Prism is a new three-day, winter festival set to illuminate Sale Town Centre. The festival includes a light trail throughout the town and combined arts performances including Surge 360, an indoor immersive dance piece where artist Tom Dale brings to...
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In 2019, when actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres suggested to Scott Graham, the artistic director of Frantic Assembly – one of the most iconic and collaborative British theatre companies of the last 30 years – that he might like to...
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The countdown to Christmas has begun at Salford Quays as Francis House opens the bidding on its fundraising Festival of Trees. This year 40 decorated trees and gifts have been donated by individuals, groups and businesses in the region. Francis...
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Shalisha James-Davis, who plays Nurse Paige Allcott in BBC 1 drama, Casualty, is making her Royal Exchange stage debut in a fiery retelling of Shakespeare’s tragic love story. She talks to Quays Life about what it’s like to recreate one of the...
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Drag fans are in for a ball this Christmas at Contact with not one but two Manchester drag queens taking centre stage in this year’s pantomime. But will there be room for Cinderella herself in all this fabulousness? Carmel Thomason meets Lady...
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Ailey 2, America’s finest young dancers, are performing in the UK for the first time in over a decade. Ahead of their visit to The Lowry, Diane Parkes talks to Ailey 2 Artistic Director, Francesca Harper Ground-breaking New York dance company, Ailey...
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Comedian 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...
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Manchester Camerata has launched a new training fellowship to help shape the next generation of Northern-based music graduates. The Camerata 360° Ruth Sutton Fellowship, created with support of The Ruth Sutton Trust for Music, is a year-long and...
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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...
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OutStageUs, Hive North’s annual competition to discover new writing within and about the LGBTQ+ community, is open for entries. Quays Life talks to Mike Lee, Hive North Executive Producer and co-writer of #BeMoreMartyn: The Boy with the...
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Carmel Thomason
Diane Parkes