No, it’s not a new item on the breakfast menu at Gorilla’s excellent restaurant. Instead it’s a live performance from cult hero Beans on Toast, who is set to release his latest album Rolling Up The Hill on 1 December. The new album marks his most creative work to date, and is filled with tracks…
Carmen is the story of the bewitching gypsy girl whose tantalising beauty lures a soldier to desertion and leads to her own murder. Stunning international mezzo-soprano Zarui Vardanean who received critical acclaim for performances of Carmen in 2013 and Aida in 2014, together with Liza Kadelnik will sing the title role of Carmen. The role…
As the fake snow fell on the stage and the chorus sang ‘it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’, for the first time this year I did actually feel a little Christmassy. That is early for me. Very early. In fact the feeling generally doesn’t kick in until around Christmas Eve (sometimes later if…
Gobal superstar, Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum selling Rihanna has announce a world tour which will see her performing more than 70 shows, including one in Manchester at Emirates Old Trafford. The singer, who has sold in excess of 54 million albums and 210 million digital tracks worldwide, released seven albums, scored 13 Number One…
Fashionista darlings, Bloom Twins, have been announced to support Duran Duran on their winter UK Arena Tour which stops off at Manchester Arena on Friday 27 November. The Ukranian duo, Sonia and Anna Kuprienko have been billed as a new sound for a new generations, with an intoxicating, individual sound shaped by their unusual background…
As the award-winning opera producer brings tours of Bizet’s Carmen and Puccini’s Tosca to Manchester, Ellen Kent gives her thoughts on opera production, touring and working with local stage schools: YOU HAVE BEEN PRODUCING ACCLAIMED OPERAS FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS, THAT’S AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT. I had a hugely creative and colourful childhood which played a…
Award-winning opera producer Ellen Kent makes her return to Manchester, bringing along with her two of her most popular productions – Puccini’s Tosca (27 November) and Bizet’s Carmen (28 November). Kent has been producing highly acclaimed operas for the past 24 years. The two Manchester dates form part of a sensational new season and countrywide…
Sunday 22 November – John Newman – Albert Hall Following his meteoric rise to fame, solidified with a number on hit with Rudimental and his massive single Love Me Again, 2014 Brit Award nominee John Newman performs at Manchester’s Albert Hall. Support comes from outstanding singer songwriter Nina Nesbitt who thrilled crowds in Manchester last year at the O2…
After a series of outstanding festival performances at Isle of Wight, Ramsbottom Festival and Tramlines over the summer, fast rising stars of the Manchester music scene The Slow Readers Club are now in the midst of a run of live dates which finds them performing a hometown gig at Gorilla on 28 November. For many,…
Jess And The Bandits have become quite the force in country music. Hugely energetic live shows and an excellent debut album, Here We Go Again, have cemented them as one of the acts to watch on the country music scene. The album, one of the top country music releases of 2015 was well received by critics…
