Acclaimed choreographer, Matthew Bourne talks to John Bultitude about his glamorous ballet, The Red Shoes and how Hollywood inspired him from an early age. The Red Shoes is one of the first movies which brought the world of dance to the big screen...
Comedian John-Luke Roberts returns to the Lowry with his new show, ‘After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!!’ Jokes about staring into the Nietzschean void, the stupid decisions of kings and...
Circus 1903 takes us back in time to the turn of the 20th century when the circus coming to town drew huge crowds in search of laughter and wonder. American Ring Master, Willy Whipsnade leads an old-world, sawdust big top, filled with variety acts...
Amanda and Mike meet and bond on a plane while watching the the inflight movie – Pride and Prejudice. Mike prefers the book (more nuanced) but Amanda challenges him to watch the film without shedding a tear. Next thing, Mike is moving in with...
Not a man to needlessly set about causing divisions in his audience, the very funny Stephen K Amos has always been an everyman comedian. Fitting then, that his brand spanking new UK tour should be called Everyman. But in his typically open and non...
Since its premiere in 2018 as part of Week 53 at The Lowry, Henry Filloux-Bennett’s adaptation of Nigel Slater’s memoir has appeared in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe, and now returns for a run at its theatrical birthplace. (L-R) Katy Federman...
Fresh from a totally sold-out, critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Suzi Ruffell hits the road with another show that proves she’s a stand-up rapidly becoming a household name. With Dance Like Everyone’s Watching, this self-titled...
Love to sing? Sing ON is a chance to learn from the best, at an afternoon workshop with the critically-acclaimed Chorus of Opera North at The Lowry. The event is suitable for adult singers of all abilities, with no requirement to read music or to...
With the festival of Hallowe’en fast approaching what better way to spend the weekend before the 31 October than in the grisly comfort of not one but two supernatural horror stories. The Nunkie Theatre Company’s ‘M R James Project’ brings us ‘Dead...
Nuclear Future is an austere call to arms. It takes as its base the insecurities of its lead (and only) actor Astrid, played adroitly by Leda Douglas. She stands solitary on stage flanked by two white panels exploding towards the audience, as if...
Carmel Thomason
Martin Thomasson
Brian Donaldson
Georgina Wells
Moses Kabunga