Refract: 22 set to launch at Waterside
Waterside’s annual, experimental summer festival returns later this month for ten days of performance, music and events.
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Pride in Trafford Festival launches
Trafford’s five day annual celebration and exploration of LGBTQ+ arts has returned, running until Saturday.
Welcome to Greendale – Postman Pat goes on display at Waterside Sale
Some of the original sets and props from the Postman Pat television series will go on display at Waterside Sale.
Waterside Arts to feature a series of free shows
Waterside Arts is set to feature a series of free shows as part of its annual Summer Arts Festival Refract.
Waterside announces reopening and plans for summer and autumn
Waterside in Sale has announced it is re-opening its doors from Monday 17 May 2021 and confirmed details of its summer and autumn plans. The arts venue has announced a programme of live music, theatre, visual arts, comedy, dance and spoken word. One of highlights...
Bright Light Bright Light will headline Pride in Trafford
Bright Light Bright Light will headline the second ever Pride in Trafford celebrations in May 2020 as the five day festival celebrates LGBTQ+ life across Greater Manchester. Bright Light Bright Light has recently supported Cher on tour and now the South Wales born,...
Previewed: Signals at Waterside Arts
After a hugely successful run at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018, The Cosmic Shambles Network brings Footprint Theatre’s Signals to Waterside Arts. The production comes in collaboration with Footprint Theatre, the play’s creators, as it makes its debut UK tour....
Mr Popper’s Penguins comes to Waterside at Christmas
The hit musical Mr Popper’s Penguins is coming to Waterside in Sale this Christmas for frost-filled, festive fun for the whole family. Mr Popper’s Penguins is presented by acclaimed children’s theatre company Pins & Needles. It will run at Waterside for five...
Arts festival REFRACT:19 returns to Waterside, Sale
Refract:19 returns to Waterside, Sale for its third edition, featuring 10 days of comedy, music, dance, performance and theatre. The award winning Waterside is set to be reimagined inside and out as it hosts returning favourites and the best of new talent. Refract:19...
Ratty, Mole, Toad and Friends move to Waterside, Sale
Waterside, Sale, has acquired 25 original Wind in the Willows puppets seen in the iconic Cosgrove Hall animated film made in Manchester. The figures had been feared lost for more than 30 years but were recently discovered when they were put up for auction in...
The Haunting of Blaine Manor to take in haunted theatres
Joe O’Byrne’s award winning play The Haunting of Blaine Manor is set to begin a 2019 theatre tour taking in some of the most beautiful, and haunted, theatres in England. The Bolton writer/director will bring the production to a series of theatres across the region...
Contact announces line up for 2019 Queer Contact Festival Weekender
Contact has announced the full line up for its Queer Contact Weekender in February, marking LGBT History Month 2019. 2019 sees Contact break from the tradition of a week-long festival, with this year’s event celebrating LGBTQ+ Arts and Culture over a compact weekend...
Previewed: Stewart D’Arrietta’s celebration of Leonard Cohen at Sale Waterside Arts
Stewart D’Arrietta’s My Leonard Cohen returns to the UK this June with a performance at Sale Waterside Arts amongst the tour dates. The show, which delivers bold interpretations of music from one of the most influences artists of modern times, returns following...
Showaddywaddy come to Manchester’s Waterside Arts
With 23 Top 40 singles under their belt, Showaddywaddy come to Manchester’s Waterside Arts in Sale. Over a four decade career the group have enjoyed 10 Top 5 hits (Under The Moon of Love, When, You Got What It Takes, 3 Steps To Heaven, Hey Rock & Roll, Etc!) and...
Manchester born dancer returns from West End to appear in Scheherazade and 1001 Nights
Manchester born and raised dancer Wade Lewin returns from the West End to appear in a new production of Scheherazade and 1001 Nights at Waterside in Sale. The dancer, who is currently enjoying a career on the West End and beyond, attended Stretford Grammar School and...