Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Michael Bolton has announced a run of dates including a show at Manchester’s Opera House. The six time American Music Award winner has announced five dates across the UK for February 2018, coming to Manchester on the 11th February. As a songwriter, he has earned over 24 BMI &…
Manchester Opera House will host a three-week run of the hit musical Kinky Boots in November 2018 as the award winning show embarks on a UK tour. The tour will open at Theatre Royal & Derngate in Northampton on 19 September 2018, returning to the home of this heart-warming British story, whilst the West End…
Strictly dance superstars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace return to Manchester with their new dance show Tango Moderno coming to the Opera House. The new dance show follows their previous Manchester sensations The Last Tango at Manchester Opera House and Tangomotion at the Lowry. Vincent and Flavia have been dance partners for over two decades,…
Whitney – Queen of the Night comes to Manchester Opera House next week, celebrating the music and life of one of the greatest singers of all time – Whitney Houston. The award-winning production comes to Manchester during its Autumn UK tour five years after the death of one of the most highly awarded female artists…
A major new production of Strangers on a Train comes to Manchester Opera House in February starring John Middleton, Christopher harper, Hannah Tointon and Jack Ashton. The masterful thriller is based on the 1950 psychological novel by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol) and was immortalised by Hitchcock’s Academy Award-winning film. The play was…
Manchester Opera House will host a week-long run of An Officer and a Gentleman the Musical as it goes on tour around the UK following a world premiere at Curve. This brand-new musical is based on the 1982 Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere which tells the story of Zack Mayo who is in training to…
Manchester’s Palace Theatre and Opera House will be serving up a treat this autumn with a series of outstanding shows heading for the city. Musicals, comedy, drama, dance and pantomime are part of a packed season of productions being staged at the pair of city centre venues which are steeped in theatrical history. There’s the…
Manchester Opera House will host Selladoor Productions’ Manchester shows during their 10-week UK tour of the Steinbeck classic Of Mice and Men. What is Of Mice and Men about? Of Mice and Men was written by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck and is a challenging and controversial play. It is, at times, uplifting and sometimes…
Sheena Wrigley has joined Ambassador Theatre Group to become Theatre Director at the twin venues Manchester Palace and Manchester Opera House. Sheena will be joining the team in Manchester in November from her current role as Executive Director at HOME, Manchester’s new £25million arts centre. HOME has recorded two million individual visits since opening in…
The English National Ballet brings it’s national tour of My First Ballet: Cinderella to Manchester’s Opera House next week. The production tells the story of Cinderella, tormented by her stepsisters and not allowed to attend the Prince’s ball. Left behind to an evening of chores, she is visited by her Fairy Godmother who transforms her…
