Take That’s musical production takes £2 million at box office in two hours The UK tour of David Push & Dafydd Rogers and Take That’s production of Time Firth’s new musical The Band has become the fastest selling theatre tour ever, taking £2 million in the first two hours. The incredible sales come after yesterday’s…
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…
Academy Award nominee Dame Janet Suzman to star in major UK revival Home has announced the first UK revival of Martin Sherman’s Rose. The award-winning play premiered at the National Theatre in London in 1999. From her home in Miami, USA, eighty-year-old Rose takes us on a journey through her long and tumultuous life, a…
Coronation Street legend, Kevin Kennedy, is to star as Jimmy’s Da in the UK tour of the critically acclaimed musical The Commitments written by Roddy Doyle, which comes to the Palace Theatre, Manchester, from Monday 27 March to Saturday 8 April 2017. The UK tour will also feature many of the cast from the record…
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…
The Royal Exchange’s spring/summer 2017 season marks the second half of the theatre’s anniversary and sees the company taking inspiration from its own beginnings. In 1976, during a time of huge social and political upheaval, from the advent of Punk and the uncompromising activism of art, a radical group of theatre makers reclaimed Manchester’s vast,…
Shakespeare’s whirldwind comedy Twelfy Night comes to Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre in April and May, directed by award-winning Jo Davies, making her Royal Exchange debut. With credits including Don Carlo, Kiss Me, Kate, The Marriage of Fagaro and Carousel, Jo Davies has worked as a director in London’s West End and on Broadway, on productions…
The Royal Exchange Theatre is set to host one of the world’s oldest dramas, Aeschylus’ The Suppliant Women. The new version by award-winning writer David Greig will be performed at the Royal Exchange from 10 March, running until 1 April, directed by Ramin Gray. Presented by Royal Exchange Theatre, Actors Touring Company and Royal Lyceum Theatre…
With 14 UK premieres, 76 artists, 46 performances, 15 public space installations, five discussion events and five new commissions, SICK! Festival returns to Manchester and Salford running from 8-25 March. The three-week programme featuring some of the finest and most hard-hitting new theatre, dance, film and public art from around the world, alongside fascinating debates,…
Salford born actor, writer, musician and UK national poetry slam champion Tom Gill brings his award-winning debut show to Manchester’s Royal Exchange following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival. Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre, Growing Pains opens in The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre on Friday 10 for a two night run, after a sell-out stint…
