Moses KabungaCirca – Humans is the brain child of Yaron Lifschitz. Creator. Artistic Director. Empresario. A native of Australia, this is his Salford helping of jaw-dropping, mind-numbing, acrobatic excellence. Tonight’s offering sees his troupe of skilled...
He’s dressed from head to toe in black Javier Jarquin pounces on stage as the eponymous Card Ninja. To his right is a table stacked with sealed packs of normal sized playing cards. Is this a magic show? A stand-up routine? Or a children’s...
Martin ThomassonAfter a run out at the Edinburgh Festival, a reworked version of ‘Everything I See I Swallow’ has come home to the Lowry, its commissioning theatre. Written and performed by Tamsin Shasha and Maisy Taylor (with assistance in the devising from Helen...
Ahead of Margaret Atwood’s visit to The Lowry in October, fans get a taste of what to expect as the author’s live event at London’s National Theatre is screened live to 1,000 cinemas world-wide – including the Lowry Vue Cinema. In Margaret Atwood...
Carmel ThomasonTabby McTat, the cat with the loudest of meows, is another of author, Julia Donaldson and illustrator, Axel Scheffler’s much-loved characters. The pair behind other children’s favourites like ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room with a Broom’ are master...
At the opening of his Mythos trilogy, Stephen Fry welcomes the audience and informs us that what we are about to watch is not a play, it’s not a show, it’s something much older – it’s the ancient art of storytelling. Of course, in 2019 there are a...
Gemma FinkillThe true test of a children’s show is the reaction of the little ones watching and from start to finish my four-year-old daughter was mesmerised by We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Were Going on a Bear Hunt Live. Credit: Lesley Cook The stage-version is...
Early Doors, the stage show of the BBC2 pub sitcom, returns to the Lowry for a limited run, and even the hottest day of the year can’t keep its punters away. The theatre is packed to the top, and it’s no surprise given the size of the Arena venues...
Yara Boustany is a talented young artist from Beirut whose performance crosses boundaries of dance, physical theatre, circus and visual arts. She arrives at The Lowry with Ēvolvō as part of the Shubbak festival, which celebrates Arab culture by...
Lorraine Worsley-CarterBilled as a ‘comedy adventure’, I imagined ‘The Three Musketeers’, to be a side-splitting, sword-fighting romp through the French countryside with three, soon to be four, Musketeers in velvet costumes and plumed hats. Le Navet Bete’s...
