Spring 2015 will see the Cornerhouse and Manchester’s Library Theatre Company merge to form HOME – a new purpose-built centre at No.1 First Street, for international contemporary art, theatre, film and books. In the run up to the opening of the new £25m development, HOME have already run one critically acclaimed, site-specific production of Angel…
On Saturday 4th October 2014, marking the anniversary of the launch of Sputnik Flight I, European Space Agency and World Space Week 2014, RadarWorks will be taking over Manchester’s iconic and newly refurbished Central Library to host SpAcE~LiFe – an extra-terrestrial adventure. Comprising of avant-garde flautist, Gavin Osborn and Nominated British Composer of the Year…
Having premiered the original production in Guernsey in 2008 to great critical acclaim, the passionate wartime thriller, Lotty’s War, is coming to the Opera House this October. Based on true events, from recently discovered diaries, Lotty’s War is set in 1940 during the early part of World War II, during the occupation of the Channel…
Two of the most popular and famous operas are set to be performed at Manchester Opera House this autumn as award-winning producer Ellen Kent makes her return to Manchester with productions of La Traviata and Madama Butterfly. This follows her recent critically acclaimed British and Irish national tours of Nabucco, Aida and La Boheme. The…
The Full Monty is coming to The Opera House. Multi-award winning producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers (Calendar Girls, Brief Encounter, Art & God of Carnage) are bringing The Full Monty to Manchester, in a stage show of one of the most successful British films of all time. The Sheffield Theatres production will feature an…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has announced its fourth Gala Dinner to be held on Friday 12th December (one month after the official opening of the RNCM’s new state of the art Concert Hall) amidst a set inspired by the magical Paris restaurant, Maxim’s, and Lehár’s opera, The Merry Widow. The gala will be…
Manchester based KNT Danceworks, which is housed at The Dancehouse Theatre on Oxford Road, is set to help a new generation of dancers find their way on to the stage by launching a number of Summer School events over the next few weeks for children aged 3-8 years. The Summer Schools are being run by…
Tango Siempre are back with their own show and set to transport you to 1930s Buenos Airies for an intimate and authentic evening of dance at The Lowry in the critically acclaimed Tangomotion. Last seen in the stunning hit show Midnight Tango along with Strictly Come Dancing stars Vincent and Flavia, Tango Siempre will be…
In conjunction with GB Theatre Company, this summer will see the first ever open air Shakespeare performances taking place on The Lawns at Spinningfields. Founded in 2010, GB Theatre Company produces some of the best outdoor theatre productions across the UK and with 2014 marking the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, as well as…
Twenty stories make up the Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the fourteenth century. One of these, The Pardoner’s Tale, is set to be performed in the Studio theatre over a ten day period, in a new, lively adaptation that has been co-produced by Unicorn Theatre and Tangere Arts. With a…
