X-Factor finalist Diana Vickers will star as Kat in the 2017 tour of Son of a Preacher Man which comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in September 2017. Featuring the soulful music of Dusty Springfield, with a book by Warner Brown and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, Son of a Preacher Man embarks on…
Teenage dancer Keavy Smith, from Carrbrooke, Stalybridge, will get her big break this week appearing in the stage version of David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny at Manchester Opera House. The seventeen-year old has been hand-picked for the role, her first professional dance performance which includes a solo routine. Keavy began dancing aged just three. She is…
Home, Manchester, presents Partition, a film season providing the context of the issues surrounding Partition in 1947, its legacy on the world today and a reminder that we have the opportunity to learn from history. The act of Partition in 1947 was a traumatic moment in the history of South Asia, leading to displacement, communalism…
Incredibly Queen frontman Freddie Mercury would have turned 70 last September. To celebrate seven decades of the iconic lead singer of the rock group, Mercury are bringing their show to Manchester’s Palace Theatre. As winners of the 2013 National Tribute Awards, Mercury has fully earned its reputation as one of the world’s finest exponents of…
Cabbage-crunching, criminal mastermind Gangsta Granny storms into Manchester Opera House next week. The story, by David Walliams, creator of the comedy series Little Britain, is brought to life by Birmingham Stage Company. BSC’s previous productions have included Horrible Histories, George’s Marvellous Medicine and Tom’s Midnight Garden. David Walliams began his publishing career at Harper Collins…
After receiving more than 100 applications, Home, Manchester, has announced London’s energetic musical duo Bourgeois & Maurice as its first T1 Commission. Part of Home’s talent development programme, the new pioneering project, the T1 Commission, provides an opportunity for mid-career theatre makers to work with Home. Together they reat a new piece of work to…
The Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme will become an Associate Company of the Royal Exchange Theatre where it will have its northern base. The scheme supports a nationwide structure of paid opportunities for career development for emerging directors from under represented backgrounds. The Manchester base will be RTYDS’ second base. Speaking of the decision to…
Buddy – The Buddy Holly story visits Manchester’s Palace Theatre next week for a five night run. The Palace Theatre, Manchester, dates come after the tour was extended due to phenomenal demand for tickets. More than 22 million music fans have seen the musical since it opened in London’s West End in 1989. In fact…
Strictly Come Dancing’s Joanne Clifton set to star Strictly Come Dancing’s Joanne Clifton is set to star in a new tour of the classic Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. The dancer, who won the 2016 glitterball trophy with her partner Ore Oduba, will apear as Millie Dilmont, A Kansas girl determined to make it big…
Home, Manchester, has announced a partnership with East London’s leading independent arts centre Rich Mix. The collaboration will see the two arts establishments entering into a new film programming partnership. Home, Manchester, will provide advice and support, enabling Rich Mix, a charity providing access to culture for all in East London, to continue and extend its…
