You don’t have to be much of a gambler to bet any show written by the late Kay Mellor is going to be a success. But as her last stage play, The Syndicate, premieres at The Lowry there is a sense of much more than the box office riding on this. The...
Some titles tell you all you need to know about a show. In the case of Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle, like the show, all is not quite what it seems. Here Mischief Theatre, the team behind smash hit comedy ‘The Play that Goes Wrong’, take...
The phenomenal success of Six the Musical tells us its producers Andy and Wendy Barnes have a keen eye for spotting the next big thing. So, their backing of quirky new musical, 42 Balloons, from young writer-composer, Jack Godfrey comes with...
Carmel Smickersgill is a Manchester based composer whose recent work includes Enter Vivian, part of the Philip Glass Referactions EP; and Birthday Card for a Stranger, a joint commission to mark the 50th annivarsaries of Manchester Camerata and RNCM...
‘What kind of Queen are you?’ That’s the question posed by a new exhibition based on the hit musical, SIX, which opens at The Lowry this autumn. In SIX each of Henry VIII’s wives are turned into a pop star on stage and take to the mic to tell their...
The 2020s is blazing a trend for all things meta. So, it’s not surprising to find Rambert leading the charge for dance by staging a meta dance comedy. But what on earth does it mean? Death Trap is a new double-bill from Ben Duke, which links two of...
RNCM Original Voices Festival celebrates new perspectives on music that has filled the concert hall for centuries alongside new orchestral works. Composer James Weatherly-Buss, one of Manchester Camerata 360 Ruth Sutton Fellows for 2023/24, is...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Sir Peter Wright’s iconic production of The Sleeping Beauty for Birmingham Royal Ballet. Under the direction of Carlos Acosta this sumptuous production is revived to its full extravagance and splendour, living...
Theatre audiences can look forward to some Brazilian sunshine this spring when São Paulo Dance Company tours the UK and Ireland for the first time. The company comes to The Lowry, Salford with a triple bill of contemporary works by some of the...
Amina Hussain is Principal Flute Player with Manchester Camerata and the orchestra’s newly appointed resident Music Therapist. Last week she won an award at the Association of British Orchestras for demonstrating the unique power of music to improve...
Carmel Thomason