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  • Manchester Theatre - Showstopper The Improvised Musical
    theatre, stage and film

    Showstopper! The Improvised Musical heading to The Lowry

    ByMichelle Swift

    Showstopper! The Improvised Musical will head to the Lowry Theatre for two nights in June.  It will also run at Liverpool’s Playhouse Theatre in May.

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  • Showstopper The Musical
    theatre, stage and film

    Showstopper! The Improvised Musical coming to Salford’s The Lowry

    ByEditorial Team

    Showstopper! The Improvised Musical hits Salford’s The Lowry on Sunday for two shows during its nationwide tour.

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  • Manchester Palace Theatre - School Of Rock
    theatre, stage and film

    School of Rock heading to Manchester’s Palace Theatre

    ByMichelle Swift

    The smash hit, award-winning West End show School of Rock – The Musical has confirmed a UK and Ireland tour including Manchester’s Palace Theatre. Auditions are currently in full flow, with casting due to be announced later this summer for the stage production of the hilarious hit movie. School of Rock – The Musical follows Dewey…

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  • Hope Mill Theatre - Rent - image courtesy Pamela Raith
    theatre, stage and film

    Rent set to open at Hope Mill Theatre in August

    ByMichelle Swift

    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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  • Manchester theatre - Jennifer Saunders in Sister Act the Musical - image courtesy Ollie Rosser
    theatre, stage and film

    Jennifer Saunders to star in Sister Act The Musical at Manchester’s Palace Theatre

    ByMichelle Swift

    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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  • Manchester theatre - Lesley Joseph
    theatre, stage and film

    Lesley Joseph joins the cast of Sister Act

    ByMichelle Swift

    Lesley Joseph has joined the cast of Sister Act for the UK and Ireland tour which comes to Manchester Opera House in June. Sister Act producers Jamie Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg have confirmed that Lesley Joseph will play Mother Superior in the smash hit musical.  She is set to star alongside the previously announced Brenda…

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  • Manchester theatre - School of Rock
    theatre, stage and film

    School of Rock The Musical will come to Manchester’s Palace Theatre

    ByMark Kelly

    School of Rock – The Musical is set to come to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in 2021 as the award-winning West End show goes on a major UK tour. Based on the hit movie starring Jack Black, School of Rock – The Musical centres around Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star.  Finn tries to earn…

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  • Manchester theatre - Bailey McCall as Jenna in the National Tour of WAITRESS - image courtesy Jeremy Daniel
    theatre, stage and film

    Broadway and West End musical Waitress coming to Manchester’s Opera House

    ByMichelle Swift

    The first ever UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit Broadway and West End musical Waitress will come to Manchester Opera House in November. Waitress tells the story of Jenna, an expert pie maker in a small town, who dreams of a way out of her loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby…

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  • Manchester theatre - Insane Animals
    music | theatre, stage and film

    Borgeois and Maurice to premiere Insane Animals at Home Manchester

    ByMichelle Swift

    Cult cabaret duo Bourgeois and Maurice will premiere their new musical Insane Animals at HOME Manchester this February with a two week run. The larger than life production features time travel, aliens, political and environmental commentary all wrapped up in a musical. The alternative performers Bourgeois and Maurice (George Heyworth and Liv Morris) continue HOME’s…

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  • The company in rehearsals for Back to the Future The Musical, credit Sean Ebsworth Barnes (3)
    theatre, stage and film

    Rehearsal shots released for Back To The Future The Musical

    ByMichelle Swift

    It’s almost time to power up the Delorean, as Back To The Future The Musical is set to hit Manchester Opera House in February for a 12-week run before transferring to the West End. Ahead of the show, rehearsal shots of the cast and crew have now been released. [adrotate banner=”3″] Producers of Back To…

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