Brenda Edwards, who has played Motormouth Maybelle in three tours of Hairspray, will join Paul Kerryson to direct a new production of the show for a national tour in 2024. It will open in Manchester at the Palace on July 16 and tour through to July 2025. Open auditions will be held in November 2023. This… Continue reading November casting for new Hairspray tour
Month: May 2025
Internal
Internal is a new work by Canadian Tania Tuusa, who also performs this solo show about a painfully lonely and unconfident young woman. The story is an engaging tale of finding the inner courage to live the life you want. For the majority, being able to be oneself is an entitlement we are brought up… Continue reading Internal
Birmingham to host new young people’s musical
British Youth Musical Theatre is returning to Birmingham Hippodrome’s Patrick Studio to present a new musical, #50 Days. Performed by a company of 14- to 21-year-olds from across the UK with a number from Birmingham, #50 Days retells the story of the 50-day period that led to the outbreak of the British civil wars. With parallels to Brexit,… Continue reading Birmingham to host new young people’s musical
Frankenstein gets imitating the dog makeover
Digital theatre makers imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse team up again to co-produce a new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic tale Frankenstein, premièring at the Playhouse from February 15 ahead of a UK tour. This new multimedia exploration of the classic novel is a psychological thriller which asks the question: what is it to be… Continue reading Frankenstein gets imitating the dog makeover
Great Expectations
This clever relocation of Dickens’s well-known story to India at the turn of the twentieth century when the British were trying to partition Bengal retains the story and characters of the original—some renamed—but stands up well by itself, with the setting integrating well rather than seeming grafted on. As the play opens in an incense-filled… Continue reading Great Expectations
Cheeky Little piece of gig theatre
Cheeky Little Brown is a piece of ‘gig theatre’ written by Nkenna Akunna, directed by Chinonyerem Odimba and produced by British African heritage contemporary theatre company tiata fahodzi alongside partners Bristol Old Vic and Belgrade Theatre. It comes to The Lowry in Salford October 20–21.
I Believe in One Bach
Written and performed by Chris Brannick and Karen Kirkup, I Believe in One Bach is a psychological drama following Alan Gottelib, a 2nd violinist being slowly edged out of the orchestra as his skill and sanity are waning away. It’s a play inspired by, imbued with and somewhat structured and built around Bach’s triumphant and… Continue reading I Believe in One Bach
Z-arts serves up heaps of fun and magic
Z-arts’ new season in Manchester promises heaps of magic and fun come rain or shine throughout their September to December 2023 season. Theatre shows, a cabaret, a brand-new musical, classic fairy tales and storytelling to inspire imaginations. Plus, a heart-warming adventure perfect for a first theatre experience for little ones. The Really Fabulous Family Cabaret… Continue reading Z-arts serves up heaps of fun and magic
Self-Raising
There is something about Jenny Sealey which is mesmerising. Having spent a career fighting for the rights of differently able people to get onto a stage and turn round to face their audience, then be given the respect and attention their stories deserve, we get a very honest and upfront story which is all about… Continue reading Self-Raising