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Top Hat at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2025

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Top Hat: Review

‘There may be trouble ahead.’ In difficult times, people look for an exit. That was the case when the original RKO movie ‘Top Hat’, with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, arrived in 1936 at...

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Rob Compton (Bob Cratchit) in A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic (2024). Photo by Manuel Harlan

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The Old Vic’s multi-award winning A Christmas Carol comes to Lowry, Salford

The Old Vic’s Tony Award-winning ‘A Christmas Carol’, is coming to Lowry, Salford this December. The Company in A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic (2024). Photo by Manuel Harlan Since its world...

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Matilda The Musical UK Tour with Sanna Kurihara as Matilda

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A ‘miracle’ to some, a ‘gangster’ to others, the grown-ups around Matilda Wormwood can all agree on one thing: this is a five-year-old far too smart for her own good. Now on its 15th year of touring...

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Payal Ramchandani Just Enough Madness © Luke Waddington

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Payal Ramchandani, dance and the unsaid truths of motherhood

Just Enough Madness is Payal Ramchandani’s powerful new solo piece featuring live music and Kuchipudi (an Indian dance drama form used to convey emotions that words can’t always grasp) to offer...

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Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens in Eric & Ern (photo credit Paul Coltas)

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Eric & Ern: Review

Leslie James KerwinAdd comment

“I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but it is in the script…” “There’s a script?” “Not tonight there’s not!” Ladies and gentlemen, we hope you’re having a lovely evening – and if you’re not sharing a bed with your appropriately-aged best friend...

The Battle - George Usher, Oscar Lloyd. Credit Helen Murray

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The Battle: Review

Leslie James Kerwin

The Constant Wife - image by Mihaela Bodlovic

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The Constant Wife: Review

Dave Porter

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Climate change, AI and finding hope in artistic activism

Leslie James Kerwin

AI meets nature in a new interdisciplinary exhibition at Lowry from January which sees artists, John-Paul Brown and Sophy King, look beyond climate grief into a future of possibilities. It is 2076 – the climate crisis is fading, the Earth is...

LUMINISCENCE UK Premiere - Photo Lorraine Worsley-Carter

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LUMINISCENCE at Manchester Cathedral: Review

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Manchester Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, began as a parish church in the 13th century, became a Collegiate Church in 1421 under Henry V, and was granted Cathedral status in 1847 with...

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The only swing bridge aqueduct in the world

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Lorraine Worsley-Carter stumbles upon a unique wonder of the canal age in Salford After taking a short cut to our favourite Trafford DIY store, our sat-nav suggested a route which took us over an old bridge which we had not traversed before...

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Happy Mondays join line-up as The Brit Fest turns three

Alex Price

Brothers and business partners, Anthony and Edward Prophet have been involved in many projects together over the years. But back in 2024 when Brit Fest first launched, the pair could never have imagined how their ‘crazy little idea’...

People

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Joz Norris on getting silly and serious in You Wait. Time Passes

Anastasia Tirca

After a critically acclaimed and sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, comedian, Joz Norris is taking his thought-provoking one-man show: ‘You Wait. Time Passes’ on the road, stopping at Lowry, Salford in April. Blending...

Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts. Credit: Johan Persson

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The greatest British crime series of all time gets a stage makeover

Carmel Thomason

Ahead of Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts coming to Lowry in April, Quays Life talks to actors Tom Chambers and Tachia Newall about bringing the iconic detective duo Morse and Lewis to the stage. Taking on the iconic role of the titular crime-solver...