Entertainment

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16th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Queer Contact Festival brings brand new musical theatre piece to The Palace Theatre

Contact 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...

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16th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: YesYesNoNo@ PUSH Festival, HOME

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold… With the origins of superstitions...

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16th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: Hatch Home (Imprint) @ PUSH Festival, Home

Spoken word and poetry is not for everyone, but you cannot deny a rise in the interest in this performance art, with poetry slams and...

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13th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: Said the Seismograph About the Tremor @ Push Festival, HOME

A 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...

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13th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: The Manchester Project @ Push Festival, HOME

Monkeywood 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...

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13th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: The Return @ Push Festival, HOME

Inspired 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...

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12th January 2018 | By Tom Brady

Manchester gaming company putting the power in hands of players with interactive social media

Manchester 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...

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11th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: The Claim at The Royal Exchange Theatre

People seeking asylum has been in the news for the last couple of years, and The Claim looks at what the process is of those...

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10th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Preview – My Favorite Murder @ The Albert Hall – Sunday May 13th

In 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...

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4th January 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: Hugh Jackman is magic as The Greatest Showman

Tumbling 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...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: The Gruffalo at The Lowry

Take 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...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Beautiful the Carole King Musical at Manchester’s Palace Theatre

Growing 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...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Dick Whittington at Manchester’s Opera House

What do you get when you mix John Barrowman, some very tight tights, the Krankies and a cat? Dick Whittington the Pantomime! A very bizarre...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Land of Green Ginger Unleashed performance in Hull

On the wintery evening of Saturday 11th November, a magical parade took to the streets of Hull in what shaped up to be the most...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Jessie J @ Albert Hall 9/10/17

Three years after the smash album Sweet Talker, Jessie J made a big comeback on stage in Manchester at Albert Hall, an intimate affair where...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Pink’s New Album ‘Beautiful Trauma’ Debuts at NO. 1

It seems rockstar Pink just can’t go wrong this year after her new album debuts at number one in the UK.  The album release comes...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Jack Carty

Based in the Northern Quarter, stands Castle Hotel, a small, intimate, oddly patterned pub. Upon first arrival, it didn’t seem like a place for a...

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15th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Is there a career in musical theatre?

According to Statista, only 21% of adults visited the theatre in 2016, despite there being 42,866 productions across this year. With cuts to the arts...

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14th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: All Together Now at MediaCity

It’s not every day you have the chance to do the YMCA and the Conga with Ginger Spice, aka Geri Halliwell (now Horner), never mind...

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14th December 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Jenna and the G’s at Albert Schloss

Full of roaring open fires, long Viking tables and a beautiful décor, Albert Schloss is one of those venues where you can have a classy...