There is still chance to catch a glimpse into Manchester Art Gallery’s impressive collection of over 90 Goya prints. The Fantasies, Follies and Disasters exhibition has been running since August, with a new display of 30 prints on show from early this year. Displayed in Gallery 11, which usually hosts the small and changing exhibitions, [...]

A stage-adaptation of Orwell's apocalyptic vision, 1984, is showing at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre until the end of March

Touring exhibition, 'At The Edge', explores British art between 1950-2000 from the perspective of four influential north west galleries

The 20th century literary critic Shklovsky considered the purpose of all art to be that of rendering things unfamiliar, strange and distant. Brecht thought this is necessary in theatre in order to make the audience critically aware of what is happening on stage. Unlike the dynamics of conventional entertainment – where individuals are encouraged to [...]