REVIEW: Ai Weiwei: Button Up!
Reading Time: 2 minutesFactory International has built a reputation for bringing world class exhibitions to Manchester, and Ai Weiwei: Button Up! continues that trend.
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REVIEW: The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor
Reading Time: 2 minutesA powerful dance tribute to the life and spirit of Sinéad O’Connor Produced by The Joyce Theater and Factory International, The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor is a new contemporary dance work conceived, choreographed and directed…
REVIEW: F*ck Machine
Reading Time: 4 minutesA wacky, inventive and consistently entertaining show while exploring the complexities of online fame and sex work.
REVIEW: Party Season
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn entertaining comedy that gives a very honest take on modern parenting
REVIEW: Bears Bears Bears
Reading Time: 3 minutesBears Bears Bears marks the latest production from Divided Culture Co, a company continuing to champion new writing and emerging creatives. Winner of the 2025 DCC Playwriting Prize, Natalie Beech’s debut play arrives at the Contact Theatre with loads of confidence, blending horror, dark comedy and performance art into something that feels chaotic in a very deliberate way.
REVIEW: Bank of Dave: The Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutes'One of the most fun nights I’ve had at the theatre in ages'
REVIEW: Trompe l’Oeil
Reading Time: 2 minutesA visually inventive and playful political satire, Trompe l’Oeil is driven by strong performances and bold staging. Trompe l’Oeil is now in its sixth year, having previously played Off Broadway and in London, and arrives in Manchester…
REVIEW: Relay
Reading Time: 2 minutesA warm and inventive one person show that blends comedy, music and animation to explore queer family.
REVIEW: The Marriage of Figaro
Reading Time: 2 minutesOpera North’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro brings Mozart’s well known opera into a setting that feels both familiar and refreshed.
REVIEW: Single White Female
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tense and modern reimagining of a cult thriller that explores how trauma, identity and technology blur the line between love and obsession. Based on the bestselling novel by John Lutz and the Columbia Pictures film that made…