Actress and 1956 Theatre Artistic Director Amy-Jane Ollies has released her debut play, Wolf, which was first performed by 1956 Theatre as part of their hugely successful Manchester Rep Season. Addressing the relationships between family and friends, Wolf looks at the...
Classic Greek play on politics and justice Award winning leading theatre director Blanche McIntyre (pictured) is set to direct former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes’ translation of classic Greek play The Oresteia at Home from 23 October until 14 November. The play’s central...
Next week, Thursday 22 October sees the première of the achingly beautiful, seamless dreamscape of imagery that is Darren Pritchard’s Body of Light, coming to the STUN Studio at Z-arts as part of the Black Gold Arts Festival (22-24 October). Co-presented by STUN and...
Award winning actor Don Warrington, currently to be seen in BBC’s hugely successful series Death in Paradise, has been announced to take the role of Lear in a Royal Exchange Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company co-production of King Lear. Don Warrington has had a long...
Award winning production comes to Home The multi-award winning theatre company 1927 is set to bring their critically acclaimed production Golem to Manchester’s Home. The performance follows a sold-out and extended run at Christmas at the Young Vic in London, following...
The first ever UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot the Musical has been announced and is set to call in at Manchester’s Palace Theatre for a run of dates from 29 November 2016 – 18 January 2017. Based on the highly successful film, the show is set in a northern mining...
With worldwide smash hit musical Footloose set to burst back on to the stage in 2016 (including a run at Manchester Palace Theatre from 14 – 19 March), Gareth Gates has been named in the role of Willard. Based on the 1984 screen sensation starring Kevin...
After appearing on the BBC One show and wowing the audience with a grand scale live illusion, Canadian magician Darcy Oake is now out on his first ever Nationwide UK tour. Emerging in the world of illusion as a new generation of contemporary mysticism he has quickly...
Annie, one of the world's most popular family musicals is set to open at Manchester Opera House, running from 15 September until 26 September. Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss...
New Beggar’s Opera comes to Home A twisted morality tale for our times, Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) is set to be performed at Manchester’s Home from 11th to 26th September. A critically acclaimed radical reworking of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera,...
Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre is set to hold a site specific performance in Ordsall as part of the theatre’s major Truth About Youth programme, which is designed to inspire young people to challenge and change negative perceptions about their age group and...
Since it first premièred in 1957 in New York, performances of Leonard Bernstein’s musical of West Side Story have been capturing the hearts of audiences of all ages for the past fifty eight years. Inspired by the tragic love story of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet...
Mercury nominated GoGo Penguin to feature in new season of live-scores and movies Home have announced two evenings of film and music for 9 and 10 October as a part of their diverse season of new commissions pairing musicians with original live-scores and the magic of...
Summer may well be here, been and gone already or be set to start … it’s difficult to tell sometimes, but Home has announced three forthcoming autumn 2015 theatre productions. Starting the season is Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) which is scheduled to...
Contact Young Company, the renowned young ensemble made up of young performers, actors, dancers, musicians, poets and MCs is set to present The Shrine of Everyday Things from 22 to 25 July. In presenting the production, Contact Young Company have worked with an...