Review: Fall Out Boy
When Chicago pop-punk icons Fall Out Boy announced an impromptu hit-and-run visit to Manchester a couple of weeks back, it sent Northern emo lovers into a bit of a tizzy. Not only because it meant an...
View ArticleFilm review: Leonor Will Never Die
Bonkers and brilliant, Leonor Will Never Die (from 7 April, Home, Manchester and other cinemas) is the debut feature by Filipino writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar. It centres on the titular...
View ArticleFilm review: The Outwaters
The Outwaters (from 8 May, online) is the latest in a long line of found footage horror films that stretch back to 1999’s Blair Witch Project and beyond. Four cool, hipster friends set out to make a...
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Review: Sounds from the Other City
A group dressed in bright pink cloaks with pig masks and paper mache pig heads are weaving their way through a rainy Salford trading estate. A few of them are wearing pink wigs, one of them is clanging...
View ArticleEdinburgh Fringe 2023 roundup
Mark Silcox: Women Only Perhaps best known for his deadpan contributions to Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, 2013 BBC New Comedy Award finalist Mark Silcox’s solo Edinburgh show grappled with questions of...
View ArticleReview: I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
Theatre has long been associated with magic, with the Victorian stage frequently playing host to conjurers and illusionists. I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, a satirical new show by Alexander S....
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Review: Blink 182
A lot has changed since Blink 182 last visited Manchester. Technically, their last headline show was an outdoor gig at Castlefield Bowl in July 2017, with bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker...
View ArticleReview: Toxic
In the summer of 2017, a couple of months after a general election that saw the Conservative party lose their majority, NHS England launched an implementation trial of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)....
View ArticleReview: Jadoo
In 2007, aged 16, Ben Hart was awarded Young Magician of the Year by prestigious society The Magic Circle. He later made his name on television, starting in BBC Three’s Killer Magic in 2014 and...
View ArticleRoundup: Manchester Animation Festival 2023
Returning to the city next week, Manchester Animation Festival once again offers something for everyone. For fans of great animation, there’s an abundance of sneak-peek previews from big-name studios,...
View ArticleReview: Oliver Tree
True love is hard to find, but the audience at Manchester O2 Apollo on 8 November certainly displayed more than just passing admiration for California-born eccentric Oliver Tree as the 30-year-old...
View ArticleReview: Ice Cube
Ice Cube, the legendary rapper, actor and Big3 basketball magnate, brought his electrifying energy and West Coast vibe to Manchester’s AO Arena on Thursday night for an evening of pure hip-hop...
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