Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre has revealed a mix of Royal Exchange supported artists and innovative theatre makers from across the UK in its Autumn/Winter 2018 Studio Season programme. And it’s clear that the Manchester Theatre is setting it’s sights high, even featuring The Greatest Play in the History of the World! So what’s on at…
Award-winning multimedia theatre-makers Breach Theatre return to Home Manchester with their latest production The Drill. The Drill, an investigation into anti-terror training which explores political anxieties and emergency preparedness, follows previous visits to the Manchester theatre and entertainment complex with The Beanfield in March/April 2016 and Tank in May 2017. What is The Drill at…
Manchester’s UK genre film festival Grimmfest has announced that the special guest for this year’s festival will be Barbara Crampton. Renowned for he roles in cult classics such as Re-Animator and From Beyond, the horror genre icon continues to be a major figure in contemporary genre cinema, appearing in recent releases You’re Next, Beyond The…
Jorgie Porter, Mica Paris and Keith Jack have been announced to star in the new Manchester bound UK tour of Fame The Musical.
Manchester Opera House will host open auditions for children and adult performances to play Motown artists in a production of Motown The Musical. Motown The Musical embarks on its first ever UK and Ireland tour this autumn, whilst the show continues to play at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre. The producers are looking for black and mixed-race…
Chorlton based film producers Gemma Bradley and Angel Delgado have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raised £3,000 for post-production of their sci-fi film Black Box which has been filmed in Manchester and Salford. The duo are seeking funds to finalise post-production on the movie. Black Box will be the second feature film which Gemma Bradley and…
Edinburgh Festival Fringe First winners Sh!t Theatre return to Home Manchester with their affectionate homage to the legendary Dolly Parton in May. DollyWould was a sell-out success during a 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival run, with the unique love letter to Dolly taking in cloning, branding, immortality and death as well as the story of their…
Manchester born and raised dancer Wade Lewin returns from the West End to appear in a new production of Scheherazade and 1001 Nights at Waterside in Sale. The dancer, who is currently enjoying a career on the West End and beyond, attended Stretford Grammar School and spent five years with the Trafford Youth Dance Theatre,…
Killian Donnelly has been announced to play Jean Valjean in the UK and Ireland tour of Les Misérables which comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in February 2019. The tour will see Donnelly reprising the role which is he is currently playing in the West End production of Les Misérables until 9 June 2018. Prior to…
The UK’s Music Documentary Festival, Doc’ N Roll, makes it Manchester debut this May, taking over a host of venues including Home, Gullivers, 3MT and Plant Noma. The Film Festival launched in 2014, on a mission to champion under-the-radar music films, featuring post-screening Q&As, DJ sets and live music all themed on the films. This…
