review
10th March 2022 | By Eddie Toomer-McAlpine
Everything Everything release single using AI technology ahead of ‘revolutionary’ new albumAI programme was fed terms and conditions of LinkedIn, ancient epic poem Beowulf, the teachings of Confucius and 400,000 4Chan forum posts
17th March 2021 | By Constance Enzler
Album review: Terra Firma by Tash SultanaAfter teasing fans since last April by slowly releasing singles Pretty Lady, Greed, Beyond the Pine, followed by Willow Tree and Sweet & Dandy, alternative artist Tash Sultana has released their highly anticipated...
9th January 2019 | By Andrew Wong
Review: Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse introduces a new Spider-Man in a fun and dynamic waySpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the latest computer animated film to come from Sony Pictures Animation and is directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney...
3rd December 2018 | By Callum McLeod
Blossoms Cause Fan Frenzy With Spontaneous Hometown GigIt’s been quite a while since Blossoms have played to a crowd this small, but 250 lucky punters managed to grab tickets to a surprise...
30th November 2018 | By Anousheh Yazdani
Theatre Review: True West starring Kit Harington and Johnny FlynnKit Harington and Johnny Flynn star in a new West End production of Sam Shepard’s conceptual thriller, True West. The British actors and singer-songwriter status that Flynn has to his name,...
23rd November 2018 | By nq_admin
Review: The Maids cast use their raw energy to keep audiences guessing how real the play isSelf-described as a ‘deadly game of ritual, role-play and rubber gloves’, The Maids is a performance well ahead of its time as it toys around...
10th November 2018 | By Amy Bevan
Pale Waves send crowd into raptures at sold out O2 Ritz gigOriginally from Manchester and launched into the world in 2014, Pale Waves have burst onto the music scene with their unique style and even crazier...
8th November 2018 | By Katherine Relton-Grice
Review: Calendar Girls the Musical exposes the reality of griefThe award-winning production Calendar Girls the Musical takes to the stage at The Lowry as part of a nine-month UK tour. Co-written by Gary Barlow...
8th November 2018 | By Andrew Wong
Review: New anime film Mirai tells coming-of-age story while travelling through timeMirai is a Japanese animated film produced by Studio Chizu and directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Hosoda is known for such critically acclaimed animated films, such...
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...
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...
21st February 2018 | By nq_admin
EXHIBITION: Robots @ Museum of Science and IndustryWhen we picture robots we often envisage farfetched futuristic assistants, there to make our life on Earth that little bit easier, a C3PO or R2D2....
11th December 2017 | By nq_admin
REVIEW: The Cribs, Gorilla, 09.12.17There’s a tendency to unfairly lump The Cribs in with the ‘landfill indie’ of the mid-noughties – a Guardian article earlier this year mentioned in...
29th November 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: Beat the FrogGaining the confidence to put yourself on stage, in front of a crowd of strangers and attempting to make them laugh, for me, would be...
15th November 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: The Killers at Manchester ArenaA sea of old and young filtered into the Manchester Arena on a chilly November evening to watch Las Vegas born rock band The Killers...
24th October 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: Sunset Boulevard at the Palace Theatre ManchesterAndrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning production set in the late 1940s Hollywood is based on the 1950 film noir by Billy Wilder. It tells the...
14th March 2017 | By nq_admin
Culture Review: The Comedy StoreOn the third Sunday of every month, the Comedy Store allows comedians to showcase their new material to a live audience. The evening started with...
12th March 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: The Swing Commanders at Matt and PhredsI can’t say I’ve ever seen that many swing/jazz concerts in my life, not since I left jazz band at school anyway. However, last Thursday...
12th March 2017 | By nq_admin
TV Review – Love: Season 2So…. last Friday saw the return of Love to our Netflix accounts. I’m a sucker for an OG Netflix series, I’ve been hooked since Making...
8th March 2017 | By nq_admin
Review: Hopsin at Manchester Academy 2There is something mesmerising about rap artists, how they have the ability to spit bars so effortlessly. Hopsin and his support act spent the whole...