Manchester Film Festival has confirmed that US actor Shia LaBeouf, Finnish artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö and British artist Luke Turner will be special guests at the festival where they will premiere their documentary film #TAKEMEANYWHERE before its worldwide release. The film charts LaBeouf, Rönkkö and Turner as they embarked on a month-long project to hitchhike…
Producers of the major new tour of Legally Blonde The Musical are on the hunt for four-legged stars to appear in the Manchester run of the hit musical when is appears at the Palace Theatre, Manchester in June. EastEnders’ Rita Simons, Lucie Jones, who is representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Never…
Home Manchester has announced the cast for a new production of Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker’s masterpiece Circle Mirror Transformation which comes to Manchester in March. Directed by Bijan Sheibani, Circle Mirror Transformation is having its first major revival since the acclaimed Royal Court production in 2013 and features a five-strong cast. What is Circle Mirror…
Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre hosts the premiere of Black Men Walking before the production embarks on a UK tour. Inspired by a real-life Black men’s walking group based in Sheffield, Black Men Walking has been conceived by Eclipse in collaboration with Leeds-based rapper, singer, producer and performer Testament. The production mixes story-telling with original music…
Home Manchester hosts Actors Touring Company’s English language version of Winter Solstice as it embarks on a national tour to celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary. Actors Touring Company’s English language production of Winter Solstice received rave reviews upon its world premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre in London in early 2017, where it played to…
The producers of the legendary musical Miss Saigon are looking for boys or girls to play the role of Tam when the show runs at Manchester Palace Theatre from 21 March – 12 May 2018. The new production of Miss Saigon opened in London in May 2014 to record-breaking advance sales and massive acclaim. The…
Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of The ToyBoy Diares, coming in 2018. The production, adapted from the best-selling memoirs by Wendy Salisbury, runs from Thursday 18 January to Saturday 10 February 2018 and is the first of five in-house musicals next year from the successful…
Jinkx Monsoon returns to Manchester’s Contact with The Vaudevillians after an often-extended Off-Broadway run, an Australian tour and a run at London’s Soho Theatre. The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon, is the sassy alter ego of Portland born entertainer Jerick Hoffer. He comes back to Manchester with the bawdy, rowdy musical comedy which co-stars composer…
Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre will play host to a series of plays and stories for a fast changing world over Spring and Summer 2018. The Spring/Summer 2018 season promises to celebrate great plays and stores which have stood the time of time, reimagining them for the 21st century. The programme, which opens with a brand-new…
The Manchester run of Little Women at Hope Mill Theatre has been extended by a week due to popular demand. The show has extended its original four-week run at the Ancoats theatre venue until Saturday 16 December. Little Women The Musical is brought to the Manchester stage by the successful collaboration team of Katy Lipson…
