More than two million people worldwide have seen Beatles’ show, Let It Be since it burst onto the musical scene in 2012. Now the show, which has enjoyed West End and Broadway runs, is returning to the stage on a UK tour for 2018 – but not as...
Read onHere at Quays Life we can’t wait to talk to the animals with Doctor Dolittle at the Lowry, Salford Quays this Christmas. The new stage production is part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the original film starring Rex Harrison. The musical...
Read onUnimited Theatre’s Artistic Director, Jon Spooner talks to us about his eye-opening new show Future Bodies premiering at Home as part of the Manchester Science Festival, which asks, as we increasingly fuse our brains with technology, at what point...
Read onWhat has happened to France and its people over 50 years, between les événements of May 1968 and now, between the last year of De Gaulle and the first year of Macron? How does a major national cinema engage with change – through films that...
Read onIt’s almost 60 years since the iconic record label, Motown was founded in Detroit, Michigan by the now legendary, Mr Berry Gordy. Synonymous with launching superstars such as, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5, Motown Records...
Read onSince winning Britain’s Got Talent almost 10 years ago, dance act Diversity has grown to be one of the world’s most popular dance acts. Since then, its lead dancer and choreographer, Ashley Banjo has become a familiar TV-face, as a judge of Sky1’s...
Read onCritically-acclaimed Manchester dance company, Company Chameleon is giving home audiences a chance to view its new work, Amaranthine for free, in a trio of pop-up street performances in September. The company are known for combining a rich mix of...
Read onSchool’s out for summer. The school should be empty. A desolate prison. No more rules. But wait, what’s that on the CCTV? A person, a spirit, a mystical creation? Something strange is happening at Abraham Moss School. Rules are broken, souls are...
Read onOliva Tweest was ground-breaking when it debuted as the UKs first Afrobeats musical in 2013. Since then the African-born, global genre has grown in popularity to become increasingly more known on the mainstream, being hailed by BBC Radio as the...
Read onManchester 2018 is celebrating the year of the giant bee and the city is buzzing on it. Across the region more than 230 colourful sculptures are waiting to bee discovered and at Quays Life we are loving the hunt. Each sculpture on the trail is...
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