Afrobeats musical Oliva Tweest: The AfroMusical comes to Manchester Opera House for one-night only as part of the UK tour marking its highly anticipated and long-awaited return. The show become the UK’s first ever Afrobeats musical in 2013 with a sold-out West End debut at the Lyrice Theatre. The was followed by a short run…
For one night only, Manchester Opera House will be transformed into a circus courtesy of Montreal-based troupe Cirque Eloize’s production Cirkopolis. With CIRKOPOLIS, Cirque Éloize takes their breathtaking blend of circus arts, theatre, and dance to a highly-stylized metropolis setting, where eleven acrobats and multidisciplinary artists rebel against monotony, reinvent themselves and challenge the limits…
Cast details have been revealed for Motown The Musical which comes to Manchester Opera House in February 2019. The producers of the musical have confirmed that Edward Baruwa will play the leading role of ‘Berry Gordy’, Karis Anderson will play ‘Diana Ross’, Nathan Lewis will play ‘Smokey Robinson’ and Shak Gabbidon-Williams will play ‘Marvin Gaye’….
Jason Donovan has announced that he is making his first foray into theatre production with a brand new tour of the much-loved glittering hit musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert which comes to Manchester Opera House in November 2019. The actor and singer is beginning his life as a producer by joining forces with Mark…
BAFTA nominated actor Joe McFadden is set to star in the world premiere production of The House On Cold Hill, coming to Manchester Opera House. Adapted from Peter James’ best-selling 2015 novel and based on the author’s own real-life experience in a haunted house, the play will star Joe McFadden as Ollie Harcourt, husband to Caro…
Danielle Hope and Sam Ferriday have been announced to join the cast of the award-winning musical Rock of Ages which comes to Manchester Opera House in September. Danielle Hope is perhaps best-known for having won BBC One’s Over the Rainbow, which lead to her professional debut in the lead role of Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd…
Manchester Opera House has announced that John Stahl and Cathy Tyson will join Charles Lawson the cast of Rebus: Long Shadows at Manchester Opera House. Rebus: Long Shadows is a brand new Rebus story written exclusively for the stage by the author of the original novels, Ian Rankin, mand playwright Rona Munro. What is Rebus:…
The first cast members have been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning musical Rock of Ages which will run at Manchester Opera House. The initial cast announcement confirmed the involvement of Kevin Kennedy who will play ‘Dennis’, Zoe Birkett ‘Justice’, Jodie Steele ‘Sherrie’, Luke Walsh ‘Drew’, Lucas Rush ‘Lonny’, Andrew Carthy ‘Franz’,…
Kinky Boots comes to Manchester Opera House in November and the cast for the full UK tour has now been announced. The musical, which has won countless awards, will feature Callum Francis as Lola, Paul Lane in the role of Lauren and Joel Harper-Jackson as Charlie. Also joining the Kinky Boots cast will be Demitri…
Lies, greed and corruption fall upon Manchester Opera House as the UK tour of Glengarry Glen Ross comes to the city in March 2019. Set in an office of cut-throat Chicago salesmen. Pitched in a high-stakes competition against each other, four increasingly desperate employees will do anything, legal or otherwise, to sell the most real…
