And it’s not just a restaurant. Upstairs there’s a cocktail bar, Cinnabar, with music at weekends and faux-leather banquettes ...

All times are precarious. Like the planks and girders of a seaside pier, the path beneath one’s feet is always less permanent ...

North by Northwest is at Manchester’s HOME until May 10, 2025, then it’s off to Liverpool Playhouse from May 20-24, 2025.

The Lowry in Salford Quays is 25-years-old this year. It decided to celebrate its community outreach programme, one of the ...

Krapp’s Last Tape is at York Theatre Royal until May 17, 2025. For more information, click here.

Manchester’s comedy scene is thriving, with new nights springing up all the time. What’s remarkable, though, is that one city ...

It’s certainly easy to see why Boys from the Blackstuff has been adapted for the stage. Alan Bleasdale’s 1982 TV serial made ...

As Frost freely acknowledges, gardening is a well-known antidote for mental and physical stress, as well as longer-term ...

SICK (a note from 40 Sandilands Road and other stories) is at The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds until July 19, ...

Moving house is a bag of mixed emotions. There’s the anticipation of a fresh start, the lure of unfamiliar surroundings, and ...

This is as fine a production of Krapp’s Last Tape as you are ever likely to see, which is ...