It’s the most wonderful time of the year – when Francis House’s Festival of Trees arrives at The Lowry Outlet Mall, making everyone’s visit to the Quays a little bit brighter. And it is all down to Mary and Alan Gillatt, who’ve been running the pop...
Lightwaves, a free festival of light, returns to illuminate MediaCityUK in December. Last year’s festival saw 19 installations, including interactive art works using voice and body movements to create light changes. Indoors the nearby Lowry...
A dream-like luminarium is heading to MediaCityUK as part of a dazzling four-day festival culminating in a breath-taking high-wire performance across the Quays. ARBORIA Photo Alan Parkinson Architects of Air’s luminariums are inhabited sculptures...
It’s Quack! The Quays Duck Race for children’s charity MedEquip4Kids returns this Easter and there are lots of opportunities for everyone to get involved in the fun. The bank holiday event takes place on Good Friday outside the Helly Hanson...
Comedian John-Luke Roberts talks to Carmel Thomason about his tongue-twister of a new show, All I Wanna Do Is [FX: GUNSHOTS] With a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and Perform Some Comedy! John-Luke Roberts is on a journey to discover...
CBeebies Twirlywoos Live! is coming to The Lowry in a brand-new theatrical adventure. Quays Life meets Zoe Bourn to find out what it takes to bring toddler heroes, Toodloo, Great BigHoo, Chickedy, Chick and Peekaboo to life on stage for the very...
After spending last year being cluster-bombed with yoghurt on ‘Taskmaster’ and half-killed by Bear Grylls, multi award-winning comedian, Mark Watson returns with a UK National Tour doing what he’s best at: being indoors. He talks...
In 1817 bookseller, publisher and satirist William Hone stood trial for parodying religion, the despotic government and the libidinous monarchy. His only real crime was to be funny. Just over 200 years later, this forgotten hero of free speech, and...
Great British Bake Off and QI presenter, Sandi Toksvig is starting off the New Year with a new live tour, National Trevor. Ahead of the opening at The Lowry, the comedian and writer talks to Quays Life about celebrity, unpredictable live audiences...
There was a time when Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise were as much a part of Christmas as tinsel and turkey. In an age before Netflix their Christmas specials drew in audiences of 28m. And on their move to ITV the comedy duo even had their own TV...
Carmel Thomason
