Manchester’s Company Chameleon is auditioning for young dancers, looking to develop their talent in a supportive environment by joining Chameleon Youth. Its youth dance company, launched in 2016, is open to young people aged 11 to 21, with the...
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Jake Murray spent 7 years as a theatre director with The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester where his father, the late Braham Murray was a founding artistic director. He has since co-founded Elysium Theatre, currently company in residence at the...
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Quays Life catches-up with actor, Mark Moraghan, who plays Grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine, a new musical comedy from Tony Award-winners James Lapine and William Finn, based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name. Mark Moraghan How did you first...
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It’s almost 25 years since Lowry’s painting A Cricket Match was last seen on public display. At that time, it was part of a pre-auction display at Sotheby’s, where it was sold for £282,000 – then a record price for one of Lowry’s works. Before its...
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Multi-award-winning choreographer, Russell Maliphant talks to Quays Life about Silent Lines, a ground-breaking new dance production with video artist, Panagiotis Tomaras. Can you tell us a bit about your new work Silent Lines? Silent Lines is a work...
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Pride in Trafford is a new five-day event featuring music, comedy, cabaret, film and community events celebrating and exploring LGBTQ+ culture and identity across the region. We caught up with Waterside Arts Centre manager, Darren Adams to find out...
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BBC Young Dancer 2019 finalist, Matthew Rawcliffe is encouraging young people to follow in his footsteps by joining opening auditions for The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance (The Lowry CAT) where his career started. The Lowry CAT is the...
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Activist and performer, Lilith Cristina and producer Lowri Evans, talk about When it Breaks it Burns, the true story of high school protests in Brazil. When it Breaks it Burns tells the extraordinary true story of the high school occupations of 2015...
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Star of ITV’s The Bay, Ciarán Griffiths is reprising his role as gay man, Bobby on the Canal Street underground scene, in Katherine Smith’s award-winning play, All I See Is You. The play, written as a response to the 50th anniversary of the partial...
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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...
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