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WIN TIX TO SEE STOMP AT THE LOWRY!

Stomp, the award-winning theatre sensation, is set to wow audiences at The Lowry from Tue 28 January to Sat 2 February.

With its unique combination of theatre, dance, comedy and percussion Stomp finds beauty and music in the mundane. The eight performers use boots, bins, brooms and everything including the kitchen sink to hammer out an explosively feel-good rhythm. The junk and clutter of life becomes the source of infectious rhythm and wonder.

If you would like to win a pair of tickets for opening night on Tuesday 29th Jan @ 7.30pm then this is the competition for you!

The Offer:
This hit show comes to the Lowry for one week only and we have a pair of tickets for WOS Manchester subscribers! (more…)

Actor Natalie Casey who stars opposite Jonathan Wilkes in The Wedding Singer, touring the country (opening in Manchester) from February – talks about sibling rivalry, Fame, musical theatre & 80’s songs.

Casey is best known for her role as Carol Groves in television’s Hollyoaks. Also on the box, Casey has appeared in Two Pints of Lager (And a Packet of Crisps) and Brookside: Double Take! and has presented 100 Greatest Musicals, 24: Access All Areas and Big Brother’s Little Brother.

She has been seen on stage in The Vagina Monologues at the Manchester Palace, The Flint Street Nativity at the Liverpool Playhouse, and Harold Brighouse’s Hobson’s Choice directed by Timothy Sheader at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre. (more…)

Ex Brookside star, turned stage actress, Claire Sweeney (pictured alongside Patrick Swayze) returns to musical theatre in a new production entitled, Shout! Following her turns in the West End as Roxie Hart in Chicago and as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Sweeney returns to the touring circuit.

You can ‘twist and shout’ your way around swinging London with our ‘fab five’ when the musical Shout, arrives at the Palace Theatre from 31st March-5th April.

Hi De Hi star Su Pollard stars alongside Sweeney. This Sixties musical features the infectious songs that made Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Lulu and Dusty Springfield legendary singers, so expect a real Sixties’ sing-a-long. (more…)

Venue: The Lowry
Date Reviewed: 7th January 2008

It may feel a bit late to be watching Raymond Brigg’s festive favourite on a wet and cold January evening. But if you and your family are in need of a lift, this could be the show to chase away the New Year blues.

Think Matthew Bourne for kids with lashings of Christmas spirit and that’s exactly what you get in this dance/ballet piece from which has many new scenes added to Brigg’s original tale of a young boy’s Christmas Eve adventures.

For many in the audience on the night I attended, the opening bars of the hit song Walking In the Air was enough alone to leave them teary-eyed. But there is so much more to this magical production than mere nostalgia. (more…)

The hit TV talent show Britain’s Got Talent is on the lookout for rising stars again, following the huge success of the first series, which saw Opera singer Paul Potts become a million selling world wide star, following his big win.

Following the massive success of the first series, the decision to come back bigger and better in 2008 was a simple one and the producers are now more determined than ever before to find the very best talent from all four corners of the nation!

Taking place at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on 16th-18th January 2008, you are invited to become the 4th judge (via voting from a handset) alongside hosts Ant and Dec, with celebrity judges West End star, Amanda Holden, (pictured) the media savvy, Piers Morgan, and of course, the most famous reality tv judge in the world, Simon Cowell himself! (more…)