing Bear at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, on Wednesday...
16th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: YesYesNoNo@ PUSH Festival, HOMEOne for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold… With the origins of superstitions...
16th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Hatch Home (Imprint) @ PUSH Festival, HomeSpoken word and poetry is not for everyone, but you cannot deny a rise in the interest in this performance art, with poetry slams and...
13th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Said the Seismograph About the Tremor @ Push Festival, HOMEA brand new piece of work in its early stages, Elmi Ali presents 1970s post-revolutionary Somalia rubbing up against present day Mancunian diasporic sensibilities in...
13th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: The Manchester Project @ Push Festival, HOMEMonkeywood Theatre Company have commissioned 19 Mancunian writers to write 19 tiny but titanic new plays exploring Manchester and its people. The plays take us from Moss...
13th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: The Return @ Push Festival, HOMEInspired by both Stephen King and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the audience saw an abridged version of act one. The Return is the story of...
12th January 2018 | By Tom Brady
Manchester gaming company putting the power in hands of players with interactive social mediaManchester based Tri-Heart Interactive are an independent gaming company who are breaking down the walls between gamer and developer, and giving the power to those...
11th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: The Claim at The Royal Exchange TheatrePeople seeking asylum has been in the news for the last couple of years, and The Claim looks at what the process is of those...
10th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Preview – My Favorite Murder @ The Albert Hall – Sunday May 13thIn less than two years, My Favorite Murder has moved from first episode to worldwide cult following. Each week, LA-based hosts Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark share...
4th January 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Hugh Jackman is magic as The Greatest ShowmanTumbling acrobats flying through the air, large animals from far off lands and a spectacle of vibrancy and colour, that’s what we see when we...
15th December 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: The Gruffalo at The LowryTake a stroll through the deep dark wood with Mouse in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Searching for...
15th December 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: Beautiful the Carole King Musical at Manchester’s Palace TheatreGrowing up in Brooklyn, an ordinary girl having an extraordinary talent, Carole King fights her way into the record business as a teenager and sold her first...
15th December 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: Dick Whittington at Manchester’s Opera HouseWhat do you get when you mix John Barrowman, some very tight tights, the Krankies and a cat? Dick Whittington the Pantomime! A very bizarre...