The third annual season of Not Just Bollywood comes to HOME Manchester celebrating the work of women directors. Running for three weeks at HOME Manchester, Not Just Bollywood 2019 reflects on HOME’s Celebrating Women in Global Cinema season with a string of films curated by UK-based film scholar Omar Ahmed and Home’s Head of Film…
Hive City Legacy, a collaboration between The Roundhouse and Australian production company Quiet Riot opens next week at HOME Manchester. The political work of art features eight extraordinary femmes who challenge, uplift and celebrate, as they tackle issues across race, sexuality and mental health in an unapologetic and genry defying performance. [adrotate banner=”3″] Hive City…
Manchester Mind will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its mental health charity in September. The charity originally founded in September 1989 under the name Hulme Action Research Project (HARP) to tackle underlying factors impacting on local people’s mental health. 30 years on, Manchester Mind continues to provide mental health support for more than 6,500 people…
HOME Manchester presents a series of new releases, old favourites, events and seasons throughout August and September including the Women Over Fifty Film Festival. So, what’s coming up at HOME Manchester? Whilst a full schedule is available over at the HOME Manchester website, here’s a sampling of what’s coming up. POP STARS ON FILM (until…
The full cast for the smash-hit musical 9 To 5 at Manchester’s Palace Theatre has now been announced. The second production of the musical comes to Manchester in September. Louise Redknapp and Amber Davies had previously been announced to reprise their roles in 9 to 5 as Violet Newstead and Judy Bernly. Now producers have…
Casting has been announced for the new tour of Queen and Ben Elton’s hit musical We Will Rock You, which comes to the Palace Theatre in January 2020. We Will Rock You tour coming to Manchester’s Palace Theatre Taking on the role of Galileo is Olivier Award nominee Ian McIntosh (Beautiful – The Carole King…
The roles of George McFly, Lorraine Baines and Goldie Wilson have now been announced for the world premiere of Back To The Future The Musical which comes to Manchester Opera House. Producer Colin Ingram and the creators of Back To The Future, Robert Zemeckis and Bobb Gale have confirmed that Hugh Coles will play ‘George’, Rosanna…
Full casting has been announced for the premiere of Daniel Kaaber’s new play Under Three Moons which opens its tour at The Lowry in September. Produced by Box of Tricks, Under Three Moons will feature Darren Kuppan as Paul and Kyle Rowe as Michael. Darren’s credits include Around The World In 80 Days, Hamlet, A…
Producers Jamie Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg have announced a brand new production of Sister Act, coming to Manchester Opera House in June 2020. The smash hit musical will feature Brenda Edwards in the specially rewritten role of Deloris Van Cartier. Brenda Edwards first came to the public’s attention when she became a semi-finalist in the…
WonderIfTheatre make their return with slick, black comedy Mojo, bringing the 1990’s Madchester club scene to The Met in Bury. The production follows the sell-out success of Airswimming in March 2019 and sees Jennie Fairclough, founder of WonderIfTheatre directing her second play. Mojo, forms a part of the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival and shifts the…
