Stockport Actress Lucy Dixon will take on the lead role of Helen Forrester in the touring production of By The Waters of Liverpool. Lucy Dixon will take on the role in the stage adaptation of one of Helen Forrester’s best-selling books. The tour will span 11 weeks, visiting 17 venues including her home town of…
The first ever UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit Broadway and West End musical Waitress will come to Manchester Opera House in November. Waitress tells the story of Jenna, an expert pie maker in a small town, who dreams of a way out of her loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby…
¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American film festival will return to HOME Manchester in Spring 2020 for its 26th appearance in Manchester. The festival will host 31 feature films and 10 short films from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America including 15 UK premieres. The festival will also feature six director Q&As with Belén Funes, David Romay,…
Cult cabaret duo Bourgeois and Maurice will premiere their new musical Insane Animals at HOME Manchester this February with a two week run. The larger than life production features time travel, aliens, political and environmental commentary all wrapped up in a musical. The alternative performers Bourgeois and Maurice (George Heyworth and Liv Morris) continue HOME’s…
Manchester theatre company Broken Biscuits will present Gemma Langford’s dark comedy Welcome to Shangri-La at Hope Mill Theatre, opening next week. Written by Manchester born and based BAFTA Break-through Brit Gemma Langford, Welcome to Shangri-Law challenges audiences to look at their own definition of normality, questioning “am I alright?”. [adrotate banner=”3″] What is Welcome to…
Dead Ringers Live will come to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in May featuring Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens and Duncan Wisbey as they bring a close to their first full UK tour. Celebrating 20 years of Dead Ringers, these dates are the first time Dead Ringers Live will be performed for live audiences outside of London…
Grimmfest, one of the UK’s biggest horror cinema specialists, will celebrate the history of horror cinema with a series of events. Grimmfest have teamed up with the UK Horror Channel to offer big screen presentations of a host of classic horror films from four of the genre’s masters. [adrotate banner=”3″] In the setting of Stockport…
English National Ballet will present its world premiere of Raymonda at Manchester’s Palace Theatre in October during a three night run. Raymonda will be directed and choreographed by Tamara Rojo CBE as she creates a new version of the classic 19th century ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa. [adrotate banner=”3”] Tamara Rojo is set to…
It’s almost time to power up the Delorean, as Back To The Future The Musical is set to hit Manchester Opera House in February for a 12-week run before transferring to the West End. Ahead of the show, rehearsal shots of the cast and crew have now been released. [adrotate banner=”3″] Producers of Back To…
The first ever UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies will come to Manchester Opera House in October 2020. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Ben Elton and based on The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth, the production of the show was first seen in Australia…
