Award-winning playwright David Eldridge’s hit play ‘Beginning’ is coming to Manchester for the first time this February. National Theatre and

Director Sarah Frankcom allows her actors to breathe and, given the space the sparse staging at the in-the-round Exchange provides, they’re able to push their character to a limit that is a joy to behold.

The production runs until Sunday evening in the Royal Exchange’s intimate Studio theatre.

Manchester gang culture is put under the spotlight during a special event, led by writer and DJ Dave Haslam, at the Royal Exchange Theatre