Legendary actor Sir Roger Moore is to appear at Manchester Opera House as part of a series of ‘Evening With’ dates in the UK. The Bond star, who is celebrating 70 years in show business this year is set to join biographer Gareth Owen in discussing his extraordinary life and career which will find the Hollywood…
Olivier Award winner Kathryn Hunter (The Visit) is set to reprise her role playing a monkey, playing a man, in the highly acclaimed one-woman show, Kafka’s Monkey. The show will run from Wednesday 17 until Saturday 27 June at Home. The production also marks Home’s Artistic Director for Theatre, Walter Meierjohann, making his second outing…
Borrowing its title from John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, this highly celebrated work from one of the UK’s foremost contemporary theatre companies, Greyscale, explores a moment of realisation universal to all; a child’s eventual recognition of their parents as a fellow human being. The show, performed by an all-male cast, presents a lifetime of conversations…
A new comedy play inspired by the legendary Marx Brothers embarks on a nationwide tour this autumn and is stopping off at The Met, Bury on Thursday 10 September. Just Some Theatre Company are the talented young bunch behind The Doppel Gang, a new comedy by Dominic Hedges which will tour 12 venues between September…
Manchester’s Contact, the contemporary arts organisation on Oxford Road, has announced plans to discuss its proposed redevelopment with its neighbours and to hear their ideas. Currently devising a refurbishment to take place over the next few years, Contact is planning on submitting plans to Manchester City Council shortly, but is keen to hear what the local…
Written by Tony Award Winner Joe DiPietro, Love Me Tender is set to hit Manchester’s Opera House on 5 June. A feel-good musical featuring Elvis Presley’s greatest hits, Love Me Tender, is set in 1950s small town America where a guitar-playing hip-swiveller roars into town on his motorcycle, ready to shake up the locals and steal…
As the only Judy Garland production authorised by the Judy Garland Estate, The Songbook of Judy Garland has to deliver to an incredibly high standard. Under the creative direction of renowned choreographer and director Arlene Phillips, and starring Lorna Luft (Judy Garland’s daughter) alongside Louise Dearman, Rachel Stanley, Ray Quinn and Georgina Hagen, who all…
Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda named on judging panel. Contact & TriForce Creative Network have announced the judging panel for the next MonologueSlam UK taking place on Tuesday 26th May. MonologueSlam UK is the industry showcase for actors from all backgrounds and profiles. The showcase takes place across the UK in Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester and London, with an…
A trip to the French Riviera is quite something. The glitz, the glamour, the fashion … the cash. And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has all of these in abundance. And on top of this it’s absolutely hilarious, truly a five star show. Based on the film of the same name starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine,…
There are some occasions when an artist starts to sing and you simply have to stop and listen. And that’s exactly what happens when the hugely talented Ella Shaw appears on stage. With a voice which captivates – powerful, soulful – she has wowed recent audiences at festivals at the Lowry as well as with…
