Clean Cut Kid will support The Kooks at their two dates at Manchester Academy next week. The Liverpool quartet play at Manchester Academy just weeks before the release of Clean Cut Kid’s debut album Felt, which is due out on 5 May. The album will be preceded by a new single Leaving You Behind. The…
Jess Kemp is set to play a charity showcase at Irlam Station House raising funds for local Sandra Dickinson. Sandra Dickinson is seeking immunotherapy treatment in Germany for her highly specialised cancer condition. To help raise funds, Jess Kemp has arranged a charity fundraiser which will see her headlining a bill which also includes David…
Cold War Kids have announced a UK tour including a gig at The Ritz, Manchester. The group (Nathan Willett, Matt Maust, Joe Plummer, Matthew Schwartz and David Quon) will perform in the UK in July 2017. The three date tour comes after California rock group Cold War Kids released their new album L.A. Divine. The…
The Palace Theatre, Manchester, will host a run of dates for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s legendary musical Miss Saigon. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh, the Olivier Award and Tony Award winning Miss Saigon will come to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in March 2018, running until May 2018. Miss Saigon…
Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games has returned to the UK for a 23 city nationwide tour following the success of its 2015 tour. This run sees the show at Manchester’s Palace Theatre for five days, 11-15 April 2017. Featuring 40 outstanding performers and new music composed by Gerard Fahy, the latest show promises the…
Z-arts, alongside Manchester International Festival, Theatre-Rites and Ruhrtrieniale Festival of the Arts have commissioned a new production, The Welcoming Party. The Welcoming Party, which will be performed at the 1830 Warehouse of the museum of Science and Industry in July, will be a site-specific mix of installation, live music, puppetry and dance for families and…
A series of Kashmir inspired paintings including new work by Raqib Shaw will be displayed at The Whitworth. The collection will include renaissance drawings, sculptures, textiles and limited-edition wallpaper. The exhibition will take the form of an installation, drawing on influences of renaissance and baroque imagery, combined with theatrical extravagance, nature and poetry, to echo…
The Royal Shakespeare Society has announced that its multi award-winning production of Matilda The Musical will have a 10-week run at Manchester’s Palace Theatre during its UK and Ireland tour. Matilda The Musical was inspired by the incredibly popular Roald Dahl book and was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company. It premiered at the RSC’s…
Shakin’ Stevens embarks on his biggest ever UK tour next week, visiting 33 town and cities across England, Scotland and Wales, stopping of at The Lowry along the way. The tour comes after the release of his latest album Echoes Of Our Times. Echoes Of Our Times, his twelfth studio album, sees Shakin’ Stevens producing…
Dexeter Sunday 9 April – The Castle A country band most definitely on the rise, Dexeter perform at The Castle. Dexeter recently returned from Nashville, where they performed a number of shows including a bucketlist moment at the prestigious Bluebird Café, and co-wrote two tracks from their EP with Payton Taylor and Michael Logen (Kelly…
