Salford arts complex says energy costs in 2022-23 will far outstrip its entire Arts Council grant It could cost almost a million pounds to keep the lights on at a Greater Manchester theatre …
Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costs Before she was even accepted into one of the country's most pres…
Musical impresario releases ode to chief officer of Cheshire local councils after 'operatic' meeting There are many things Americans struggle to understand about the English: our love of a c…
Four courtrooms will be installed in the Salford Quays theatre to help deal with a 46,467 case backlog Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage There are many barriste…
Tess Seddon scoffed at the idea of the Yorkshire party " until she became its election candidate. Now she's turned her doomed campaign into a stage musical When Tess Seddon first heard of th…
When a rape trial ends in acquittal, what do the anonymous women who made the claims do next? They are the women whose voices we rarely hear, whose faces we are not allowed to print in the n…
Gags, tickling sticks and crowds five-deep marked the funeral of the vaudevillian comedian"My favourite sound is laughter," said Ken Dodd. "It's a beautiful sound; well worth working for. I'…
Richard Blair narrates Beyond Wigan Pier, which looks at the town's fortunes since 1930sGeorge Orwell's son is to star in a new musical inspired by The Road To Wigan Pier, written and perfor…
Highlights to include series of intimate shows by pop band and pioneering piece of music theatreA musical about Lancashire's cotton industry, an opera for babies and New Order reworking thei…
Director Tom Wright said the play aims to confront the highs and lows of Bradford's ever more diverse communitiesDavid Cameron called it one of Britain's most segregated cities; to others it…