It is easy to feel jaded as a reviewer, particularly when a play youâve seen countless times pops up again on the season brochure. When it comes to refreshing an old favourite, star casting works. In Manchester weâve recently seen Jodie Prenger...
Tabby McTat, the cat with the loudest of meows, is another of author, Julia Donaldson and illustrator, Axel Schefflerâs much-loved characters. The pair behind other childrenâs favourites like âThe Gruffaloâ and âRoom with a Broomâ are master...
Playwright Daniel Kanaber talks to Carmel Thomason about his new play Under Three Moons, produced by Manchester Theatre Company Box of Tricks and written after a terrifyingly macho stag-do: Without giving away any spoilers, what is the story of...
We are giving away three pairs of tickets to Z Bo Jackson Dance Gala hosted by Pussycat Doll, Kimberly Wyatt at Manchesterâs Palace Theatre on Tuesday 10 September 2019. From free runners to hip hop, ballet to street dance, the new Z Bo Jackson...
Choreographer Bo Jackson talks to Quays Life about her new dance fusion theatre venture, the Z Bo Jackson Company, ahead of its gala night launch at Manchesterâs Palace Theatre. Can you tell us more about Z Bo Jackson and where the idea came from...
Sherlock Holmes meets the Greatest Showman as The Ministry of Lost & Found bring a day of interactive theatre to Manchester Central Library. Youngsters are encouraged to become super sleuths for day, joining Frankie Found on a mission to locate...
At the opening of his Mythos trilogy, Stephen Fry welcomes the audience and informs us that what we are about to watch is not a play, itâs not a show, itâs something much older â itâs the ancient art of storytelling. Of course, in 2019 there are a...
London Classic Theatre opens its 2019 national tour of Harold Pinterâs dark comedy No Manâs Land at Oldham Coliseum Theatre. Quays Life catches-up with Michael Cabot, Director and Artistic Director of London Classic Theatre, to find out more about...
Mrs Lowry and Son tells the story of Salford artist, L.S. Lowryâs relationship with his controlling mother, Elizabeth. Carmel Thomason meets its stars, Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave. In the Lowry galleries a short film, made in 1957, runs on a...
Circus duo, Tamsin Shasha and Maisy Taylor are another of the Lowryâs Week53 Festival successes. Their show âEverything I See I Swallowâ, which debuted at last yearâs festival, went on to win a Fringe First award at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe. Quays...