Manchester theatre company Elysium wins prestigious award for online productions
Manchester based Elysium Theatre Company has been recognised with the prestigious Olwen Wymark Award by the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain.
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Waterside announces reopening and plans for summer and autumn
Waterside in Sale has announced it is re-opening its doors from Monday 17 May 2021 and confirmed details of its summer and autumn plans. The arts venue has announced a programme of live music, theatre, visual arts, comedy, dance and spoken word. One of highlights...
Contact Theatre’s celebration of queer culture returns for 2021
Queer Contact will return in just a few weeks, featuring legendary writer Russell T Davies, It's A Sin actor Nathaniel Hall, interactive cabaret and more. The online celebration of Mancunion queerness and beyond was originally planned for February but delayed due to...
Hope Mill Theatre will stage a new production of The Wiz this Christmas
Hope Mill Theatre has confirmed that it will stage a new UK production of The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" this Christmas. The production features music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, based on the book by William F Brown and original...
HOME launch temporary outdoor theatre venue
HOME Manchester has announced the launch of a brand-new temporary outdoor venue on First Street - Homeground. Homeground will feature live entertainment across two stages, with a 400-seat socially distanced outdoor theatre and second stage featuring free live...
Rent set to open at Hope Mill Theatre in August
Hope Mill Theatre has announced that its production of the classic rock musical Rent will open on 6 August. The production returns after only being able to perform 5 live shows last autumn prior to lockdown. Rent will open for a limited season...
New live events venue to open in Altrincham
With a programme including Sir Lenny Henry, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Space and The Christians, new live events venue The Bowdon rooms is wasting no time in making its mark. The Bowdon Rooms in Altrincham is set to welcome audiences and visitors back this Summer, subject...
Hope Mill Theatre will open a Community Hub and Theatre School
Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre has announced that it will launch a Community Hub and also the Hope Mill Theatre School. The Community Hub and small studio theatre will be based on Pollard Street next to Hope Mill Theatre and include a large studio space and more...
Hope Mill Theatre’s Play Reading Club celebrates third anniversary
Hope Mill Theatre's Play Reading Club has celebrated its third birthday, with the event thriving during the pandemic. Established in early 2017 the drop-in group, which meets from 11am to 1pm on the last Friday of every month, now has over 40 participants, who enjoy...
Drive in Horrible Histories opening in Manchester
A UK tour of Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain will open in Manchester at the AJ Bell Stadium in April. The drive in production will hold two performances in Manchester before touring the UK. Having staged the unique production over the past...
Drive in Tina Turner tribute coming to Manchester’s Trafford Centre
A Drive In Theatre Tina Turner tribute is coming to Manchester's Trafford Centre in April. The production will star Justine Riddoch as the award-winning Tina Turner. Totally Tina is a recreation of a live TIna Turner concert, celebrating the...
Aljaz and Janette to stream dance spectacular Remembering the Oscars
Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara are set to star in a streamed performance of their new dance spectacular Remembering the Oscars. The limited three-week run of the one hour show will open on Saturday 27 March. The show will celebrate the...
Two new online works come to HOME Manchester
Two new digital works are coming to Home Manchester's website this week as part of their Homemakers series. Homemakers was launched in April last year to commission theatre and live art makers to create work at home, for audiences who are also at home. The series...
A Car Park Party production of David Walliams’ Billionaire Boy coming to Manchester
Bestselling children's author David Walliams, award winning Birmingham Stage Company and Coalition Agency have teamed up for a Car Park Party production of Billionaire Boy. The COVID-safe Car Park Party will be coming to Manchester's AJ Bell Stadium in April 2021....
First works announced for Home Manchester’s year long Push Festival
The first works have been announced for this year's Push Festival at HOME Manchester which will be spread across 2021 to allow work to be seen live and digitally. The initial series of works confirmed include brand-new commissions and an experimental video game....