Producers Jamie Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg have announced a brand new production of Sister Act, coming to Manchester Opera House in June 2020. The smash hit musical will feature Brenda Edwards in the specially rewritten role of Deloris Van Cartier. Brenda Edwards first came to the public’s attention when she became a semi-finalist in the…
WonderIfTheatre make their return with slick, black comedy Mojo, bringing the 1990’s Madchester club scene to The Met in Bury. The production follows the sell-out success of Airswimming in March 2019 and sees Jennie Fairclough, founder of WonderIfTheatre directing her second play. Mojo, forms a part of the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival and shifts the…
Home Manchester will host a run of Liz Richardson’s SWIM ahead of a stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Theatre maker Liz Richardon has collaborated with fellow performers Josie Dale-Jones (who returns to Home Manchester following the recent production of .dressed) and Sam Ward to create Swim, a moving, yet humourous, account of one woman’s…
Home Manchester hosts a fictional account based on true events imagining what happened when Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke were in the same hotel room. One Night In Miami is presented by Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company by arrangement with ABKCO. The production focuses on four friends, all on the cusp of…
The Phantom of the Opera is returning to the Palace Theatre, Manchester, for a nine week run opening in March 2020. The production is now in to its 33rd year in the West End and is widely considered one of the most beautiful and spectacular productions in history. The Phantom of the Opera tells the…
Full casting has now been announced for Amelie The Musical as the critically acclaimed production comes to Manchester Opera House in August. Audrey Brisson had previously been announced for the title role of Amelie Poulain. Now West End performer, Strictly Come Dancing contestant and television actor Danny Mac has joined the production. This beloved story…
Incoming Festival will return to HOME Manchester this month, following its debut at the venue in 2018. The annual festival is now in its sixth year and marks a partnership between A Younger Theater, New Diorama Theatre and HOME Manchester. Incoming Festival will be presented simultaneously at the New Diorama Theatre in London as HOME…
Louise Redknapp and Amber Davies have been confirmed to star in 9 to 5 The Musical, which comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in September.
Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour brings his theatrical experiment of a play being performed by an actor who doesn’t know it to HOME Manchester. Soleimanpour’s work requires no rehearsals and no preparation – just a sealed envelope and a different actor each night to read the script for the first time. Over three performances at HOME,…
Joe O’Byrne’s award winning play The Haunting of Blaine Manor is set to begin a 2019 theatre tour taking in some of the most beautiful, and haunted, theatres in England. The Bolton writer/director will bring the production to a series of theatres across the region including The Garrick in Stockport, The Waterside in Sale, Bolton’s…
