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10th March 2022 | By Eddie Toomer-McAlpine

Everything Everything release single using AI technology ahead of ‘revolutionary’ new album

AI programme was fed terms and conditions of LinkedIn, ancient epic poem Beowulf, the teachings of Confucius and 400,000 4Chan forum posts

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17th March 2021 | By Constance Enzler

Album review: Terra Firma by Tash Sultana 

After 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...

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9th January 2019 | By Andrew Wong

Review: Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse introduces a new Spider-Man in a fun and dynamic way

Spider-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...

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3rd December 2018 | By Callum McLeod

Blossoms Cause Fan Frenzy With Spontaneous Hometown Gig

It’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...

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30th November 2018 | By Anousheh Yazdani

Theatre Review: True West starring Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn

Kit 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,...

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23rd November 2018 | By nq_admin

Review: The Maids cast use their raw energy to keep audiences guessing how real the play is

Self-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...

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10th November 2018 | By Amy Bevan

Pale Waves send crowd into raptures at sold out O2 Ritz gig

Originally from Manchester and launched into the world in 2014, Pale Waves have burst onto the music scene with their unique style and even crazier...

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8th November 2018 | By Katherine Relton-Grice

Review: Calendar Girls the Musical exposes the reality of grief

The 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...

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8th November 2018 | By Andrew Wong

Review: New anime film Mirai tells coming-of-age story while travelling through time

Mirai is a Japanese animated film produced by Studio Chizu and directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Hosoda is known for such critically acclaimed animated films, such...

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8th October 2018 | By Andrew Wong

Review: Bite taken out of Venom with some lacklustre performances

Venom is a Sony film adaptation of a favourite Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is directed by Ruben Fleischer, who is known...

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4th April 2018 | By dave porter

Hope MiIl Theatre production boldly reimagines German classic of lost youth as musical

We already have a musical based on the one of the founding fathers of America, so it is no great leap of the imagination to...

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21st February 2018 | By nq_admin

EXHIBITION: Robots @ Museum of Science and Industry

When we picture robots we often envisage farfetched futuristic assistants, there to make our life on Earth that little bit easier, a C3PO or R2D2....

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11th December 2017 | By nq_admin

REVIEW: The Cribs, Gorilla, 09.12.17

There’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...

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29th November 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Beat the Frog

Gaining the confidence to put yourself on stage, in front of a crowd of strangers and attempting to make them laugh, for me, would be...

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15th November 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: The Killers at Manchester Arena

A sea of old and young filtered into the Manchester Arena on a chilly November evening to watch Las Vegas born rock band The Killers...

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24th October 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Sunset Boulevard at the Palace Theatre Manchester

Andrew 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...

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14th March 2017 | By nq_admin

Culture Review: The Comedy Store

On the third Sunday of every month, the Comedy Store allows comedians to showcase their new material to a live audience. The evening started with...

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12th March 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: The Swing Commanders at Matt and Phreds

I 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...

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12th March 2017 | By nq_admin

TV Review – Love: Season 2

So…. 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...

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8th March 2017 | By nq_admin

Review: Hopsin at Manchester Academy 2

There is something mesmerising about rap artists, how they have the ability to spit bars so effortlessly. Hopsin and his support act spent the whole...