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A Single Man review – homoerotic tennis enlivens ballet version of Isherwood’s classic

Riven in two by grief – with musician John Grant playing the mind and former Royal Ballet principal Ed Watson the body – lead character George takes a finely danced journey back toward life’s flow in Jonathan Watkins’ inventive ballet

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Manchester to host world premiere of Marina Abramović’s Balkan Erotic Epic

Show re-enacting ancient and unashamedly sexual rituals is most ambitious to date, says artist

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Figures in Extinction review – Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney’s impassioned response to the climate crisis

The choreographer and director’s impassioned trilogy, a co-production between Nederlands Dance Theater and Complicité, reaches its hugely moving conclusion

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From Edvard Munch to Central Cee: Observer critics choose their cultural highlights for 2025

From Thom Yorke’s Shakespearean score to 25 years of Tate Modern, Bridget Jones to Leigh Bowery, our writers anticipate the most exciting shows, releases and events of the year

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Five-hour avant garde Philip Glass opera among ENO’s Manchester plans

Programme for company’s move north includes Glass’s Einstein on the Beach, Britten and a new youth company

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Hamlet Hail to the Thief: Thom Yorke revisits Radiohead album for Shakespeare show

Stage production in Manchester will orchestrate the band’s 2003 recording to ‘chime with the underlying grief and paranoia’ of the tragedy

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The Accountants review – a dizzying bombardment of big questions

Dance companies from Shanghai and Mumbai traverse a vast stage against a fast-moving backdrop in a personal story about identity and purpose

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The best theatre to stream this month: Free Your Mind, Harry Clarke and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Danny Boyle’s remix of The Matrix, Billy Crudup’s solo show and the New Wolsey’s Romeo & Juliet

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Readers’ favourite stage shows of 2023

This year, our readers were blown away by productions from Machinal to Free Your Mind – with one theatregoer returning to watch Groundhog Day four times

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Manchester Unspun: How a City Got High on Music by Andy Spinoza – from Cottonopolis to Manc-hattan

A hugely entertaining account of the city’s resurrection over four decades, relayed by a well-connected former journalist, focuses on the catalytic role of Factory Records and the Haçienda

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North and Peter Saville turn landmark new cultural venue into a sharp logo design for Factory International

Architectural influences meet the legacy of Factory Records.

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Free Your Mind review – The Matrix triumphantly reloaded by Danny Boyle and co

This dance adaptation of the cult sci-fi movie is a work of breathtaking ambition that fully inhabits Manchester’s stunning new £240m venue

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Brand aid: have Britain’s arts venues sold out to The Man?

Manchester’s Aviva Studios is the latest venue to give its naming rights to the highest bidder. Is corporate sponsorship a necessity for the survival of the arts?

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Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons review – a psychedelic pop-art garden of earthly delights

The 94-year-old Japanese trailblazer goes big – really big – with warehouse-filling inflatables of dolls, pumpkins and writhing tentacles instilling satisfaction and a stupid happiness

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Take a look inside Manchester's brand new £210m Aviva Studios for the very first time

Aviva Studios, the flagship new home of Factory International and Manchester International Festival will officially open in October

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‘Poor decision for Manchester’: mixed reaction to Aviva Studios naming deal

Critics say rebranding of arts venue after insurance firm is antithesis of city’s culture, but supporters say funding is vital

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Manchester arts venue Factory International renamed after Aviva

New project will now be named Aviva Studios after insurance company bought naming rights for £35m

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