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  Manchester to celebrate International Womens Day   Manchester will mark International Women’s Day with a 'Walk for Women’ through the city on Sunday 6 March.  Following a two-year hiatus, hundreds of women and supporters of women will be able to demonstrate their support for IWD as they proudly walk through the city.  Participants are encouraged to make the most of their voices by joining in with the women-led chants and singing.  Those in attendance are also encouraged to bring along fun, safe and noisy instruments, to bang and clang.   The walk will start at 12.30pm on Liverpool Road outside the Castlefield Urban Heritage Park, it will go down Deansgate and will end outside of Manchester Cathedral. The total length of the walk is around 1.3km.   Large groups, businesses and organisations are encouraged to get involved and register for an official place in the Walk for Women. As part of Our Year, young women will be encouraged and supported to attend this.   Councillor Sam

      SWEET UNLOCK THE ROCK TOUR 2022 "BLITZ THE HITZ" NOVEMBER/DECEMBER UK TOUR PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS PLANET ROCK 48 HOUR TICKET PRE-SALE 10AM WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH 2022 WWW.PLANETROCK.COM TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022 VIA WWW.THEGIGCARTEL.COM 24 HOUR BOX OFFICE: 08444 780 898     Sweet return to the UK in 2022 for a nationwide tour in November and December . Planet Rock start a 48-ticket pre-sale at 10am on Wednesday 2 March via www.planetrock.com . Tickets will then go on general sale at 10am on Friday 4 March via www.thegigcartel.com . Sweet , featuring original guitarist Andy Scott , will perform the band’s iconic hit singles including Ballroom Blitz , Fox on the Run , Blockbuster , Hellraiser , Little Willy , Love Is Like Oxygen , and many more. Sweet are a British rock and roll institution with a pedigree of 50

Gary Barlow 'A Different Stage' New Shows Announced   A brand new one man stage show Performing in Salford At The Lowry From Tuesday 22 - Sunday 27 February 2022  Tickets on sale Wednesday 16 February at 10am Tickets for The Lowry only available at thelowry.com  Acclaimed singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow today announces a host of new dates for A Different Stage, his theatrical one man stage show telling his story, in his words.  A Different Stage premiered at The Brindley, the award winning theatre in Runcorn, Cheshire, last week and received a rapturous reception from audiences.   Gary will perform 17 dates in 3 cities throughout February and March: A Different Stage performance dates The Lowry Quays Theatre, Salford - 22nd - 27th February Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool - 15th - 19th March Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh - 22nd - 27th March Tickets are on sale Wednesday 16 February at 10am. Tickets for The Lowry are only available at thelowry.com.

                                               Photo credit: J oss Barratt     ITV COMMISSIONS REAL LIFE DRAMA, STONEHOUSE , STARRING MATTHEW MACFADYEN AS JOHN STONEHOUSE AND KEELEY HAWES AS HIS WIFE BARBARA, WRITTEN BY ACCLAIMED WRITER JOHN PRESTON, DIRECTED BY AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR JON S. BAIRD AND PRODUCED BY SNOWED-IN PRODUCTIONS AND CLEARWOOD FILMS **WITH BRITBOX INTERNATIONAL AS CO-PRODUCTION PARTNERS** The life and times of disgraced Labour minister John Stonehouse is to be dramatised for ITV by acclaimed writer John Preston with BAFTA award-winning and Emmy-nominated Matthew Macfadyen ( Succession, Quiz ) in the leading role and co-starring Keeley Hawes ( Honour, It's A Sin ) as Stonehouse’s wife Barbara.   The three-part drama, directed by BAFTA-nominated Jon S. Baird ( Stan & Ollie, Vinyl, Filth ) with BritBox International as co-production partners, relates how Stonehouse, a high-flying member of Harold Wilson’s Government, vanished from the beach of a large luxury

      Dance Consortium presents Acosta Danza’s 100% Cuban Fourteen extraordinary dancers showcase Cuban flair and flavour in a new mixed bill The Lowry Salford Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 February 2022 “ A snapshot of modern-day Havana in all its crumbling, irresistible glory, this interweaves –

Northern Broadsides and New Vic announce full cast for their 12-strong co-production of As You Like It Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 March 2022 A multi-cultural, gender diverse cast is announced for this flamboyant and joyous ‘play for our times’, the first full production for the company since the beginning of the pandemic.   The cast has been announced for Northern Broadsides and New Vic Theatre’s world premiere co-production of As You Like It, performing at The Lowry from Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 March. Drawn from across the worlds of stage, TV and film, including award-winning productions, the 12 fabulous Northern actors include non-binary and disabled performers. The As You Like It cast are Bailey Brook, Isobel Coward, Shaban Dar, Gemma Dobson, Terri Jade Donovan, Ali Gadema, Claire Hackett, Reuben Johnson, Adam Kashmiry, Joe Morrow, Jo Patmore and EM Williams. This bold, refreshing staging of As You Like It challenges us to imagine a new future. Capturing the sheer joy of live pe

        The International Smash Hit Musical SIX Announces New Cast For The UK Tour.   From Tuesday 2 - Sunday 14 August 2022   The multi award-winning musical phenomenon SIX, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, today announces a new cast for the UK tour. The current company will play their final performance on Sunday 6 March with the new company taking over from Tuesday 8 March at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.   The new touring Queens will be played by Chlöe Hart (Catherine of Aragon), Jennifer Caldwell (Anne Boleyn), Casey Al-Shaqsy (Jane Seymour), Aiesha Pease (Anna of Cleves), Jaina Brock-Patel (Katherine Howard) and Alana M Robinson (Catherine Parr). Grace Melville, Leesa Tulley and Natalie Pilkington (Dance Captain) will be joining the cast as Alternates, with Super Swing Harriet Caplan-Dean. The cast are backed by the show’s all-female band, The Ladies in Waiting.