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Panto News from Manchester Opera House

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  MYRA DUBOIS, SAMARA CASTEALLO AND EMMA WILLIAMS TO JOIN JASON MANFORD AND BEN NICKLESS IN JACK AND THE BEANSTALK AT MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE THIS CHRISTMAS   Further casting has been announced for  Jack and the Beanstalk  at  Manchester Opera House  this Christmas. Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen  Myra DuBois  joins the cast as  Mrs Blunderbore ,  Samara Casteallo  returns for another year in the Opera House panto as  The Spirit of the Beans , and West-End performer  Emma Williams  joins the cast as Princess Jill, running from Sat 2 – Sun 31 December 2023.   The news follows the earlier announcement that Comedy superstar  Jason Manford  will return to lead the cast in the title role of Jack, alongside returning Manchester panto favourite  Ben Nickless  as Silly Simon, seeing the dynamic duo come together for a second year by popular demand.   The self-declared ‘Siren from South Yorkshire’, the larger-than-life  Myra DuBois  became a household name in 2020 making the semi-f

ROYAL EXCHANGE SEASON TICKET OFFER

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  Save on exquisite shows with our season ticket offer Royal Exchange Theatre   < royalexchange@mail.royalexchange.co.uk >   Unsubscribe 28 Jul 2023, 17:01 (18 hours ago) to  me Get ready for our new season to take you on an  emotional rollercoaster... exploring relationships in all forms,  from family bonds to unlikely friendships, from  intoxicating  first love to love that  is messy,   overwhelming  and impossible. You can experience all these   electrifying, heart-breaking and powerful stories and save 25% with our season ticket saving offer. This means you get to enjoy all four plays for the price of three! BOOK SEASON TICKETS GREAT EXPECTATIONS A Royal Exchange Theatre &Tamasha co-production Directed by  Pooja Ghai 8 Sep – 7 Oct 2023   Pipli moves from his home in Rajshahi to the bustling streets of Calcutta. With an open heart he navigates unforgiving darkness and unsettling friendships in his search for a better future. This adaptation of a classic by Tanika Gupta is

ITV's New Covid drama

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  ***ITV ANNOUNCES FORTHCOMING COVID-19 DRAMA, BREATHTAKING, STARRING GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS JOANNE FROGGATT, WRITTEN BY RACHEL CLARKE, JED MERCURIO AND PRASANNA PUWANARAJAH, PRODUCED BY HTM TELEVISION***                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        photographer: Christopher Barr ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill commissioned  Breathtaking,  a searing,  thought-provoking & poignant   account of an NHS doctor in the eye of the storm  during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic . The drama stars Joanne Froggatt in the role of a frontline hospital consultant.   B ased on doctor-writer Rachel Clarke’s unflinching personal memoir of the greatest public health crisis in living memory, adapted for television by Rachel Clarke and fo