We have been warned by MISCHIEF, the multi-award winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About Spies, that most of the original UK cast plus co-writer Henry Shields and Allie Dart, will […]
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Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Layton Williams will embark on a brand-new nationwide tour with LAYTON LIVE, a spectacular evening of music, dance and storytelling celebrating his extraordinary career on stage and screen. Tickets open for general sale […]
The Victoria Wood Estate, in association with Phil McIntyre Live and Sustainable Entertainment, announces the return of the iconic Victoria Wood sitcom dinnerladies. More than a quarter of a century after it was first screened on BBC One, a brand-new […]
Exploding with heart-pounding music, breath-taking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing, the stage production inspired by the hit film will once again come to life before your eyes with this fantastic, emotional and triumphant live show. The 2026/27 tour will be […]
Manchester Opera House and pantomime producer Crossroads Pantomimes announced that comedy sensation Jason Manford will headline this year’s Manchester pantomime, Dick Whittington, alongside Manchester panto favourite Ben Nickless. The production will run from Saturday 5 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027. The duo return for a fifth panto season […]
“…wild, raucous and riotously good fun…” Something Rotten! by songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick, and comedy writer John O’Farrell, Opera House Manchester By Hannah Molyneux Something Rotten! promises mirth and merriment and it delivers in spades. Set in 1590s […]
“…Mischa Barton’s elegant malevolence pushes us onwards…” Double Indemnity by James M. Cain adapted by Tom Holloway, Opera House Manchester By Nicholas Graham Fans of Mischa Barton’s distinguished career in Hollywood & TV will flock to the Opera House, Manchester, […]
Olivier Award nominated star Marisha Wallace is announced to join the company of the highly anticipated UK premiere of award-winning comedy musical Something Rotten!. The side-splitting mash-up of song, dance and Elizabethan absurdity that tells the story behind the creation of the world’s […]
Producers Naoya Kinoshita, Kumiko Yoshii, John Gore, Kenny Wax, Michael Wolk, Jack Lane and Leo Stages today announce the full casting for the UK premiere production of THE KARATE KID – THE MUSICAL. Based on the smash hit Columbia Pictures […]
A new stage adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s bestselling novel The Haunting of Hill House will make its world premiere with a UK tour this autumn, including dates at the Manchester Palace Theatre from Tue 27 Oct – Sat 31 October. […]
The producers of the Olivier Award-nominated international smash hit musical THE CHOIR OF MAN today announce full casting for the show’s first ever UK & Ireland Tour, opening at New Wimbledon Theatre on Saturday 14 March 2026. Direct from the West End, […]
Melting Pot and Birmingham Rep co-present The Battle – a new comedy based (mostly) on real events – announce full casting for its upcoming Manchester Opera House (Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 March) dates, as rehearsals begin. Mathew Horne (star […]
Producers ROYO and Curve are delighted to announce that musical theatre and Tik Tok star, Hannah Lowther (SIX, West End; Heathers: The Musical, The Other Palace) will play Margot and Alternate Elle Woods in brand-new Made at Curve production of […]
Producers Jamie Wilson Productions (The Devil Wears Prada, Mrs Doubtfire) are thrilled to announce that Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical, in association with Curve, will head out on a major UK and Ireland tour, opening at Curve in Leicester […]
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Melting Pot and Birmingham Rep will co-produce a brand-new staging of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based on the internationally celebrated novel that captivated 10 million readers and inspired a groundbreaking National Theatre production. Playing at the Manchester Opera House […]
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