As the British Film Institute (BFI) recently announced a three month long celebration of the Sci-Fi genre in film and television, Film Hub North West Central has announced that it will receive a £51,100 grant from the BFI Programming Development Fund to take part in the BFI Sci-Fi ‘Days of Fear and Wonder’ season which…
In conjunction with GB Theatre Company, this summer will see the first ever open air Shakespeare performances taking place on The Lawns at Spinningfields. Founded in 2010, GB Theatre Company produces some of the best outdoor theatre productions across the UK and with 2014 marking the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, as well as…
Whilst dance is all too often confined to the stage, the Lowry is currently presenting an exhibition aimed at presenting dance as an exhibition via the medium of film.
Northern Ballet School set for Dancehouse Show. Manchester’s Northern Ballet School is set to take to the stage again for A Showcase of Dance running from Thursday 10th July until Saturday 12th July. Northern Ballet School was launched in 1977 under the direction of Patricia McDonald, a former partner in the long established Muriel Tweedy…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music will perform its first musical theatre piece in 14 years – Stephen Sondheim’s Company.
Twenty stories make up the Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the fourteenth century. One of these, The Pardoner’s Tale, is set to be performed in the Studio theatre over a ten day period, in a new, lively adaptation that has been co-produced by Unicorn Theatre and Tangere Arts. With a…
If you are a fan of dance and went to the Lowry Theatre to see Flashmob this past week, then I’m sure you weren’t disappointed! Flashmob: Where Dance Worlds Collide was a fantastically energetic performance, bringing together a wealth of talent and an eclectic mix of dance styles, to create a show that earned itself…
Harry McEntire takes the lead role in a new production of Billy Liar, a classic tale of northern life in the 1960s. Keith Waterhouse’s original 1959 novel has been adapted for the stage by Waterhouse himself, alongside Willis Hall. With previous Royal Exchange credits that include Winterlong (which also played at Soho Theatre) and Punk…
It’s been tearing up dance floors all over the country and now Flash Mob is arriving at the Lowry Theatre for two nights, produced by World Dance Management
In collaboration with renowned director Mark Storer, who also worked on the Roundhouse’s groundbreaking production The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut And Other Stories with a cast of 12-17 year olds, Puffball builds on that success with a production that has come about as the culmination of a major year-long project working with young people…
