Carmel ThomasonIt is wonderful to see Manchester’s Royal Exchange start its 50th anniversary season on such a high. Tickets for its opening show ‘Road’ by Jim Cartwright have already sold out for the entire run. Although don’t lose hope if you want to...
It is a rare treat to see Barnum live. The 1980’s musical is rarely staged, both for the scale of it and the difficulty in finding a leading man who can not only sing, dance and act, but can also wow the audience with death-defying circus...
Irish choreographer, Michael Keegan-Dolan can be thought of as something of a rebel in the dance world. In the programme notes he describes his relationship with ballet as ‘complicated’. He was thrown out of ballet school more than once before...
When Motionhouse’s co-founder and artistic director, Kevin Finnan says Hidden is the company’s most ambitious production to date, we know to expect something spectacular. Motionhouse is known for bringing its unique fusion of dance and circus to...
Murder at Midnight is Torben Betts’ follow-up to his highly successful Murder in the Dark. In the programme notes he tells how the idea emerged after producers at Original Theatre company asked him to write another that could form a series of...
The new tour of The Bodyguard explodes onto the stage at Manchester’s Palace Theatre, with a start that needs no phones-away announcement. The echo of a gunshot does that job – now everyone is paying attention. Seconds later flames rise from the...
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...
Whoever said you can get too much of a good thing never saw Jason Manford in pantomime. The Salford-born comedian takes the lead at Manchester Opera House for the fourth consecutive Christmas alongside his popular panto sidekick and Britain’s Got...
Aslan returns to Lowry, Salford in the 75th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ spellbinding children’s tale. And what a magnificent return it is, capturing all the emotion, thrill and excitement of the story in a roller-coaster two hours that leaves us...
My first ever stadium gig as a child was watching the late Tina Turner at Gateshead International Stadium in 1990. It was billed as a farewell tour – which of course it wasn’t. Much to the delight of her fans, this born performer was back at the...