Arts Council England has confirmed funding of £3.85million towards Contact’s capital refurbishment, a £6.5million project to transform the landmark building for the next generation of audiences, artists and young people. The refurbishment of the unique building will create new performance and community spaces, expand the café bar, and reorganise the public spaces to improve navigation of…
Third film night to screen Fellini’s 8 ½ Screened/MCR’s latest film and discussion night will feature Federico Fellini’s 8 ½. As always, Screened/MCR’s goal is to pose the questions: How do culture and the wider context inform a film? And how does a film inform the culture around it? From La Strada (1954) to Amacord (1970) Fellini…
Habit stars Elliot James Langridge, Jessica Barden and Roxanne Pallett The producers behind Manchester’s GrimmFest are currently filming a new contemporary psychological horror, Habit, in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The Manchester set, Manchester produced, Manchester cast, Habit is currently in the midst of a four week shoot in Manchester, confirmed GrimmFest Director and producer Rachel Richardson Jones,…
Set against the backdrop of a post-war, damaged London Sarah Waters’ evocative novel The Night Watch has been beautifully adapted for the stage by Olivier-nominated writer Hattie Naylor. Commissioned by the Royal Exchange Theatre and the first of five world premiere’s this season, this reworking of Waters’ award-winning novel paints captivating portraits of characters caught…
Filter Theatre’s uproarious production comes to Manchester Filter Theatre’s inventive approach to William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night continues the spring 2016 season at HOME in Manchester. Directed by Sean Holmes, Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith, London, two worlds collide in this fresh new take on Shakespeare’s lyrical and timeless comedy. In this informal production, the…
West End and Broadway hit End of the Rainbow is set to reach Manchester Opera House, running from 3 to 7 May as part of a major UK tour, starring Lisa Maxwell as Judy Garland. It’s 1968 and Judy Garland, a once-glittering star, is in London to make her explosive comeback. But off stage, holed…
Jodie Prenger is set to star in Watermill Theatre’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s West End and Broadway hit musical Tell Me On A Sunday, charting the romantic adventures (and misadventures) of a young English girl in 1980’s New York. Brimming with optimism, she seeks success and love. But as she weaves…
Screened/MCR aims to ask how culture and context inform a film Screened/ MCR is a new film and discussion night in Manchester aiming to ask the questions: How do culture and the wider context inform a film? And how does a film inform the culture around it? This time specifically Screened/ MCR will be focusing…
Unlimited Theatre co-founders and Fringe First Award winners Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe (Royal Exchange Theatre Associate Artist) present their first two-hander, a funny and moving look at the social, political and ethical implications of contemporary advances in resuscitation practice. Am I Dead Yet? opens in The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre on Wednesday 20 April,…
The ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Festival is set to return to Manchester’s Home for 18 days of films and events in April. The line-up for the 22nd cross-artform festival includes newly commissioned theatre productions, a showcase of work by Cuba’s most prominent playwright, 20 films from ten countries, including four UK premieres and sneak peeks…
