A chat with comedian Stephen Lynch
Trudie Robinson catches up with the New York comic-rocker ahead of his Lowry Theatre show
Les Misérables review
Sarah Tierney watches Gareth Gates sing his way through a storm of emotions at the Palace Theatre
More Most Read
Macdonald Hotel Spa (Strictly Confidential)
Macdonald Hotel and Spa offers
Win two VIP tickets to the Harvey Nichols fashion show
We're giving away a pair of tickets to the Spring/Summer fashion show at Urbis
Trudie Robinson gets under the skin of an unassuming comedian prior to his Thursday's Lowry show
Georgina Hague likes the content, hates the farce, but ends up moved and emotional at the Lowry
Joan Davies, admires, applauds and wants you all go to the Royal Exchange
We send Mitch Poole off to join the circus and he is well impressed
Prepare to be awed by unusually bouncy acrobats at the Lowry Theatre
Veteran director Terry Hands dusts off a rare classic with some help from Gavin and Stacey. Philip Key takes a...
Find out what's happening at Oxford Road's strange-shaped, young people's theatre
Philip Key is sufficiently spooked, but by what we may never know
Joan Davies reviews a couple of shows at Taurus bar on Canal Street and then gets on a soapbox about Mancheste...
Joan Davies heads to Oldham Coliseum for Alan Ayckbourn's tea party from hell
Phil Key enjoys a Ray Cooney romp with none of that swearing ....
Sarah Tierney watches Gareth Gates sing his way through a storm of emotions at the Palace Theatre
Philip Hamer detects that there is something lacking in The Royal Exchange's revival of Noel Coward's Blithe S...
Henry Winkler, Les Dennis and Natasha Hamilton aren't quite enough to make this Peter Pan truly fly, says Phil...
Jonathan Schofield enjoys a right royal blood thirsty fairy tale of biff bash bom at the Library Theatre
Joan Davies braves the kids and Corrie stars to report on this year's Big Panto
Philip Hamer is not wholly impressed by the Royal Exchange Theatre’s reinvigoration of a classic 'state of the...
Joan Davies likes a tight-fisted old miser’s magical transformation
Extra performances for this cameo-packed show about the ne'er-do-wells of Victorian era Ancoats
Modern romance and an ultra-modern production style impress Joan Davies
Joan Davies finds a few problems with a Jim Cartwright play in the hinterlands
Philip Hamer hails a new play at the Royal Exchange as an anthem for doomed youth
Philip Key watches Everyman stalwart Jonathan Pryce give a mesmerising performance on his old stamping ground
The Library Theatre brings a critically acclaimed comedy from Soho to Manchester
Philip Hamer hails the return of the erstwhile Play School presenter (and comic genius) to the Royal Exchange
The Royal Exchange are transforming their studio into a pub
See who won awards and sipped champagne at this year's 24:7 Theatre Festival party
Joan Davies enjoys a Pinteresque play at 24:7 Theatre Festival
Joan Davies sees a political play that manages not to preach
Sarah Tierney is won over by a rugger-loving PE teacher
Sarah Tierney talks to the director of a festival that takes the drama out of going to the theatre
Joan Davies likes the Royal Exchange’s Manchester International Festival play from Neil Bartlett
Joe Stretch, Manchester novelist, finds out what it takes to take it like a girl during an extraordinary day w...
Manchester International Festival starts with a bang: Confidential editor Jonathan Schofield, gets excited pho...
Jokes so funny, he's telling them twice. Rachel Winterbottom gets deja vu at Bill Bailey's show at the Palace ...
Life is a cabaret this week at The Lowry Theatre...Sarah Tierney sees the opening night show
Salford University will be taking a serious look at all things funny this weekend
Alastair McCall completes his journey of self-revelation and gets in touch with himself at the Frog and Bucket
Joan Davies enjoys Alan Ayckbourn’s vicar-less farce at the Library Theatre
Philip Hamer is impressed with Brenda Blethyn's acting but baffled by Edna O'Brien's play
Contact Theatre to stage women-only showing of new play
Joan Davies sees the clones takeover at the Library Theatre
Philip Hamer thinks modern day money-makers could learn something from George Bernard Shaw's play at the Royal...
Our aspiring comic Alastair McCall gets some advice from the professionals
Alastair McCall kills butterflies and gets bitten by the rabid dog of comedy
Sarah Tierney enjoys this comedy version of the weepie classic
Alastair McCall checks out the competition ahead of his first ever attempt at stand-up comedy
Oldham Coliseum replaces Cathy and Heathcliffe with Shakuntala and Krishan
Jonathan Schofield finds ‘shock and awe’ at the Royal Exchange’s latest production but recommends it highly
Rachel Winterbottom is an intrigued spectator at Contact Theatre's monthly contest for new playwrights
Sarah Tierney accuses Tom Stoppard of being all talk at the Library Theatre
Peter Humphreys sees Studio Salford clean up on their excursion to the Lowry Theatre
Sarah Tierney wonders why Brad Fraser is censoring himself in his new play at the Royal Exchange
Lynda Moyo enjoys an old-fashioned farce at the Royal Exchange
Thalia Allington-Wood sings-a-long to a Christmas pantomime with a twist – and Man Con readers get a £5 ticket...
Philip Hamer celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Shelagh Delaney's Salford classic – and talks to the direc...
Danny Moran appreciates the revival of ‘the Manchester School’ by Chris Honer at the Library
Thalia Allington-Wood wants no time bending in her Greek tragedy
Alastair McCall tries to prove he’s a funny f**k*r by going back to school at the Comedy Store
Trudie Robinson hangs on to the Irish comedian's every word and discovers raw talent
See a bunch of deviant comedians and TV conjurer Pete Firman at the Frog and Bucket
Nicola Mostyn spends an evening with six naked men
Nicola Mostyn on a must-see production of Chekhov’s masterpiece
Trudie Robinson talks to a Manchester-based comedian whose post-divorce humour is making them laugh up at the ...
See the finest new female comedy talent at the Frog and Bucket
Lynda Moyo gets blown away by an explosion of colour and creativity from the continent
Philip Hamer talks to the TV stars who learnt their trade at the North West's answer to Sylvia Young's
Nicola Mostyn talks to co-founder David Slack about this week of one hour plays in non-theatre venues
Nicola Mostyn finds Noel Coward's bohemian comedy a blast of high-spirited summer fun
As the venue celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary, Nicola Mostyn finds out what’s behind the Green Room door
Andy Murray is warmed by Shakespeare on a chilly evening in Heaton Park
