One of Manchester International Festival’s showcase productions is a dramatisation of the chess match between man and machine. Robert Pegg finds out the result of both the match and the performance.
The Old Woman previewed at the Palace Theatre last Tuesday. MULE went along to review it.
The 2013 Greater Manchester Fringe Festival launched this week and Hand Over Fist is one of the first productions of its month-long stretch.
Cornerhouse’s Arab Film Festival continues this summer’s Anguish and Enthusiasm exhibition and film season. In the wake of two years of social upheaval and revolutions (both seemingly successful and failed) in the Middle East, the Arab Spring is one of the clearest examples of a revolutionary situation in the world today and a clear example for more recent social struggles, most notably in Turkey and Brazil.
What do you do with your revolution once you’ve got it? This is the question that the Cornerhouse’s latest art exhibition and film season attempts to grapple with.
Enjoy the bank holiday in do-it-yourself style with this year’s Fanzine Fair at Victoria Baths.
On 20 April, independent record stores up and down the nation took part in Record Store Day – an annual initiative of growing popularity designed to promote the re-emerging culture surrounding the vinyl record. But is the day working for fans and small independents?
