Greater Manchester

Button Up! You're in for quite a ride

The Ai Weiwei blockbuster show opens at Factory International's Aviva Studios in Manchester

Jul 7 • Laura Davis

Half a million buttons and the invention of acting

5 handpicked cultural things to do this week: Friday 3 July to Thursday 9 July

Jul 3 • Laura Davis

Cultural things to do in July 2026

Your curated guide to July's arts and culture across Liverpool, Manchester and the rest of the North West

Jun 30 • Laura Davis

A reimagined Victorian melodrama and an uprising remembered

5 handpicked cultural things to do this week: Friday 26 June to Thursday 2 July

Jun 26 • Laura Davis

Unseen prints and a two-time Olivier nominee

Handpicked cultural things to do this week: Friday 12 to Thursday 18 June, 2026

Jun 12 • Laura Davis

Give yourself a round of applause

Curtain Up captures the experience of being part of an audience at Lowry in Salford

Apr 19 • Laura Davis

All art is equal in the world according to Delaine Le Bas

Discover Un-Play-Ground at The Whitworth, Manchester

Mar 8 • Laura Davis

An optimistic view of life in 50 years?

The Guardians of Living Matter at Lowry, Salford, invites us to imagine a healing world powered by a super brain

Feb 9 • Laura Davis

Arty things to do in February 2026

Your curated guide to February's arts and culture across the North West

Feb 1 • Laura Davis

'In Gaza, art is not a luxury, it is an act of resistance'

How artists have documented the daily, lived experience of injustice, brutality and war

Jan 25 • Laura Davis and Sarah Hartley

10 must-see theatre shows in 2026

There's still time if you haven't booked any of these yet

Jan 18 • Laura Davis

25 must-see exhibitions in 2026

Art shows opening in Liverpool, Manchester, the North West and beyond

Jan 11 • Laura Davis

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