One of comedy’s fastest rising stars, Mo Gilligan, is set to perform two Manchester shows at the Dancehouse Theatre and Manchester Academy. Fresh from recording his own huge Friday night entertainment show with Big Narstie for Channel 4 and racking up over 11 million hits to date of his set on The Russell Howard Hour…
In the run up to Christmas, just how should we get in to the Christmas spirit? We’ve got a few ideas from you, from dance to theatre, a moody Santa to panto, from ice-skating to markets: Giselle – Northern Ballet School – The Dancehouse Theatre Manchester City Ballet, the classical performance company of Northern Ballet…
It looks set to be a sensational few days for dance fans as a series of stunning events are due to take place in Manchester, which will leave dance fans pirouetting in delight. So what’s on? First off is the Northern Ballet School’s Musical Bites. Taking place at The Dancehouse Theatre from Thursday 26th March…
If you love a bit of magic, pop down to the Dancehouse Theatre on Wednesday 22nd October and catch Otiz Canneloni’s “History of Magic – Abridged!” Otiz’s show is a chance for a good bit of family fun as you take an informative and humorous journey through the world of magic. There will also be…
The Grimmfest 2014 line-up has been announced! The annual International Festival of Horror and Cult Films takes place between 2nd and 5th October launches with an opening night gala at Manchester’s Dancehouse Theatre, in which the festival is based. The sensational line-up has been carefully put together to feature horror sci-fi and cult feature and short…
Thursday 4 September – Saturday 6 September: Dancehouse Theatre: Musical Youth UK Presents The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Llord Webber’s musical is brought to the Dancehouse Theatre stage by the Manchester Hub of the national Musical Youth UK not-for-profit organisation which gives 10-19 year olds the opportunity to appear on stage in theatrical…
The Opening Night Gala line-up of the forthcoming Grimmfest festival (running 2nd – 5th October in Manchester) has been announced and will feature three premiers. The annual festival of horror and cult film, which is now into its sixth year, is set to release the full line-up next week. Headlining the Opening Night Gala is…
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…
The tagline for Evolution of Dance was ‘As soon as man was able to walk, he was looking for ways to dance’. In truth I’ve been looking for ways to dance for a long time. The jazz lessons I took can account for that and proved two things to me – firstly that dancing on more than…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece Swan Lake tells the story of Odette, the Princess turned into a swan by a curse cast by Von Rothbart, only able to regain her human form at night. Of course, like all good tales, the curse may be broken if Odette finds love with a young man who will remain…
