What does public culture mean? That’s the question posed by Contact Young Company and Young Identity as they take audiences on an alternative tour of Manchester Art Gallery in Old Tools > New Masters ≠ New Futures. Quays Life caught-up with co...
Read onManchester’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...
Read onJake 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...
Read onPride 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...
Read onActivist 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...
Read onStar 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...
Read onRobin Herford’s production of The Woman in Black has been terrifying audiences in London’s West End for 30 years. But while its success has led to high demand as a theatre director, its left Robin little opportunity to return to his first love...
Read onThe House on Cold Hill is a new modern-day supernatural thriller from author Peter James which promises to send shivers down your spine and make you think twice about returning home to a dark, empty house after the show. The ghostly story follows...
Read onIt’s 30 years since Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore ensured we’d never view a potter’s wheel the same again in Oscar-winning film, Ghost. As Ghost the Musical returns to the Palace Theatre, Manchester, we talk to stars: Niall Sheehy...
Read onDancing 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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