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'Submissions for Issue 27 of The Manchester Review are now open. The submission window will be open from 24th Feb to 24th March 2025. Please take a look at the submission guidelines on our website before you submit.

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12845 Dylan Stewart Reviews Zdravka Evtimova: The Wolves of Staro Selo 'Contemporary Bulgarian fairytale told in a polyphonic, experimental style'

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12837 Joseph Hunter reviews Shadow and Void Buddha at Esea Contemporary 'Esoteric and serene by turns, this international collaboration re-interprets buddha statues' josephfhunter.bsky.social

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Joseph Hunter reviews A Complete Unknown 'Young Dylan rebels against the folk scene in this evocative, beautiful biopic.' www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12834 josephfhunter.bsky.social

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12826 Clare Patterson reviews Trap Unfolds Me Greedily by Misha Honcharenko 'A rich, challenging, poetic novel of pain, desire, violence and grief'

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12818 Paul Knowles Reviews Dunstan Powers's The Empty Rope 'Two men’s lives shattered by a climbing accident twenty-five years ago in Patagonia — that neither man can forget — which forms the basis of this gripping debut thriller.'

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12806 Domestic Gothic Stories where the sinister behind the everyday is centre stage Paul Anthony Knowles Reviews Ailsa Cox's Precipitations @ailsacox.bsky.social

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Dylan Stewart reviews David Wheldon's The Viaduct www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12802

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A moving live staging of Derek Jarman's intimate final work Blue Now, Avia Studios , reviewed by Clare Patterson www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12796

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Ian Pople reviews Stell Wong's Stem. www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12787 An energetic and resonant collection of lyric poems and dramatic monologues

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A darkly delicious Christmas retelling of Shakespeare’s raucous gender-swapping comedy. www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12784

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12780 'An unreliable narrator’s cry for help', Georgina Parfitt reviews Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake.

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'The strength of The Wager and The Bear is its ability to escape the utopianism of climate activism and the cynicism of climate apathy/denial.' Paul Knowles and Samantha Cassells review The Wager and the Bear, by John Ironmonger @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12776

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12773 'People may think Hockney is a little obvious or populist, but I realise Hockney is a quality artist.'

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12562 John O'Hare's absurdist story, The Brain that went for a Stroll, is a wonderful short read that captures the surrealism of the modern day and age. Features in issue 26 of the Manchester Review. We hope it brightens up your day.

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The Manchester Review is proud to launch Issue 26 today. 'This new edition is an eclectic goody-bag that showcases a wide range of genres, styles and perspectives and contains writing from well-established, upcoming, and first-time writers.' www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Manchester Review @mancreview Paul Knowles reviews AMSND Opera, at The Lowry, Salford. 'Opera North’s spellbinding production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream captures the ethereal beauty of Britten’s music whilst putting the fun back into Shakespeare.' www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12590

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Manchester Review @mancreview · 1h 'All is seamlessly layered: soaring orchestra, beautiful stage dressing and costumes, and dynamic physical performances.' Joseph Hunter reviews The Magic Flute at The Lowry, Salford ( @The_Lowry ): themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12575

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Oct 6 Clare Patterson reviews The Substance (dir. Coralie Fargeat) @HOME_mcr : themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12475

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Oct 7 Sam Lamplugh reviews Alan Moore's novel The Great When: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12480

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Hello, hello! Calque Press is here!!! 💜 @calquepress.bsky.social:

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Oct 8 Joseph Hunter reviews Steph Huang, 'There is nothing old under the sun', at @eseacontemp : themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12485

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Oct 9 Ian Pople reviews Scattered Snows, To the North, by Carl Phillips: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12489

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Andrew McCulloch reviews A.C. Bevan's Poundlandia: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12496

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Manchester Review @mancreview Joseph Hunter reviews Michael Palin at the Winding Wheel Theatre, Chesterfield ( @Cfieldtheatres ): themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12502

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Manchester Review @mancreview Thomas D. Lee ( @Thomas_D_Lee ) reviews Monday's Child and the Treske Quartet at @anthonyburgess Foundation: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12509

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Livi Michael reviews C.D. Rose's ( @cdrose_writer ) collection Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12514

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'Ralphs squeezes language for every drop of suggestion, meaning, and music' Andrew McCulloch reviews Camille Ralphs' ( @CamilleRalphs_ ) After You Were, I Am: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12517

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'Ampersand is a mosaic of histories, narratives, and the questions that we ask ourselves in order that we might survive.' Alexandria Mowray reviews @bastille , & (Ampersand), at Manchester Cathedral: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12521

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Oct 26 'A lingering sense of trepidation—whether inspired by one’s own self, or by others, or by one’s surroundings—is palpable throughout...' Lindz McLeod reviews Modern Gothic, an anthology by @fly_press : themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12524

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Oct 28 'The play is at its best in the back and forth between Wilson, the band, and the band’s manager Rob Gretton... or when the band ‘play’ for the audience.' Peter Wild reviews New Dawn Fades @rncmlive : themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12527

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'...a sculptural, caressing melody from Wall... the melodies and countermelodies she plays seem to require at least three hands.' Joseph Hunter reviews FitkinWall ( @graham_fitkin , @RuthWallharp ), Harpland, at Sale Waterside Arts Theatre ( @WatersideArts ): themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12530

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'...a fresh and compassionate insight into the plight of the two female leads' Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells review Othello at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12537

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Nov 12 '...we are always led to an understanding eventually, either through a single moment of epiphany or an accumulation of detail. We are rarely trusted to wonder for long.' Sam Lamplugh reviews Held, by Anne Michaels: themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12542

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Manchester Review @mancreview · Nov 14 '...an astonishingly good, eclectic anthology of short fiction' Paul Anthony Knowles reviews Duets, from Scratch Books ( @scratch_books ): themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12556

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