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Day: 1 August 2018

Aug 01
Campaign launched to make Greater Manchester the best place in the UK to be a woman

Greater Manchester has a lower gender pay gap than the UK as a whole – but there’s still a long way to go in terms of equality. And women remain […]

Aug 01
Worker Bee: meet Craig Hepworth, the Manchester playwright and director

Craig Hepworth is a playwright and director who co-owns Vertigo Theatre Productions, a Manchester-based theatre company which has staged many plays, including Mysterious Skin, Die, Mommie Die and Watching Goldfish […]

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Aug 01
The Dark Page: new season at HOME explores the literary background of film noir

A season of film noir thrillers is coming to HOME. But rather than feature the usual suspects (The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity), The Dark Page season aims to explore the literary background […]

Aug 01
It all started on Oxford Road: the band from Manchester conquering the post-pop landscape

Meet Young Monarch, a group of young musicians from across the country who met whilst studying at The Royal Northern College of Music. Rebecca Lewis (vocals), Rhys Jiang (guitar), Chris Rabbitts […]

Aug 01
Heard the one about the opera which encourages the audience to use Twitter during the performance?

You know the rules when you go to the theatre. No cameras. No phones. Here’s a production where the rules don’t apply. #echochamber is an opera based on Jon Ronson’s […]

Aug 01
The small festival like no other bringing big names to a village in Saddleworth

Last year two musical brothers decided to use Saddleworth Cricket Club for a small festival they decided to call Cotton Clouds. It took place one warm Saturday in August. Little did the […]

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