What’s on in Salford Quays
British 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...
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âIâm hoping for absolute chaos!â Itâs 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 âshouting out and jumping up and down and...
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Dear 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...
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Itâs 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 âGizza jobâ, people have been urging Alan Bleasdale to bring Boys from the...
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âThe Mothâ, 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 âThe Covid-19 Monologuesâ. The film was seen around the world, winning several awards...
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Acclaimed creative duo, director Annabel Arden and designer Joanna Parker, transform Wagnerâs 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...
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In 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, âBe Italianâ, âUnusual Wayâ, and...
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Following a sell-out tour in 2022, Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestleyâs An Inspector Calls is back touring the UK for 2024-25. Since 1992, Daldryâs production has won a total of 19 major awards...
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Following her sell out 2023 Fringe show Y2K Woman, viral sensation Sooz Kempner is taking to the road this autumn with her brand-new show Class of 2000, which arrives at Lowry, Salford on 16 November. Continuing with the theme of growing up in the...
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This autumn sees the first live outing for cult heroes The Exploding Heads: angry-about-everything Colin from Portsmouth and former-professional-footballer-turned-current-pundit Ian Fiveankles from comedy podcast Sports Horn. Ahead of their Lowry...
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Carmel Thomason
Lucy Tobin
Sarah Hemming
Ian Fiveankles