The Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester, will host a rare double bill of the 30s classics Frankenstein and its sequel Bride of Frankenstein next week. The screening, a collaboration between Design Manchester’s DM17 Film Season and the Gothic Manchester Festival, will be introduced by co-curator Sir Christopher Frayling. Sir Christopher will look at the release of his…
You could win the opportunity to perform a cameo role in a performance of Spamalot at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. Do you have the SPAM Factor? If you think you have what it takes to join King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table on their quest to Camelot, Manchester’s Palace Theatre is giving you…
Manchester’s Z-Arts hosts Adriano Adewale’s Catapluf’s Musical Journey, a musical adventure for children all the way from Brazil. Explore rhythms and sounds of the world with Catapluf, whose imagination takes you to places where music can be found in everything: pans, water, drums, even the body. Catapluf’s Musical Journey includes samba, jazz, klezmer and plenty…
Strictly dance superstars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace return to Manchester with their new dance show Tango Moderno coming to the Opera House. The new dance show follows their previous Manchester sensations The Last Tango at Manchester Opera House and Tangomotion at the Lowry. Vincent and Flavia have been dance partners for over two decades,…
Manchester’s Grimmfest, one of the leading horror movie festivals in the UK, has launched this year’s fright-filled festivities. The four day horror, cult and fantastic movie extravaganza takes place at Vue Cinema at Manchester’s Printworks and features countless premieres, deadly females, men on a mission, top picks from other festivals and shorts. One of the…
Joanne Clifton has announced that she will continue to star in Flashdance – The Musical, which is due to come to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in February 2018. The Strictly Come Dancing winner 2016 will continue in the role of Alex Owens following a break over Christmas. Having played to critical acclaim since August, Joanne Clifton…
The full cast has now been announced for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat which comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in October. Added to the already announced Joe McElderry are Trina Hill (Narrator); Ben James-Ellis (Pharaoh); Henry Metcalfe (Jacob/Potiphar); Sallie-Beth Lawless (Mrs Potiphar/Handmaiden); Matt Jolly (Brother/Frenchman); Tatenda Madamombe (Brother/Calypso); Adam Strong (Brother/Understudy Pharoah); Joseph Peacock (Brother/Benjamin);…
Whitney – Queen of the Night comes to Manchester Opera House next week, celebrating the music and life of one of the greatest singers of all time – Whitney Houston. The award-winning production comes to Manchester during its Autumn UK tour five years after the death of one of the most highly awarded female artists…
Aspiring young dancers from Manchester’s Infinity Dance have won the opportunity to dance in a curtain raiser performance at Waterside Arts Centre. Through the Young Choreographers Celebration (YCC) 2017, which is run by UK professional dance company, Chantry Dance Company, the lucky winners will open for Chantry Dance Company’s production of The Sandman. 2017 is…
A major new production of Strangers on a Train comes to Manchester Opera House in February starring John Middleton, Christopher harper, Hannah Tointon and Jack Ashton. The masterful thriller is based on the 1950 psychological novel by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol) and was immortalised by Hitchcock’s Academy Award-winning film. The play was…
