Contact Theatre’s celebration of queer culture returns for 2021
Queer Contact will return in just a few weeks, featuring TV writer Russell T Davies, It’s A Sin actor Nathaniel Hall, interactive cabaret and more.
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Hope Mill Theatre will stage a new production of The Wiz this Christmas
Hope Mill Theatre has confirmed that it will stage a new UK production of The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” this Christmas. The production features music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, based on the book by William F Brown and original orchestrations by Harold Wheeler. The Wiz is a retelling of…
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Rent set to open at Hope Mill Theatre in August
Hope Mill Theatre has announced that its production of the classic rock musical Rent will open on 6 August. The production returns after only being able to perform 5 live shows last autumn prior to lockdown. [adrotate banner=”3″] Rent will open for a limited season running from 6 August until 19 September 2021. Casting for…
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Hope Mill Theatre’s Play Reading Club celebrates third anniversary
Hope Mill Theatre’s Play Reading Club has celebrated its third birthday, with the event thriving during the pandemic. Established in early 2017 the drop-in group, which meets from 11am to 1pm on the last Friday of every month, now has over 40 participants, who enjoy reading aloud a play together. [adrotate banner=”3″] During the pandemic…
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Drive in Horrible Histories opening in Manchester
A UK tour of Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain will open in Manchester at the AJ Bell Stadium in April. The drive in production will hold two performances in Manchester before touring the UK. [adrotate banner=”3″] Having staged the unique production over the past summer and then performing to thousands of families across Christmas with Horrible…
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Two new online works come to HOME Manchester
Two new digital works are coming to Home Manchester’s website this week as part of their Homemakers series. Homemakers was launched in April last year to commission theatre and live art makers to create work at home, for audiences who are also at home. The series includes short films, choose-your-own-adventures and a Poetry Health Service….
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First works announced for Home Manchester’s year long Push Festival
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Jennifer Saunders to star in Sister Act The Musical at Manchester’s Palace Theatre
Jennifer Saunders will reprise her role as Mother Superior in the UK tour of Sister Act The Musical which comes to the Palace Theatre in September 2021. The previously announced Brenda Edwards and Clive Rowe will play Deloris Van Cartier and Eddie Souther. [adrotate banner=”3″] The return of Jennifer Saunders to the role has been…
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Contact Theatre appoint UK’s first chair under the age of 30 at major performing arts venue
Contact Theatre has appointed Junior Akinola as the Chair of their Board of Trustees. The former Contact alumni, writer and BBC Assistant Content Producer becomes the first chair under the age of 30 to lead the board of a major performing arts venue in the UK. He will work alongside the current Chair Steven Lindsay for…
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HOME Manchester’s November shows to be live streamed
HOME Manchester has announced that all of November’s theatre shows will be live streamed during lockdown. The culture venue will make tickets for the shows streaming from the Theatre 1 stage available on a pay-what-you-decide basis. [adrotate banner=”3″] Following news of the new lockdown, HOME Manchester put their plans in motion straight away to switch…
