Actor Jason Durr talks to Quays Life about his role in Murder at Midnight, a brand-new comedy thriller from Torben Betts, writer of smash-hit Murder in the Dark. Could you introduce us to Murder at Midnight? Jason: “It’s a brand new comedy...
Read onFree light festival, Lightwaves returns for a 12th year, lighting up the nights of Salford Quays and Media City with 12 new spectacular light art installations focused on themes of optimism, positivity and togetherness. This year there are even more...
Read onBritish Youth Music Theatre (BYMT) is the largest commissioner of new musicals in the UK, producing at least six new shows a year and developing many more. It works with the most exciting theatre professionals and hundreds of young performers. For...
Read on“I’m hoping for absolute chaos!” It’s an unusual aspiration for the creative behind a brand-new musical to want from his audience reaction – especially when he adds that he wants the audience to be “shouting out and jumping up and down and...
Read onDear England, the hit Olivier Award-winning play by James Graham, comes to Lowry, Salford direct from a 10-week run at the National Theatre in London. After scooping the award for Best New Play In 2024 the production has been updated following last...
Read onIt’s been a long time coming. Ever since Yosser Hughes strode onto the screen in 1982 and into television drama history, with his brilliant, heartbreaking catchphrase “Gizza job”, people have been urging Alan Bleasdale to bring Boys from the...
Read on‘The Moth’, by Paul Herzberg, was originally filmed as a 10-minute piece to camera, as part of a series of short films from Elysium Theatre Company called ‘The Covid-19 Monologues’. The film was seen around the world, winning several awards...
Read onAcclaimed creative duo, director Annabel Arden and designer Joanna Parker, transform Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman into an urgent story for our times. Ahead of its performance with Opera North at Lowry, Salford here are 5 reasons to let this...
Read onIn celebration of its 9th birthday Hope Mill Theatre is staging a concert version of Nine the Musical, starring Ramin Karimloo and Ruthie Henshall. The show, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, features the songs, ‘Be Italian’, ‘Unusual Way’, and...
Read onFollowing a sell-out tour in 2022, Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls is back touring the UK for 2024-25. Since 1992, Daldry’s production has won a total of 19 major awards...
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