Harold Pinter’s first play is to be reworked to include a woman with Alzheimer’s as the lead character in support of World Alzheimer’s Month, with the production being brought to Manchester’s Joshua Brooks Theatre.

King Lear – the tale of a monarch’s decent into madness after he attempts to secure an early retirement – is perhaps Shakespeare’s finest tragedy. And it is done a great justice by the Northern Broadsides troop at The Lowry.

Oladamola Babalola, 25, was originally diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma while studying communications and business studies at the University of Liverpool.

Taking off their clothes while taking on modern issues – The Full Monty stage show comes to Manchester Opera House

Daring Manchester filmmakers are to begin filming their psychological thriller in the heart of the city – on only a £2,000 budget over two days.

Manchester audiences will experience the romance and tragedy of a mysterious criminal underworld, in a site-specific reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Manchester-born stars are set to appear in a new crime flick which is due to be filmed right here in the city centre next month.

Shaune Harrison, who did make-up for Star Wars, Harry Potter and Captain America among countless other Hollywood movies, is launching his own prosthetics school, which is opening its doors in Salford Quays for the very first time.

Mancunians will be encouraged to get in the saddle this summer and prepare for a number of special events to commemorate World War One – including the National Theatre’s production of War Horse.

Surranne Jones stars in an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando

Ground breaking audio visual production Joy Division Reworked