After five years of touring the Billy Joel Songbook to sold out theatres, Elio Pace brings his new show on Elvis Presley to Waterside Arts in Sale. The new show sees Elio Pace turning his attention to another of his musical heroes before returning to the Billy Joel Songbook in the autum. The 15-date tour…
Kinky Boots comes to Manchester Opera House in November and the cast for the full UK tour has now been announced. The musical, which has won countless awards, will feature Callum Francis as Lola, Paul Lane in the role of Lauren and Joel Harper-Jackson as Charlie. Also joining the Kinky Boots cast will be Demitri…
The smash hit musical Wicked returns to Manchester’s Palace Theatre for a five week run over Christmas 2018. The West End and Broadway musical phenomenon tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz and now it’s time to return home as it comes back to the city where it all began in September 2013…
Lies, greed and corruption fall upon Manchester Opera House as the UK tour of Glengarry Glen Ross comes to the city in March 2019. Set in an office of cut-throat Chicago salesmen. Pitched in a high-stakes competition against each other, four increasingly desperate employees will do anything, legal or otherwise, to sell the most real…
The story of a real-life love affair between two Yorkshire miners comes to Manchester for a run in the Greater Manchester Fringe at 3MT and then Salford Arts Theatre. Once a Year on Blackpool Sands is written by Karlton Parris and presented by Manchester-based theatre company Skint Productions. Set in Blackpool 1953, before homosexuality was…
Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre has revealed a mix of Royal Exchange supported artists and innovative theatre makers from across the UK in its Autumn/Winter 2018 Studio Season programme. And it’s clear that the Manchester Theatre is setting it’s sights high, even featuring The Greatest Play in the History of the World! So what’s on at…
Award-winning multimedia theatre-makers Breach Theatre return to Home Manchester with their latest production The Drill. The Drill, an investigation into anti-terror training which explores political anxieties and emergency preparedness, follows previous visits to the Manchester theatre and entertainment complex with The Beanfield in March/April 2016 and Tank in May 2017. What is The Drill at…
Manchester’s UK genre film festival Grimmfest has announced that the special guest for this year’s festival will be Barbara Crampton. Renowned for he roles in cult classics such as Re-Animator and From Beyond, the horror genre icon continues to be a major figure in contemporary genre cinema, appearing in recent releases You’re Next, Beyond The…
The Printworks, Manchester, was transformed to the land of fire and ice on Sunday as ThronesCon, the Game of Thrones Fan Convention came to the entertainment complex. The convention was actors, crew, special effects and make-up artists taking part at the sold out event. [masterslider id=”16″] Organisers DraigCon are also bringing a Harry Potter themed…
The Printworks, Manchester, will be transformed to the land of fire and ice on Sunday as ThronesCon, a Game of Thrones Fan Convention comes to the entertainment complex. The event, hosted at The Printworks from 10am – 6pm, will see actors alongside crew, special effects and make-up artists take part in the fan convention, which…
