Until recently, Colin Hoult was doing very nicely indeed as a character-based comic and actor.

At The Firehouse, the door opened and I was met with waft of warm air and a friendly welcome. Shown to my table, the interior was larger than I’d imagined – spacious and open with a DJ spinning ...

Northern Soul’s Steve Slack headed to the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) as it returned to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of British ceramics, for its fifth edition. The six week international ceramics ...

In the build-up to CBBC’s inaugural three-day Summer Social at Croxteth Country Park, much of the chatter on the local parental grapevine was about one subject: cost. At £30.80 for a day ticket, ...

When it comes to album sales in 2016, you can forget Beyoncé, Rag’n’Bone Man and Justin Bieber. Last year belonged to Ball and Boe. Michael Ball and Fleetwood’s Alfie Boe enjoyed the biggest ...

Win two family tickets (for up to five people) at Big Fish Little Fish. Award-wining Big Fish Little Fish is back at The Birdcage in Manchester for family raving with rave legend Mark Archer (Altern-8 ...

There seems to be a glut of Red Riding Hood productions this Christmas. For the life of me, I can’t understand why. Perhaps it’s the time to tell traditional fairy tales? Or maybe theatre producers ...

It’s the beginning of March which can only mean one thing – it’s time for this month’s Northern Soul Podcast. Presenter and Producer Lucy McNamara is back with another ear-pleasing episode ...

It seems a strange thing to do, on a boiling hot summer’s evening, to come in out of the bright day and ensconce oneself in a dark theatre, along with hundreds of other people, to watch a play set ...

There is a definite chill in the air. As the song goes, “all the leaves are brown and the sky is ...

What have Justin Lee Collins, Alec Baldwin and Curly Watts got in common? Give up? Well, they have all made the character Dennis Dupree from Rock of Ages their own. Kevin Kennedy, who many know as ...