The hit West End family show Dinosaur Zoo will come roaring back in to Manchester, visiting the Opera House in September. Dinosaur Zoo creators, ‘Erth’ use puppetry to bring dinosaurs to life in an interactive and imaginative live show, suitable for all the family (ages 3+), featuring an impressive cast of prehistoric creatures, including one…
The critically acclaimed hit stage version of The Full Monty is to return to Manchester, with a week long run at Manchester Opera House. Based on the hit 1997 British film about six out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose, The Full Monty cast will be led by Gary Lucy (Danny Pennant in EastEnders, DS…
Bat Out Of Hell, a new musical will be revealed in Manchester in its first UK performances on 17 February 2017, directed by award-winning theatre and opera director Jay Scheib. The genesis of the Bat Out Of Hell album came during Jim Steinman’s time at Amherst college, where he wrote his first rock ‘n’ roll…
Casting has been announced for a new production of The Wedding Singer at Manchester Opera House, running 15-20 May 2017. Set in 1985, hair is huge, greed is good and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favourite wedding singer. When his own fiancée dumps him at the altar a seriously bummed out Robbie makes every…
William Shakespeare’s King Lear is set to come to the stage of Manchester Opera House 31 May to 4 June, starring renowned Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington in the title role. The production marks the first time that the Royal Shakespeare Company regular and four time Olivier Award nominee has played the iconic role in the…
West End and Broadway hit End of the Rainbow is set to reach Manchester Opera House, running from 3 to 7 May as part of a major UK tour, starring Lisa Maxwell as Judy Garland. It’s 1968 and Judy Garland, a once-glittering star, is in London to make her explosive comeback. But off stage, holed…
Four time Olivier Award nominee Michael Pennington has been named to take the title role in Shakespeare’s King Lear at the Opera House Manchester, in a new production. The run will mark the first time the renowned Shakespearean actor has play the iconic role in the UK. In Shakespeare’s epic tragedy, an ageing tyrant’s decision…
A nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer and a cell block of sin. It’s the classic hit musical Chicago and it’s set to hit Manchester with an all-star cast. Created by the musical theatre talents of John Kander and Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning show includes classics…
There’s a noticeable buzz in the air at Manchester Opera House as it fills to the brim awaiting the start of Cats, one of the most successful and longest-running shows of the West End. There’s even champagne being popped surreptitiously in the seats, boxes of After-Eight mints being shared around. It’s clear that everybody is…
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier award nominated musical Cats returns to Manchester Opera House direct from its sell-out seasons at the London Palladium, for 2 weeks only from 30 January to 13 February. Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Cats first returned to the West End in December 2014…
