The second edition of Doc’n Roll Festival returns to Home Manchester for five days of music documentaries featuring bands, scenes and labels. Doc’N Roll Festival, which made its Manchester debut last year, will feature documentaries as well as live Q&As with artists and directors, after-show parties, premieres and more. The ultimate arts festival for film…
Contact Theatre will present the Manchester premiere of Brazilian hit When it Breaks it Burns at the Millennium Powerhouse, Moss Side. Politics, protests and partying collide in the coletivA ocupação produced work which is presented by Contact and Transform. When it Breaks it Burns tells the extraordinary true story of the high school occupations of…
Grimmfest will return in 2019 and the Manchester based independent genre festival will again be hosting an awards scheme featuring prizes worth more than £120,000 across 13 special awards. The hugely successful Manchester film festival has revealed details of the awards jury for 2019, chaired by actress, producer, horror movie icon and 2018 Lifetime Achievement…
Stoller Hall, Manchester, will host the live musical premiere of The Wind in the Willows starring David Threlfall alongside young musicians from across Greater Manchester. The unique adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic tales of the riverbank began as a BBC radio drama, adapted by Neil Brand – a composer and presenter of The Sound of…
A Massaoke Night at the Musicals is coming to Manchester Academy 2 in May with the entire crowd becoming the star of the show. The Massaoke Band will perform huge hits from some of the most popular musicals, with lyrics shown on giant screens so that audience members can sing along. There’s no karaoke spotlight,…
The Palace Theatre, Manchester, will host a run of 9-5 The Musical, currently playing to sell-out audiences in London’s West End. 9-5 The Musical is written by Patricia Resnick, with music and lyrics by country icon Dolly Parton. It is directed by Jeff Calhoun, with choreography by Lisa Stevens, design by Tom Rogers, lighting design…
Audrey Brisson will play Amelie Poulain as the UK’s first musical adaption of the much loved Oscar nominated film comes to Manchester Opera House in August. Amélie is the story of an astonishing young woman who lives quietly in the world, but loudly in her mind. She secretly improvises small, but extraordinary acts of kindness…
Manchester comedy-tech duo Foxdog Studios bring their interactive Edinburgh Fringe comedy show Robot Chef to The Lowry next week. After a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the duo bring their evening of baffling, technology, music, augmented reality and their audience-controlled robot chef to the venue. Since their debut in 2014, IT rock & roll…
Artist and self-described ‘forward-facing fatso’ Scottee is returning to Home Manchester with his signature take on dance, Fat Blokes. The production returns to Home Mcr following its sell-out run last May and marks his third appearance at the Manchester venue after performing Bravado at their Orbit Festival in September 2017. What is Fat Blokes about?…
Multiple award winner Andrew Maxwell brings his critically acclaimed Showtime to The Lowry after a hugely successful premiere at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show sold out its month-long run at the 600 capacity Assembly George Square Theatre as fans gushed over the performance. Now Maxwell is on his first UK tour in nearly…
