There is nothing quite like watching a master at work. No matter what that work may be, when someone who loves what they are doing so completely itâs hard not to be captivated by their enthusiasm. Wes Peden is a master juggler. He holds a degree in...
Thereâs more to Mammyâs favourite Irish comedian, Jimmy Cricket than his R & L Wellies. After 50-plus years in the spotlight, the comedian has drawn on his experience to pen a new stage comedy, âNo More Fiffing and Faffingâ. Jimmy also stars in...
Olivier award-winning improv musical, Showstopper returns to the Lowry. We meet Salford Quays resident and actor, Jonathan Ainscourt who joins the cast creating a brand new musical every night. Actor Jonathan Ainscourt How long have you been with...
Max Raabe debonair front man with Germanyâs critically acclaimed Palast Orchester who arrive in Manchester on their first ever UK tour this Spring. He talks to Quays Life about musically transporting audiences back a century to the Roaring Twenties...
There is nothing like a good story at Christmas. In Roots, Home Associate Company, 1927 brings us a dozen or so of the most weird and wonderful from around the world. Its inspiration comes from the Aarne index of folk tales, held in the British...
Who loves Christmas? The Whos love Christmas. And they certainly know how to win over an audience with their Christmas cheer. Who-ville is the fictional candy coloured town where even the inhabitantsâ tights look like theyâve been pulled straight...
As the final of BBCâs Strictly Come Dancing approaches, judge, Craig Revel Horwood sashays into Manchester for another fearsome role as Queen Lucretia, villain of the regionâs biggest panto of the year at the Opera House. This is the third year for...
The Slightly Annoying Elephant is the worst and funniest house guest rolled into one.He eats all the biscuits, hogs the TV, snores loudly, gets water all over the bathroom floor, breaks your bike and your bed, invites all his friends to join him and...
For a show listed among the greatest American Musicals, Gypsy certainly doesnât get staged nearly as often as it deserves. After an absence in the West End for 43 years it was famously revived in 2015 with Imelda Staunton as Mama Rose, a role thatâs...
Growing up I remember being fascinated by an apocryphal tale about a young boy who fell in love with a penguin on a school trip to Edinburgh Zoo. He sneaked it home in his backpack only for it to be discovered swimming in the family bath tub by his...
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