International touring theatre company Kneehigh return to Manchester with a performance of The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk at Home. The production marks a return to Home Manchester for Kneehigh who have previously performed Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) in September 2015, and 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips in October…
Manchester Opera House hosts Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest as the UK tour comes to the city this March. What is The Importance of Being Earnest about? Oscar Wilde’s greatly admired and much loved comedy The Importance of Being Earnest follows Jack Worthing’s endeavours to marry Algernon’s cousin, the beautiful Gwendolen. But first…
Two rescue greyhounds from the Mersey and Cheshire Manchester Branch of The Greyhound Trust will take to the stage during Ellen Kent’s production of Rigoletto at Manchester Opera House. Producer Ellen has long been a campaigner for animal welfare, and after talking to a representative from a local greyhound charity and hearing how these beautiful…
The Palace Theatre, Manchester, will host a run of the hit musical Les Misérables as Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed Broadway production returns nearly a decade since the last UK tour sold out in only a few days. Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Misérables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the…
Home Manchester will host Action Hero as they hold a four-day residency at the Manchester venue, presenting two dynamic shows Extraordinary Rendition and Slap Talk. Comprising of Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse, Action Hero have been producing work for more than 10 years. Including audiences as collaborators and co-conspirators, Action Hero have taken their productions…
The full cast has been announced for the tour of An Officer And A Gentleman – The Musical, which comes to Manchester Opera House in August. The show has its world premiere at Leicester’s Curve Theatre before embarking on a tour of the UK and Ireland. Four-time Laurence Olivier Award nominated actress Emma Williams will…
Former Greater Manchester theatre company Proto-type Theater return to their roots with a performance of their new production The Audit (or Iceland, a modern myth) at The Lowry. As well as operating from the city, individual members have current links with Salford. Performer Gillian Lees and digital designer Adam York Gregory both teach at Salford…
Shazia Mirza heads to The Lowry in April with her brand new show With Love From St Tropez, which follows her critically acclaimed 2016, sell-out international run of The Kardashians Made Me Do It and her recent ravaging by hunger and sand-flies on Channel 4’s Celebrity Island. Whereas The Kardashians Made Me Do It explored…
Suggs brings his one man show to The Lowry on Tuesday with Suggs: what a King Cnut spilling the beans on the surprises that awaited him once he hit the big time (and even before). As you’d imagine from a character like Suggs, the show covers a range of mapcap adventures the Madness frontman has…
As always, there’s plenty coming to the Royal Exchange Theatre in the Spring/Summer 2018 season, so we’re taking a look at some of the visiting productions coming to The Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre over the next few months. Moments That Changed Our World 23-25 February 2018 Created by Andrew Barry and TripleDotMakers with…
