Manchester-based poet, playwright and performer Chanje Kunda will debut her new one-woman show Plant Fetish at HOME Manchester. The production first appeared as a work-in-progress performance at HOME’s Push Festival earlier this year but will now have a four performance run at the venue. Plant Fetish will then go on a UK tour in 2020….
Daisy Wood-Davis will star as Carole King as Beautiful – The Carole King Musical comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in June 2020. Casting has now been announced for the touring production of the highly successful West End show. The Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning musical is produced by Paul Blake, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Mike…
The award-winning Forced Entertainment return to Home Manchester alongside Real Magic with latest production Out of Order. A troupe of hapless clowns sit huddled round a table, waiting for trouble to start, like friends divided or deadlocked politicians. There are old gags that escalate and new ones that backfire. Music, sweat and bright lights. Blank…
What would you change if you could travel through time? The world’s first female time travelling doctor is coming to The Edge, Manchester, to help you decide. Doctor Rosy Carrick brings her multi-award winning play about time travel, Passionate Machine, to Manchester’s The Edge Theatre after a run at New York’s SoHo Playhouse. The show…
Festive favourite The Snowman returns to Manchester Opera House for a run of shows next week, whisking families off to a wintery wonderland. Based on the much-loved film and book, the stage adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ work features dancing, magic and live music including the classic Walking in the Air. [adrotate banner=”3”] The family favourite…
Matt Haig’s Reasons To Stay Alive comes to HOME Manchester with a stage adaptation from Sheffield Theatres and English Touring Theatre. The production is directed by Jonathan Watkins, featuring text from April De Angelis. At 24, Matt’s world collapsed under the weight of depression. Reasons To Stay Alive is the true story of his journey…
Casting has been announced for the UK tour of On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan coming to Manchester’s Palace Theatre. On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan runs at Manchester’s Palace Theatre at the end of October 2019. The musical is the true love story of Emilio and…
The English National Ballet present Cinderella at Manchester’s Palace Theatre as it continues its 70th anniversary season tour. English National Ballet was founded in 1950 as London Festival Ballet by the great English Dancers Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, since playing a huge role in the growth and history of ballet in the UK. Following Christopher…
After the incredible success of the UK and Ireland tour in 2019, Grease will tour again in 2020, returning to Manchester Palace Theatre in July. The 2019 tour was the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s iconic musical Grease. The production will be directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed…
Elysium Theatre returns to the North West with the Northern Premiere of Athol Fugard’s Playland, running at The Empty Space @ Footlights House, Media City. Playland runs from Thursday 24 until Saturday 26 October as part of Black History Month. It is presented by Elysium, a theatre company founded by Jake Murray, Danny Solomon and…
