Tom Milner, star of Waterloo Road and The Voice, comes to The Palace Theatre in Green Day musical American Idiot. He talks to Quays Life about auditions, rejection and Playstation downtime. What attracted you to American Idiot? I had friends who’d...
Read onX Factor finalist, Luke Friend tells Quays Life about starring in Green Day musical American Idiot and how the US band was pivotal to him picking up a guitar. How does it feel to be making your musical theatre debut in American Idiot? It’s an...
Read onThe sensational stage version of Dirty Dancing is back on tour. Ahead of its stop at Manchester’s Palace Theatre we meet cast, Kira Malou (Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman), Michael O’Reily (Johnny Castle) and Simone Covele (Penny Johnson). How does it feel...
Read onSinger Sam Lavery, who shot to fame in 2016’s X-Factor, chats to Quays Life about making her stage debut in the hit Green Day rock musical American Idiot. What attracted you to the show? Theatre is something I’ve always been interested in, but...
Read onJB Shorts marks its 10th anniversary with a special REloaded programme of six favourite short plays and some top name casting in Richard Hawley (Coronation Street’s Johnny Conor), Sean Ward (Corrie’s Callum Logan), Arthur Bostrom (‘Allo...
Read onAfter a gap of 15 years the award-winning and controversial Jerry Springer – The Opera is coming back to Manchester and in true reality TV style – you could be part of the show. Singers across Manchester are being invited to audition for a part in...
Read onThis month Cheshire-based theatre company, Forest Tribe are transforming libriaries across the north west into the watery world of Alluriat. Quays Life meets director, Debbie Bandara to find out more. How would you describe the world of Alluriat...
Read onYoko Ono, David Lynch and Idris Elba are among the artists commissioned to create new works to be premiered at Manchester International Festival 2019 in July. Over 18 extraordinary days, internationally-acclaimed artists from over 20 countries –...
Read onHale Barns Carnival returns for its third year this July with a star-studded line-up and we’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway. Saturday evening’s concert shines a spotlight on disco and soul spotlight with live performances from The Real Thing...
Read onSalford-born actor, Emmanuel Ighodaro is gearing up for the north west premiere of Inua Ellams’ critically acclaimed new play, Barber Shop Chronicles. Expect barbed comments, telling truths, pre-show haircuts, live DJs and a day trip around the...
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