Carmel ThomasonTabby McTat, the cat with the loudest of meows, is another of author, Julia Donaldson and illustrator, Axel Scheffler’s much-loved characters. The pair behind other children’s favourites like ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room with a Broom’ 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 Manchester’s 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 Manchester’s 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, it’s not a show, it’s something much older – it’s the ancient art of storytelling. Of course, in 2019 there are a...
London Classic Theatre opens its 2019 national tour of Harold Pinter’s dark comedy No Man’s 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. Lowry’s 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 Lowry’s Week53 Festival successes. Their show ‘Everything I See I Swallow’, which debuted at last year’s festival, went on to win a Fringe First award at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe. Quays...
Roundabout is a pop-up theatre from Paines Plough and Theatre Clwyd. The big, yellow dome, which seats 160 people, has previously stopped off at Eccles, Little Hulton and last year made its home in Ordsall Park. This year Roundabout visits Albert...