Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier award nominated musical Cats returns to Manchester Opera House direct from its sell-out seasons at the London Palladium, for 2 weeks only from 30 January to 13 February. Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Cats first returned to the West End in December 2014…
HOME is set to host Incidents of Travel in the Multiverse, a major new solo exhibition of film, drawing, installation and live concert hall performance by British artist and filmmaker duo AL and AL. The Multiverse, a scientific theory based on quantum mathematical reality, points to the probability that the universe may in fact be…
Venue moved to AMC due to phenomenal demand The Manchester Film Festival 2016’s opening night Red Carpet gala on Thursday 3 March has had to move venues from HOME to the AMC due to pre-sale ticket demand. Programming director Al Bailey said “The response to pre ticket sales for Dennis Viollet- A United Man and also…
Following their acclaimed collaboration on Medea at the National Theatre in July 2014, director Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy Guerin create a stirring new version of Macbeth. Beginning with Shakespeare’s text, the powerful and unsettling choreography weaves its way throughout Shakespeare’s supernatural tragedy. When the prophecy of three witches proclaims that Macbeth (John Heffernan –…
Moscow City Ballet thrills audience After a triumphant 2014-2015 season which saw Moscow City Ballet perform the outstanding Swan Lake in Manchester, the renowned dance company returned with a captivating performance of Tchaikovsky’s magnificent The Nutcracker. The wonderful ballet tells of the adventures of Clara who is swept away into a magical wonderland, meeting the…
Mary Poppins is set to glide in to Manchester for a run of the multi award-winning musical which will be performed at Manchester’s Palace Theatre from 20 January until 5 March. Joining Zizi Strallen as Mary Poppins and Matt Lee as Bert will be Milo Twomey as George Banks; Rebecca Lock as Winifred Banks; Penelope…
The Manchester International Film Festival, which launched in 2015, is set to take place from 3 to 6 March 2016 across the city, including venues at HOME, AMC and the Odeon Printworks as Manchester’s first city wide international film festival once again welcomes filmmakers and films from across the world to premiere their work before…
Renowned dance company, Moscow City Ballet, returns following a triumphant 2014-2015 season with its dramatic traditional story-telling and captivating performances, with The Nutcracker at the Palace Theatre 14 – 16 Jan. Moscow City Ballet arrives in the UK on the back of its first US tour where it victoriously mesmerized a whole new fan base. …
Taking the annual Re:play Festival to a new dimension, Home will be hosting the Push 2016 festival from Thursday 14 January until Sunday 24 January. Re:play became one of the key events in Manchester’s theatre calendar highlighting the best in fringe theatre from the previous twelve months. Now Push offers audiences the chance to immerse…
Macbeth and Endgame to lead early year programme Home has announced two classic plays as part of its 2016 programme with productions of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Samuel Beckett’s Endgame. First up is Macbeth, starring John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell which runs 2 – 6 February 2016 and reunites director Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy…
