Slasher Media have announced a season of horror double-bills in Manchester, with 14 classic horror films from over 5 decades being screened. The movies will be screened at Manchester’s AMC Cinema over seven Saturdays in August and September 2016. So, what’s on? Saturday 13 August 7PM – The Thing (1982) John Carpenters classic adaptation of…
Ben Batt to join Maxine Peake on stage The full cast has now been confirmed for the Royal Exchange Theatre’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire, designed by Fly Davis, running from 8 September to 15 October. Maxine Peake takes on the role of Williams’ fragile heroine Blanche DuBois, who, battling a gripping addiction, looks…
As the West End multi Olivier award-winning musical Sunny Afternoon based on the early life of Day Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks prepares to be seen for the first time outside of London on its debut UK tour, the full cast has now been announced. The musical, a recipient of four…
Award winning live art and contemporary theatre group announce UK tour of new show Following performances of the critically acclaimed Amusements (2012) and Karaoke (2013), the theatre group Sleepwalk Collective have announced that they will be returning to the UK to perform their new show Domestica at Home, a show which considers our relationship with classical…
Coming to Manchester’s Palace Theatre The full cast has now been revealed for the new production of the Broadway and West End smash hit Sister Act, directed by Craig Revel Horwood and starring Alexandra Burke who last appeared at The Palace in the recent production of The Bodyguard. Based on the smash hit movie starring…
The critically acclaimed hit stage version of The Full Monty is to return to Manchester, with a week long run at Manchester Opera House. Based on the hit 1997 British film about six out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose, The Full Monty cast will be led by Gary Lucy (Danny Pennant in EastEnders, DS…
Conscious Theatre holds the northern debut of its latest production Joan, Babs and Shelagh Too at Manchester’s Three Minute Theatre on 14 and 15 July. Directed by Olivier award winning actor and improviser Oliver Senton, Joan, Babs & Shelagh Too is a whirlwind journey through the life of Joan Littlewood, one of the 20th century’s greatest…
Following its record breaking West End run, the new production of Funny Girl is heading out on tour in 2017 and will open at Manchester’s Palace Theatre on 20 February before traveling around the UK. The musical tells the story of Fanny Brice, whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music…
Bat Out Of Hell, a new musical will be revealed in Manchester in its first UK performances on 17 February 2017, directed by award-winning theatre and opera director Jay Scheib. The genesis of the Bat Out Of Hell album came during Jim Steinman’s time at Amherst college, where he wrote his first rock ‘n’ roll…
Alexander Zeldin’s brutally honest and humorous piece about the dangers of zero-hours contracts Alexander Zeldin’s Beyond Caring, a highly topical show which pulls no punches, is set to be performed at Manchester’s Home following critically acclaimed runs at The Yard and the National Theatre in London. Beyond Caring paints a vivid depiction of the human…
