things to do in manchester...

This is the city's guide to the very best (and occasionally worst) that there is on offer in terms of music, theatre and cinema. Manchester is a city rightly renowned for its night life and cultural heritage, so if you want to know what's on and what you simply must see in theatre, cinema and music, this is your new place to find out the best of what to do in Manchester...

LIVE: Radiohead An excellent performance, even though this gig too often felt like a stadium rock show without a stadium rock band

COMPETITION: Mamma Mia We've got three copies to give away of the soundtrack from the new film based on the ABBA musical. Enter it here...

LIVE: Leonard Cohen An incredible evening spent in the rare presence of a true music legend, who gave his all to make it a performance to remember forever

LISTINGS Check out listings of all of the best gigs in Manchester's top venues here and buy tickets to forthcoming events

 

REVIEW: The Mist A claustrophobic classic which casts us as the monsters, but still manages to come lined with Darabont’s usual humanistic

REVIEW: Wanted Fight Club for people who don’t understand Fight Club, it is full of the kind of macho nonsense that David Fincher’s film so cleverly satirised

COMPETITION Ahead of the release of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight, we've got two copies of Batman Begins on Blu-Ray to give away

LISTINGS From the Odeon Manchester to the Vue at The Lowry, find out what's on at your local cinema this week

REVIEW: High School Musical A super slick and high octane production of Disney’s classic story of a high school couple trying to make it in the world of musicals

REVIEW: The 39 Steps A superb comedy thriller which successfully mixes slapstick and farce with some more subtle comic devices

REVIEW: Romeo And Juliet Teenage angst and infatuation reigns as the world's most famous lovers get the Northern Broadsides treatment

LISTINGS Fancy going to the theatre this month? Check out what's on to help you decide what to see