It was 1987 in Paris and young cabaret performer Ute Lemper was opening as Sally Bowles in the stage musical Cabaret. The production was a huge success, with Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey in the front row on the first night. Many...
Read MoreThere are more adaptations of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights than you can shake a stick at. Telly, cinema, theatre and even song, you name it, it’s been covered. But there’s something unusually fresh about the Royal...
Read MoreThe UK’s national museum of democracy is 10 years old this week. This Manchester-based incredible space has accomplished plenty in the last decade and become a beacon for a democratic society. Consider this: it holds the...
Read MoreIn a brief intermission between winter storms, concert-goers in Manchester took shelter in The Bridgewater Hall and warmed themselves with the musical radiance of the Hallé Orchestra. First up was Ravel and his 1919...
Read MoreShe is an accomplished stage and TV actress, a ‘loose’ woman, a mental health advocate and, most recently, a patron of Manchester’s award-winning Hope Mill Theatre. Denise Welch is also renowned for speaking her mind, even if it...
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