Manchester’s annual Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, Viva!, is set to compete it’s three-part 2015 run in early November with a specially curated programme featuring the best in new Spanish...
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Previewed: Pomona at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Bruntwood Award-winning writer Alistair McDowall’s sinister and surreal thriller Pomona arrives at the Royal Exchange Theatre following its critically acclaimed premiere at The Orange Tree Theatre...
Grimm Up North to present Lovecraft 80’s Double Bill
Double session run in association with Gothic Manchester Festival Grimm Up North are set to present two classic Lovecraft movies at Manchester Metropolitan University's Geoffrey manton Building. HP...
Actress Amy-Jane Ollies releases debut play, Wolf
Actress and 1956 Theatre Artistic Director Amy-Jane Ollies has released her debut play, Wolf, which was first performed by 1956 Theatre as part of their hugely successful Manchester Rep Season....
Previewed: The Oresteia at Home
Classic Greek play on politics and justice Award winning leading theatre director Blanche McIntyre (pictured) is set to direct former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes’ translation of classic Greek play The...
Previewed: Body of Light at Z-arts
Next week, Thursday 22 October sees the première of the achingly beautiful, seamless dreamscape of imagery that is Darren Pritchard’s Body of Light, coming to the STUN Studio at Z-arts as part of...
Don Warrington to play Lear at Royal Exchange Theatre
Award winning actor Don Warrington, currently to be seen in BBC’s hugely successful series Death in Paradise, has been announced to take the role of Lear in a Royal Exchange Theatre and Talawa...
Previewed: Golem at Home
Award winning production comes to Home The multi-award winning theatre company 1927 is set to bring their critically acclaimed production Golem to Manchester’s Home. The performance follows a...
Billy Elliot The Musical announce for Palace Theatre
The first ever UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot the Musical has been announced and is set to call in at Manchester’s Palace Theatre for a run of dates from 29 November 2016 – 18 January 2017....
Gareth Gates to star in Footloose the Musical at Manchester Palace Theatre
With worldwide smash hit musical Footloose set to burst back on to the stage in 2016 (including a run at Manchester Palace Theatre from 14 – 19 March), Gareth Gates has been named in the role of...
Guests announced for Grimmfest 2015
As 2015's Grimmfest draws ever closer, the organisers behind the festival of horror and cult film, set to be held at Manchester's Odeon at the Printworks, have released details of some of the...
Previewed: The Promise at Kings Arms theatre
New theatre company Equapoise Theatre is set to bring its debut production, The Promise, to the King's Arms Theatre. The production is Nick Dear's adaption of Alexei Abruzov's work and tells the...
Manchester’s Winter Wonderland set to return
Manchester's biggest indoor Christmas Theme Park, Winter Wonderland, is set to return. Organisers Kingpin Events, have announced details for the new show which will future a new stage of festive...
Previewed: Darcy Oake – Edge of Reality at the O2 Apollo
After appearing on the BBC One show and wowing the audience with a grand scale live illusion, Canadian magician Darcy Oake is now out on his first ever Nationwide UK tour. Emerging in the world of...
Previewed: Annie at the Opera House
Annie, one of the world's most popular family musicals is set to open at Manchester Opera House, running from 15 September until 26 September. Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression,...