Entertainment
30th October 2018 | By Jack Dulhanty
Review: Psychedelic band Khruangbin play sold out gig at Manchester’s Albert HallEmbed from Getty Images The Burton-based group, Khruangbin, layered piquant guitar-playing, slippery bass-lines and laid-back drumming to create a voraciously infectious sound that played as light as soufflé....
28th October 2018 | By Danielle Wroe
Dogs get dressed up in blood-curdling costumes for Halloween paradeIt was as far removed from a ‘catwalk’ as you can imagine but everyone had a frightfully good time. Dogs dressed as witches and owners...
28th October 2018 | By Katherine Relton-Grice
Mapping The City – new book explores the history of ManchesterThree Manchester academics have collaborated to produce a new book charting the history and development of the city. Manchester – Mapping The City chronicles the...
21st October 2018 | By Danielle Wroe
Spooky pooches and howling hounds to take part in Halloween dog paradeAs we approach Hallowe’en, Northern Quota is looking into some of our city’s events as well as paranormal myths and legends. Halloween is not the...
18th October 2018 | By Megan Luke
Disney films under spotlight after being accused of stereotyping women through portrayal of princessesAn interview between Ellen DeGeneres and Kiera Knightley started a debate on whether certain Disney princess films portray women in a negative light. Knightley said...
13th October 2018 | By Isaac Jordan
Refugee art showcased at Journeys Festival aims to break down barriers and prejudiceManchester was alive and buzzing this past week as Journeys Festival showcased the talents of refugee artists from around the world. The 10-day festival, which was held...
9th October 2018 | By Daniel Davies
Singer-songwriter Becky Hill performs on street despite venue cancelling gigPopular singer-songwriter Becky Hill sang outside the Manchester Academy tonight after the venue was forced to cancel the gig due to maintainance problems. The 24...
8th October 2018 | By Elizabeth Harrison
Manchester Museum shows it has girl power with Women in Nature eventThe Manchester Museum is inviting visitors to walk around the building in the evening as part of an ‘After Hours’ series of events. The first...
8th October 2018 | By Andrew Wong
Review: Bite taken out of Venom with some lacklustre performancesVenom is a Sony film adaptation of a favourite Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is directed by Ruben Fleischer, who is known...
3rd October 2018 | By Isaac Jordan
Jess Glynne graces the Albert Hall with a stunning performance in free show for fans‘All I am’ singer Jess Glynne performed an intimate set for more1,000 lucky fans at Manchester’s Albert Hall. The free show saw her perform her...
29th September 2018 | By Sarah Storer
Review: Faces Places is an insightful documentary which gives voice to the working classFaces Places is a is a 2017 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda and ‘JR’ that depicts the directors travelling around rural France, creating portraits...
3rd July 2018 | By dave porter
Morrissey indie favourites Bradford still Shouting Quietly after 30 yearsA cult indie band beloved of Morrissey are marking the 30th anniversary release of their one-and-only album with a gig in Manchester. The Smiths frontman...
29th June 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Retro fever keeps pinball wizards and video gamers returning to Bury’s Arcade ClubEurope’s largest free-play video and pinball arcade began life in Andy Palmer’s family-run Haslingden computer shop. The arcade, situated just outside of Bury, started off with just 30...
11th June 2018 | By nq_admin
It’s the end of the world as we know it – what will you do?What would you do if you had three weeks to live? Get very drunk? Have lots of sexual liaisons? Make amends with your family? 18 Victoria...
14th May 2018 | By dave porter
Ultra-violence makes Everyman’s A Clockwork Orange a real horror showYouths carrying knives and inflicting sporadic violence, and politicians and the public clamouring for radical solutions, is nothing particularly new. This is the vision conjured...
27th April 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Manchester based artist Amy Mizrahi discusses the themes behind her workAmy Mizrahi is a Manchester based artist with a background in both fine art and illustration, as well as social science. Within her work, she...
19th April 2018 | By dave porter
A Clockwork Orange brought to stage with original music from Anthony BurgessFilmed by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 and subsequently withdrawn from cinemas by the director himself following a national furore over copycat violence, A Clockwork Orange...
4th April 2018 | By dave porter
Hope MiIl Theatre production boldly reimagines German classic of lost youth as musicalWe already have a musical based on the one of the founding fathers of America, so it is no great leap of the imagination to...
9th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Exhibition: Sylvia Pankhurst: Working WomenFebruary 6th will mark 100 years since women over 30 gained the right to vote for the first time, with the coming of the Representation...
9th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: Thor: Ragnorok – “the best of the three”It is fair to say that Thor’s last two cinematic solo outings have missed the mark slightly with Marvel fans. But this time, the God...