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.

Sons of the Harpy begins to get to the nitty gritty as the plots are in motion and the ride is about to begin.

Tonight is a big night for a small group of Mexican musicians who’ve just arrived in the city – that’s because they’ll be playing Latin American Morrissey covers to a packed out Gorilla crowd in the Smiths’ frontman’s home city.

The third hour of season five delves deeper into the mechanisms of Kings Landing and The House of Black and White.

Sandwiched next to a Ladbrokes and a Dixy’s, Elixir is a bar that you’ve probably seen but not heard. But you need to get acquainted – last week it played host to Manchester’s latest supper club, the three-night-only excellent pop up dining experience Underground Paris.

Forget the election. The return of the Avengers is the most exciting thing happening this summer.

As with episode one there’s an awful lot of exposition due to the vast number of storylines.

Episode one of the latest series delivers a strong start to what will be an interesting season.

The team behind the award winning Kosmonaut bar in NQ is looking to change the general disappointment of ‘gourmet fast-food’ by adding to Stevenson’s Square’s ever-growing foodie scene with their next offering – Ply.

Arguably the most exciting band of 2015, the Welsh four-piece from seaside resort Llandudno returned to the city to play a highly anticipated sell-out show at the Manchester Academy on Friday.

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