Carmel ThomasonComedian Harry Hill and composer Steve Brown have joined forces to create a new musical from Britain’s Britpop era. Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] arrives at The Lowry in October. So, what can we expect? Harry: “We’ve tried to make it...
Some stories are so strange you couldn’t make them up, and others, like the seventeenth century tale of the crown jewels heist, become even more absurd with time. Simon Nye’s comedy revolves around the unlikely but true story of an attempt to steal...
This current tour of Annie has taken its own share of hard knocks, after the sudden death of Paul O’Grady earlier this year. O’Grady was sharing the role of Miss Hannigan with Craig Revel-Horwood, who continues for the rest of the tour, with Jodie...
As Strictly Ballroom the Musical quicksteps into The Lowry on its first ever UK tour, it begs the question: what took it so long? It’s more than 30 years since Baz Luhrmann’s film version dazzled critics and audiences alike. And the ongoing TV...
Starring in the UK’s first ever tour of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom is a childhood dream come true, Kevin Clifton and Faye Brookes tell Quays Life: When Kevin Clifton was 10 years old he watched the film of Strictly Ballroom and, as...
When the tour of new comedy The Way Old Friends Do opened in February, no-one could have imagined the next month we’d be saying goodbye to Paul O’Grady. On hearing his distinctive Scouse voice open the show audiences would probably laugh before any...
Pride in Trafford is five and fabulous, commissioning brand new work for the 4-day festival, with more than half of the events free to either attend or participate in. Carmel Thomason caught up with Waterside Arts Centre Manager, Darren Adams to...
Many will fondly remember the 1989 film Steel Magnolias. At the time, its star-studded line-up read like the Who’s Who of women in Hollywood – Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Daryl Hannah, and Olympia Dukakis. It seemed...
We are giving away a pair of tickets to the 25th anniversary celebration of the Interactive Theatre International’s Faulty Towers the Dining Experience on Thursday 2 March 2023. The tickets come with a 3-course meal and 5-star comedy inspired by the...
Shortlisted for the 2021 BBC New Comedy Awards, Lady Bushra is the stand-up, alter-ego of British Asian comedian, Amir Dean. Originally from Bradford, Lady Bushra has taken her witty one-liners and ingenious lipsync to audiences around the world and...