The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester is pretty nice. It’s a theatre - as in, a real live people-on-the-stage theatre - built inside the old stock exchange building. I went there last week.

First a word about the prices. It’s around 20 pounds for a ticket, more for better seats, less for worse. However! If you’re a student, it’s only 3.50! Wow! I can only assume there’s some kind of middle-class rip-off going on.

Anyway, I went to see A Kestrel for a Knave. It was good - very good considering I was expecting a horrific Legs Akimbo style mess. The League of Gentlemen has undoubtedly done the most damage to the public perception of theatre since English GCSEs.

I totally recommend going at least once, but if your budget doesn’t include that last 50p, you can see Hero at the AMC for 3 pounds, which is actually a lot better and just goes to show what you can do for 30,000 times the budget.