Cultural Shenanigans

Saturday 18 May 2013, 7pm-late @ 2022NQ Following the success of last year’s event, Box of Tricks returns to 2022NQ on 18 May 2013 to curate Counter Culture Club: a micro-festival of live independent arts. Expect the unexpected: live music, theatre, comedy, spoken word, art and DJs for a one-night-only extravaganza in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The [...]

Chorlton Arts Festival returns 17-26 May 2013 for its 13th year, and with it comes the Chorlton Weekender over the Bank Holiday weekend (23-26 May). The Weekender features local artists and internationally-acclaimed talent side by side. Festival Director Ella Byford said: “We’re delighted to be able to bring so many top-quality bands to Chorlton and [...]

This review was originally written for  The Public Reviews Rating: **** Sumptuous design combines with classic songs and strong performances from a very talented ensemble to impress the crowds in White Christmas. It’s a perfect feel-good way to start the festive season. Although this production veers from the story in the 1954 Paramount Pictures film in [...]

This review was originally written for  The Public Reviews Rating: ***1/2  The Public Reviews Rating:  World renowned Flamenco artist Paco Peña’s Quimeras receives a standing ovation at The Lowry for its story of a group of African migrants in Spain, trying to make a better life. However, it is the narrative which fails this display of [...]

It’s dark too early now, isn’t it? Getting colder and colder and sometimes all you want to do in the evening or at the weekend is curl up and forget there’s a world outside. But there IS a world outside, and with masses and masses of things which deserve your attention in November. Here is [...]