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Lemons, Lemons, Lemons at Manchester |Opera House

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  ·               DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND, ADDITIONAL TICKETS HAVE TODAY BEEN RELEASED FOR THE MANCHESTER RUN OF SAM STEINER’S  LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS  STARRING JENNA COLEMAN AND AIDAN TURNER, DIRECTED BY JOSIE ROURKE. NEW PRODUCTION IMAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN RELEASED.   ·               THE PLAY IS CURRENTLY IN PREVIEWS AT THE HAROLD PINTER THEATRE WHERE IT RUNS UNTIL 18 MARCH 2023 BEFORE PLAYING MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE FROM 21 - 25 MARCH 2023 AND THEATRE ROYAL BRIGHTON FROM 28 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2023   ·               TICKETS ARE ON-SALE AT  https://www.atgtickets.com/ shows/lemons-lemons-lemons- lemons-lemons/opera-house- manchester/   Due to overwhelming demand, additional tickets have today been released for the Manchester run of  Sam Steiner’s Le...

Dinosaur World Live -The Lowry

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  Dinosaur World Live The Lowry, Salford Thursday 16 th  to Saturday 18 th  February   Dinosaur World Live , the interactive children’s theatre show that uses stunning puppetry to bring life-like dinosaurs to the stage, is at The Lowry, Salford from Thursday 16 th  to Saturday 18 th  February.   The show presents a host of impressive pre-historic creatures including the iconic Tyrannosaurus Rex, along with a Giraffatitan, Microraptor, Segnosaurus and Triceratops.   Audiences will be introduced to Miranda, daughter of palaeontologists, who grew up surrounded by dinosaurs on a far-away island off the coast of South America. She has brought her pre-historic pals to your local theatre and would love you to meet them. Warning: some of these dinosaurs aren’t as docile as they seem!  Dinosaur World Live delivers an entertaining and educational live show that promises to delight the whole family. Each performance is followed by a post-show meet and g...

RSC Julius Caesar - The Lowry

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  CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR RSC'S PRODUCTION OF JULIUS CAESAR WHICH COMES TO THE LOWRY THIS SUMMER The Royal Shakespeare Company   (RSC)   has announced casting for its forthcoming production of Shakespeare’s political thriller,   Julius Caesar , running between 18 March –  8 April 2023 in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, before a nine date tour of England that sees the company play   The Lowry   from T uesday 20th to Saturday 24th June 2023 . This visceral new production is directed by  Atri Banerjee , and will feature  Thalissa Teixeira  as Brutus and  Kelly Gough  as Cassius, in the roles of the leaders who plot to kill Caesar. Book at thelowry.com

Ricky Tomlinson returns to the stage

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      RICKY TOMLINSON RETURNS TO THE STAGE IN IRISH ANNIE’S MUSICAL PLAY   CATHERINE RICE AND ASA MURPHY ALSO STAR IN COMEDY CELEBRATING THE BEST OF IRISH CULTURE TOURING IN MARCH 2023 ______________________________ ______________________________ __________________   Actor and comedian, Ricky Tomlinson is to return to the stage in a new musical comedy that celebrates the best of Irish culture.   Irish Annie’s  will perform around the March St Patricks Day celebrations visiting  St Helens Theatre Royal, Stockport Plaza, Epstein Theatre in Liverpool, City Varieties in Leeds, Stafford Gatehouse, Blackpool Grand, The Brindley in Runcorn  and  Mansfield Palace Theatre .   Tickets are on sale and selling fast!   Irish Annie’s is a celebration of Irish culture, from the music to the comedy, featuring the well-known live 6-piece band  The Shenanigans .  Meet landlady Annie and her regular madcap customers for a fun night out ...

BRB returns to The Lowry with a lavish production of Swan Lake

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  BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET RETURNS TO THE LOWRY WITH LAVISH PRODUCTION OF THE CLASSIC SWAN LAKE Ballet’s greatest love story returns to The Lowry, Salford, with Birmingham Royal Ballet’s revival of Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova’s glorious journey into  Swan Lake .  This lavish production sees the Royal Ballet Sinfonia perform Tchaikovsky’s superb music live alongside BRB’s spectacular dancers. This romantic fable of ill-fated passion has bewitched audiences for generations and will play at The Lowry from  Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 March. Prince Siegfried is out hunting one night when he happens upon a flock of graceful swans. When one of them turns into a beautiful woman, the Prince is utterly smitten – but Odette explains that she has fallen under an evil spell cast by the evil Baron von Rothbart, which keeps her in swan form from dawn to dusk. Can Siegfried’s love break the spell? Find out in this exquisite production of a true ballet classic. Choreograph...

Billy Fury in sound and vision

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  FURY IN SOUND AND VISION -THE STORY OF A ROCK’N’ROLL ICON Gavin Stanley brings the music of Billy Fury home to Liverpool in new multi-media show this month   _____________________________ ______________________________ _______________   Billy Fury  is still regarded as the  UK’s premiere Rock’n’Roll star.  With James Dean looks and a voice which could switch easily between raucous rocker and velvet smooth big balladeer, Fury has very often been lauded with the title ‘The UK’s blonde Elvis’.   Now a brand-new multi-media show about the Liverpool legend,  Billy Fury In Sound and Vision  plays the  Epstein Theatre on Sunday 29 th  January.   A precursor to The Beatles, Fury was the first UK artist to self-pen an entire album (the now legendary The Sound Of Fury). He rose to fame rapidly after being pushed on stage by Svengali Larry Parnes at the age of 17 and went on to become incredibly successful gaining more weeks in the UK t...

Starry Panto at The Lowry

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  SMASH HIT PRODUCTION OF THE PANTO MOTHER GOOSE, STARRING IAN MCKELLEN & JOHN BISHOP COMES TO THE LOWRY FOR EASTER 2023 Thu 29 December 2022 On sale to Lowry members today, Thursday 29 th  December and on General Sale on Wednesday 4 th  January Ambassador Theatre Group Productions are thrilled to announce the smash-hit production  MOTHER GOOSE  starring  Ian McKellen  as Mother Goose and  John Bishop  as Vic Goose, will come to  The Lowry, Salford  at Easter from  Wednesday 5 th  to Sunday 9 th  April 2023. Mother Goose also stars  Anna-Jane Casey  as Cilla The Goose,  Oscar Conlon-Morrey  as Jack,  Simbi Akande  as Jill,  Sharon Ballard  as Good Fairy Encanta and  Karen Mavundukure  as Evil Fairy Malignia. The cast is completed by  Mairi Barclay ,  Adam Brown ,  Gabriel Fleary ,  Becca Francis ,  Shailan Gohil ,  Richard Leeming ,...