Carmel ThomasonBritain’s Got Talent threw street dance into the limelight winning it a whole new popular audience that has continued to grow. In ‘Some Like it Hip Hop’, Zoonation has taken the art form a leap-forward, creating full-length narrative dance that...
The musical partnership of American song-writing duo, John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics) is probably best known for creating long-running Broadway smashes like Cabaret and Chicago. Curtains was one of their final and less well-known...
Comedian and musical star, Jason Manford comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in a brand-new UK Tour of the Tony Award winning musical Curtains. We caught up with Jason to chat about the show, and how he finds life in musical theatre compared to his...
Lorraine Worsley-Carter9 to 5 the Musical tells the story of three workmates pushed to boiling point by their sexist and egotistical boss. A 9 to 5 film or production would not be complete without our irrepressible Dolly Parton herself and we are treated to a visual link...
Few French films have truly captured the imagination of a mainstream British audience on the scale Amélie did in 2001. The critics loved it too, showering it with 9 BAFTA nominations and awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Production Design...
‘A bunch of clowns trying to do the impossible,’ is how Dylan Emery describes Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. It’s an insanely ambitious show he co-founded with Adam Megiddo in 2008, and soon became a must-see staple of the Edinburgh Fringe...
Is there anyone who hasn’t wished for a different ending to Romeo and Juliet? Well, what if when Juliet wakes she decides there can be life after Romeo, and flees to Paris with Nurse on a whirlwind trip of self-discovery? That’s the premise of new...
Bryony Buckle is an average, slightly nerdy girl, working in an office, executing boring administration, her mind flitting between her stomach – lunch and her IBS – and her hungering for Orson Bloom from IT. Following a heady mix of a lightning-bolt...
Strictly Come Dancing favourite and television actor, Danny Mac stars alongside French-Canadian stage and screen star, Audrey Brisson in Amélie The Musical, based on the much-loved, five-time Oscar®-nominated film. They talk to Quays Life ahead of...
If you haven’t heard already, the outrageous musical comedy that is The Book of Mormon has arrived in Manchester on its first UK tour. To give you an idea of what to expect, it’s written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park ) and...