Writer director Shamim Sarif will be attending the UK premiere of Despite the Falling Snow at the Manchester Film Festival on Friday 4 March. The screening of the film, which is the first time the new cut of the film will be seen, is at 7:30pm at the Odeon Printworks. Shamim will also be taking part…
Let It Be, the smash West End show that celebrates the iconic music of the world’s most successful rock ‘n’ roll band – The Beatles – twists and shouts its way to the Opera House, Manchester in February, as part of a major new tour. This spectacular concert charts The Beatles’ meteoric rise from their…
With Manchester International Film Festival just around the corner, we take a look at some of the films which will be shown at venues across the city including Home, AMC and the Odeon. Full Feature Film line-Up A Beautiful Now – International Premiere (United States) Directed by Daniela Amavia Starring- Abigail Spencer (Mad Men, Suits,…
Following a sell-out run at Camden Fringe 2015, comedy duo Saban Kazim and Sarah Sheldon are joining forces again in March for a one-off hour-long show of stand-up and storytelling in Manchester… This is a unique opportunity to see the two outside of London – Saban won the Comedy Store King Gong in 2014 and…
Manchester Film Festival is set to host the UK premiere of Australian animation sensation Blinky Bill. Blinky Bill, which is set for its UK release in the summer stars the world’s favourite Koala on a mission to find his father in the heart of the Australian Outback. An all-star Australian cast of Ryan Kwanten, Toni…
Team behind Grimmfest and Rad Screenings announce brand new film festival Grimm Up North, the team behind the excellent cult and horror film festival Grimmfest, have announced a bran new festival to take place in May. The Supernova International Film Festival will be an international celebration of science fiction cinema – past, present and future. The event…
There’s a noticeable buzz in the air at Manchester Opera House as it fills to the brim awaiting the start of Cats, one of the most successful and longest-running shows of the West End. There’s even champagne being popped surreptitiously in the seats, boxes of After-Eight mints being shared around. It’s clear that everybody is…
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier award nominated musical Cats returns to Manchester Opera House direct from its sell-out seasons at the London Palladium, for 2 weeks only from 30 January to 13 February. Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Cats first returned to the West End in December 2014…
HOME is set to host Incidents of Travel in the Multiverse, a major new solo exhibition of film, drawing, installation and live concert hall performance by British artist and filmmaker duo AL and AL. The Multiverse, a scientific theory based on quantum mathematical reality, points to the probability that the universe may in fact be…
Venue moved to AMC due to phenomenal demand The Manchester Film Festival 2016’s opening night Red Carpet gala on Thursday 3 March has had to move venues from HOME to the AMC due to pre-sale ticket demand. Programming director Al Bailey said “The response to pre ticket sales for Dennis Viollet- A United Man and also…
