Cabbage-crunching, criminal mastermind Gangsta Granny storms into Manchester Opera House next week. The story, by David Walliams, creator of the comedy series Little Britain, is brought to life by Birmingham Stage Company. BSC’s previous productions have included Horrible Histories, George’s Marvellous Medicine and Tom’s Midnight Garden. David Walliams began his publishing career at Harper Collins…
The Wedding Singer, based on the smash hit film, is coming to Manchester Opera House. It’s 1985. Hair is huge, greed is good and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favourite wedding singer. When his own fiancée dumps him at the altar a seriously bummed out Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his…
Award-winning actor Bill Ward leads the cast of Not Dead Enough which comes to Manchester’s Opera House next month. The actor, who left ITV’s Emmerdale in a murderous exit, takes to the stage in the adaptation of multi-million selling author Peter James’ work. Bill will play Peter James’ famous literary Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. He…
New musical to feature the music of Take That David Pugh, Dayfdd Rogers and Take That have announced that the UK Tour of Tim Firth’s new musical The Band, featuring the music of Take That, will have a major UK tour, launching at Manchester Opera House on 8 September 2017. The Band is a new…
Manchester run extended by three weeks The Manchester Opera House run of Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical has been extended by three weeks, now running until 29 April 2017. The additional run of dates follows overwhelming public demand for the show, directed by award-winning theatre and opera director Jay Scheib. Jim…
Renowned opera producer Ellen Kent returns to Manchester with her latest production, Puccini’s La Boheme. La Boheme will be traditionally staged featuring beautiful sets and costumes, reflecting the Bohemian art of the period, and will include a brass band, snow effects and Musetta’s dog will also make an entrance. Puccini’s masterpiece, which is based on…
The critically acclaimed hit stage version of The Full Monty is back, coming to Manchester’s Opera House from 31 October until 5 November. In 1997, a British film about six out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose, took the world by storm becoming one of the most successful British films ever made. The story still…
Roald Dahl’s tale coming to Manchester The hilarious stage adaption of the classic children’s tale George’s Marvellous Medicine is coming to Manchester’s Opera House from 15-19 November 2016. First published in 1981 George’s Marvellous Medicine is one of Dahl’s funniest and most exciting stories all about a young boy who makes a marvellous new medicine…
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show returns to Manchester this October, running at the Opera House from 24 to 29 October. Rocky Horror Show was first performed on 19 June 1973 at the Royal Court Theatre and has become the world’s favourite Rock N’ Roll musical, having been performed worldwide for over 40 years in over…
As the West End multi Olivier award-winning musical Sunny Afternoon based on the early life of Day Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks prepares to be seen for the first time outside of London on its debut UK tour, the full cast has now been announced. The musical, a recipient of four…
