Neil Bell presents his original theatre piece The Cocktail Hour at Levenshulme’s The Talleyrand this week. The production comes after his major role in Mike Leigh’s Peterloo. The Cocktail Hour has been written by Neil Bell who also directs during its three day run. Bell is a Manchester theatre dynamo, having directed the Joy Division play…
DJ, actor, broadcaster and host Craig Charles takes over The Lowry’s Lyric Theatre for two entirely different back to back nights. The two night residency in the 1,700 seat theatre at Salford Quays opens with a special gig celebrating his 10 year anniversary of his Funk and Soul Club. The Funk and Soul Club sees…
The national tour of a reimagined version of Queen and Ben Elton’s musical We Will Rock You will come to Manchester’s Palace Theatre. The brand new tour will launch in September 2019, stopping in Manchester from 27 January until 8 February 2020. With 24 of Queen’s biggest hits and Ben Elton’s hilarious futuristic comedy writing…
The Bodyguard will return to Manchester’s Palace Theatre next year, with producers Michael Harrison and David Ian announcing that Alexandra Burke will play the role of Rachel Marron. The Bodyguard enjoyed a sell out run at the venue in 2015. It will run in Manchester again from 10 December 2019 until 4 January 2020. The…
Diversity have announced a UK tour to celebrate their 10 year anniversary, including two shows at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. Since winning the third series of Britain’s Got Talent, Diversity have had eight sell out UK tours, selling more than half a million tickets. Creator and choreographer Ashley Banjo said of the forthcoming tour “Born Ready…
Manchester dance company, Company Chamelon, feature in a new documentary with Darcey Bussell – Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness, broadcast next week. The one-off documentary investigates why dance, more than any other form of exercise, has such a positive effect on mood and behaviour. In her quest for answers Darcey visits Company Chameleon and follows…
HOME Manchester has announced a new season of more than 20 theatre shows coming to the cultural venue in 2019. At the same time the venue has committed to international programming, nurturing new talent and building-wide festivals and celebrations. Shows coming to HOME Manchester include a production of Wise Children, directed by Emma Rice; Hofesh…
Tony, Olivier and Grammy award winning show The Book of Mormon will run at Manchester’s Palace Theatre for six weeks, opening in June 2019. The smash-hit Broadway musical, written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez made its world premiere in March 2019. Since opening at New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre more than seven…
Two new exhibitions open at Home Manchester this weekend featuring site-responsive work and multi-media maximalism. Darren Nixon: Coming soon to your screen (pictured) opens on Friday 9 November, whilst John Walter: CAPSID launches on Saturday 10 November. Darren Nixon: Coming soon to your screen The new site-responsive work by Darren Nixon is a large-scale painting over…
Home Manchester will host the France Now season in its Theatre 2 Space. The season follows the success of previous Berlin Now and Cuba Now runs. France Now will celebrate thrilling, emerging work from France, inviting three young companies to take a close-up look at life on the other side of the Channel. France Now…
