The 1956 Theatre, who have put on some outstanding productions over the last few years in Manchester, including the excellent Pudding Black and a phenomenal performance of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, are set to offer courses in improvisational acting. The focus of the 10 hour courses is to develop and sharpen crucial improvisational skills, helping…
The sharp comic genius of Howard Jacobson is brought to the stage in the world premiere of Simon Bent’s witty adaptation of best-selling novel The Mighty Walzer. This achingly funny coming-of-age story sees Oliver Walzer carry the dreams of his dysfunctional family on his shy and bookish shoulders, that is until he discovers ping-pong and…
Casting has been announced for a new production of The Wedding Singer at Manchester Opera House, running 15-20 May 2017. Set in 1985, hair is huge, greed is good and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favourite wedding singer. When his own fiancée dumps him at the altar a seriously bummed out Robbie makes every…
Coronation Street legend, Kevin Kennedy, is set to return to Manchester to star as Jimmy’s Da in the UK tour of the hit musical The Commitments which will be performed at Manchester’s Palace Theatre 27 March to 8 April 2016. The UK tour will also feature many of the cast from the record breaking show’s…
Immersive and exhilarating production in response to IRA bombing of Manchester in 1996 It is 20 years since the Provisional IRA exploded the largest-ever bomb on mainland Britain, on a warm sunny morning in Manchester city centre. Working together again, following 2014’s sell out hit Angel Meadow, ANU Productions and HOME present On Corporation Street, an immersive…
Winner of a Judges Award in the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Bird is a World Premiere of a stunningly poetic new play by Welsh playwright Katherine Chandler. A co-production between the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Sherman Theatre Bird brings together a cast of talented Welsh and Manchester performers and is directed by Sherman Theatre’s Artistic…
William Shakespeare’s King Lear is set to come to the stage of Manchester Opera House 31 May to 4 June, starring renowned Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington in the title role. The production marks the first time that the Royal Shakespeare Company regular and four time Olivier Award nominee has played the iconic role in the…
Arts Council England has confirmed funding of £3.85million towards Contact’s capital refurbishment, a £6.5million project to transform the landmark building for the next generation of audiences, artists and young people. The refurbishment of the unique building will create new performance and community spaces, expand the café bar, and reorganise the public spaces to improve navigation of…
Third film night to screen Fellini’s 8 ½ Screened/MCR’s latest film and discussion night will feature Federico Fellini’s 8 ½. As always, Screened/MCR’s goal is to pose the questions: How do culture and the wider context inform a film? And how does a film inform the culture around it? From La Strada (1954) to Amacord (1970) Fellini…
Habit stars Elliot James Langridge, Jessica Barden and Roxanne Pallett The producers behind Manchester’s GrimmFest are currently filming a new contemporary psychological horror, Habit, in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The Manchester set, Manchester produced, Manchester cast, Habit is currently in the midst of a four week shoot in Manchester, confirmed GrimmFest Director and producer Rachel Richardson Jones,…
