HOME Manchester is targeting a reopening date of 4 September 2020 for its cinemas, bars and restaurant followed later in the month by a reopening of the gallery and theatre space. The new comes following Government guidance on the re-opening of venues, with HOME aiming to restart theatre and gallery programmes later in the Autumn…
HOME Manchester has announced five new Homemaker productions, a series of works challenging artists to create in lockdown for an audience to enjoy at home. The latest works to be made available include James Monaghan’s sunset to sunrise online performance, Let’s Spend the Night Together, Ugly Bucket’s short film ABC (Anything But Covid), both commissioned…
Manchester Jewish Museum is set to present its first ever Festival of Belonging at venues across the city including Central Library and The Lowry. The one week event will feature nights of comedy, theatre, storytelling, films and visual arts. The festival will include events at Manchester Central Library where the Jewish Museum is currently housed…
Stockport Actress Lucy Dixon will take on the lead role of Helen Forrester in the touring production of By The Waters of Liverpool. Lucy Dixon will take on the role in the stage adaptation of one of Helen Forrester’s best-selling books. The tour will span 11 weeks, visiting 17 venues including her home town of…
The first ever UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies will come to Manchester Opera House in October 2020. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Ben Elton and based on The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth, the production of the show was first seen in Australia…
Four years after Alan Carr last went on tour he has announced a run of shows opening in September 2020 including two Manchester dates at Manchester Opera House. In two shows at Manchester Opera House, Alan car will reflect on the things that make his life weird and wonderful. [adrotate banner=”3″] Not Again, Alan! is…
Nick Afoa will play the role of Simba in the touring production of The Lion King which comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in October. Afoa is currently starring in the role in London’s West End, where he has performed as Simba for three years. New Zealand-born Afoa had a promising rugby career with the All…
With the award winning Box of Tricks theatre company recently confirming plans for a UK tour of their latest production, casting has now been announced. The Last Quiz Night on Earth, a new play by Alison Carr, will run at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre and at The Welcome Inn, Salford, in February. Other dates in…
The 2020 UK tour of Heathers The Musical is set to come to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in October following huge success in London. Following two record-breaking seasons at London’s The Other Palace and West End transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018, Heathers the Musical, the sassiest show around, will be touring to Brighton,…
After a hugely successful 2019 tour, ending in Dublin this Saturday, 9 To 5 The Musical will have a second tour in 2020 including a five night run at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. 9 To 5 The Musical opened in the West End in February this year, where Dolly Parton attended the premiere and joined the…
