Petticoats, pastel-coloured kitchens and Mr Sandman on the radio; from the opening scene, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Laura Wade’s newest play was set in America’s swinging 1950s. You would, however, be wrong.

Multiple award-winning musical Blood Brothers has made its way to The Lowry in Salford – and boy how it made an impression.

“We hope you have enjoyed the show”, musician Clinton Curtis sung to all those present at The Lowry on Friday, concluding this innovative take on one of The Beatles’ masterpieces with a homage to the timeless title track on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

MM takes a look around a special exhibition focusing solely on the local work of revered photo-documenter Martin Parr, along with Manchester Art Gallery’s very own senior curator Natasha Howes.

When Jackson Yamba and his family made their way from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo for Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997, it was the start of a long and eventful journey that would eventually lead him to Salford where in 2019 he was sadly the target of racist abuse on his door.

Fifty years on from The Beatles’ trailblazing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, world-renowned choreographer Mark Morris is bringing an exuberant music and dance work to Manchester.

To mark No Smoking Day Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have issued a warning statement to the public regarding people who carelessly discard cigarettes.

Self-proclaimed “remoaner” funny-man Nish Kumar unleashed an impassioned tirade of fire and fury on the people of Salford at the Lowry Theatre, the biggest audience that he has ever performed for.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman bring comedy to the court in their play Trial By Laughter, now showing at The Lowry.

For a musical about a boy band, it is sisterhood that steals the show as the Take That musical comes to The Lowry this January.

As the bubbly hostess skipped onto the stage complete with reindeer antlers on her head and beamed over the soft play area full of babies, this looked like any other parent and baby event… until the dirty jokes and strong language spilled out.