GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
Urban bliss with the alphabet assassins
BOB ORAM goes to an exhilarating night of incendiary rap and hip hop in Manchester
Stampede Festival
The Ritz, Manchester
BILLED as the first of its kind in Manchester, Stampede is a festival showcase for a new generation of urban music artists, alongside some already established favourites.
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