Carmel ThomasonIt is a rare show that can bring an audience to its feet in spontaneous applause night after night. For Blood Brothers to do this for 35 years without any major production changes makes us think creator Willy Russell must have sifted some secret...
American Idiot, the punk rock opera based on Green Day’s 2004 concept album of the same name, is on its 10th anniversary UK tour. Just like the album, the show comes with a parental advisory warning for explicit content. This hasn’t become any less...
Dancing on Ice 2018 champion, Jake Quickenden talks to Quays Life about making his musical theatre debut in the 50th anniversary tour of musical Hair, produced by Hope Mill Theatre owners, Joseph Houston and William Whelton. Why did you want to part...
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X Factor finalist, Luke Friend tells Quays Life about starring in Green Day musical American Idiot and how the US band was pivotal to him picking up a guitar. How does it feel to be making your musical theatre debut in American Idiot? It’s an...
Linzi Hateley talks to Quays Life about taking on one of the all time great musical roles: Liverpool’s Marilyn Monroe – Blood Brothers’ Mrs Johnstone. Mrs Johnstone is such an iconic role. Have you been longing to play her...
The sensational stage version of Dirty Dancing is back on tour. Ahead of its stop at Manchester’s Palace Theatre we meet cast, Kira Malou (Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman), Michael O’Reily (Johnny Castle) and Simone Covele (Penny Johnson). How does it feel...
Singer Sam Lavery, who shot to fame in 2016’s X-Factor, chats to Quays Life about making her stage debut in the hit Green Day rock musical American Idiot. What attracted you to the show? Theatre is something I’ve always been interested in, but...
After a gap of 15 years the award-winning and controversial Jerry Springer – The Opera is coming back to Manchester and in true reality TV style – you could be part of the show. Singers across Manchester are being invited to audition for a part in...
Manchester-born teen, Yami Mirazi makes his professional stage debut in Motown The Musical. The show tells Berry Gordy’s story of how he founded Motown Records and the phenomenal artists he launched on it, and in it Yami takes on the parts of a...
The music of Tamla Motown needs no introduction. The American record label nurtured the careers of megastars like Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Michael Jackson and...