Onstage with Natalie Anglesey

    CORRIE ACTOR KIMBERLY RETURNS TO ST HELENS THIS CHRISTMAS AS CINDERELLA     Former theatre seamstress swaps backstage for lead role       Cast includes BGT’s Jamie Leahey and Jon Courtenay     Cinderella will run 3 December 2022 to 8 January 2023     _____________________________ ______________________________ _______________­­­     Coronation Street actor Kimberly Hart-Simpson is swapping the cobbles of soap land for title starring role in St Helens Theatre Royal’s Christmas pantomime Cinderella.     Best known for playing the role of Nicky Wheatley in the world’s longest running television soap opera,  Kimberly is no stranger to St Helens.   Before she got her big break in Corrie,  talented seamstress Kimberly  worked behind the scenes in the  costume departments of the Theatre Royal and Epstein Theatre,  creating costumes for shows produced by  Regal Entertainments Ltd. ...

  Exciting news from The Royal Exchange Theatre It's summer! And we're about to launch our eco-friendly mobile theatre,   THE DEN  at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Cheetham Hill. For two weeks this unique pop-up theatre will host a range of exciting events from family fun-days to community shows, theatre, dance and art. We also have some exclusive content from award-winning Director Atri Banerjee and  Designer Rosanna Vize as they introduce our next production  THE GLASS MENAGERIE .  Thanks for reading and we'll see you soon.  Award-winning Director  Atri Banerjee  and Designer  Rosanna Vize  talk about their fresh take on Tennessee Williams' epic family drama  THE GLASS MENAGERIE . Tom escapes a suffocating home life through cigarettes and long visits to the movies while his sister, Laura, withdraws into her records and collection of glass animals. But their mother, Amanda, harbours dreams for them far beyond their sha...

                      ITV COMMISSIONS BRAND NEW DRAMA  PLATFORM 7  FROM DANCING LEDGE PRODUCTIONS ADAPTED BY BAFTA AND INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD-WINNING  SCREENWRITER PAULA MILNE FROM THE BESTSELLING NOVEL  BY LOUISE DOUGHTY ****PLATFORM 7 TO PREMIERE ON ITVX**** ITV’S Head of Drama, Polly Hill, has commissioned gripping psychological thriller,  Platform 7 , from international production company Dancing Ledge Productions ( The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings ).  The 4x60” series will be adapted by acclaimed and multi award-winning screenwriter Paula Milne ( Him, The Politician’s Husband, White Heat ) from the globally renowned bestselling novel of the same title by Louise Doughty.  Platform 7  will be an ITVX premiere, exclusive to ITV’s new free streaming service, many months ahead of linear transmission on ITV main channel. The drama is a haunting thriller following central character Lisa...

  Musical Theatre Giants from around the world come together to support emerging talent - for one night only! REGENERATE: Lost Songs from the Musicals Elton John & Tim Rice  - Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss -  Masi Arare  - Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil -  Adam Guettel  - Stephen Schwartz -  Maury Yeston  - Douglas Hodge -  Stiles + Drewe  - Irene Sankoff & David Hein -  Don Black & Debbie Wiseman  - more to be announced! A unique night for musical theatre  REGENERATE : Lost Songs from the Musicals  is a  Livestreamed Online Gala Fundraiser  in support of charity Mercury Musical Developments ( MMD ) in partnership with Musical Theatre Network ( MTN ), to take place  on  Sunday 18 th  September 2022  at  7.00pm  GMT   ( 1900hrs .)   Titans of musical theatre have been retrieving their favourite songs cut from classic shows and rummaging through th...