Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre hosts a production of Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok, telling the astonishing story of generations of women behind Manchester restaurant and Northern Quarter institution Sweet Mandarin. The seventh Black Theatre Live show, Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok is the first major mid-scale tour of a British East Asian play…
Simon Beaufoy’s award-winning stage play The Full Monty will stop at Chester’s Storyhouse during its final ever UK and Ireland tour. The play will feature Gary Lucy, Andrew Dunn, Louis Emerick, Joe Gill, Kai Owen and James Redmond. The Full Monty won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production and now embarks on its…
A traditional sari shop on Manchester’s Curry Mile is set to host an intimate theatre production by Contact and Rasa Theatre, Handlooms written by Rani Moorthy and directed by Alan Lane. The play will explore the sari from a rarely-taken male perspective, with the immersive performance taking place inside working business Alankar House of Sarees,…
Manchester’s Palace Theatre will host a run of one of the greatest family musicals of all time as The Sound of Music comes to the city. Produced by Bill Kenwright, the show features Lucy O’Byrne, returning to the iconic role of Maria, and Neil McDermott as Captain Von Trapp. What is The Sound of Music…
The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s incredible Frankenstein this spring with a brand-new adaption by playwright April De Angelis. Audiences will be able to step inside Victor Frankenstein’s nightmare as Director Matthew Xia explores the complex issues of identity, society, responsibility, superiority and ambition in his fast-paced version of…
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…
Home Manchester is screening a season of films from directors who have only directed one feature film. The season has been selected by Jason Wood, Artistic Director: Film, featuring eight movies which were released between 1955 and 1990. So what’s being screened during the One-Film Wonders season at Home? The Honeymoon Killers (18) + intro…
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…
One of the most iconic movies of all times, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, comes to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall for a screening accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. The year is 1936, and professor of archaeology and “obtainer of rare antiquities” Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is tasked by U.S. Army Intelligence…
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…
