Happy 1st Birthday WOS Manchester!
September 20, 2008
We are now one year old!
WOS Manchester started life as a blog 18 months ago and finally became a fully fledged theatre site last September.
In the beginning, it wasn’t easy as we were a micro-site and people were crying: Why bother? After all, we were a spin off from one of the most successful theatre sites in the UK.
Therefore, if theatre fans already had WOS, who would visit us in the North?
It was also run in the beginning by lonely old me on my tod. This meant teaching by day, rushing home and then hot-footing it to the theatre three to four times a week to get you the reviews, news, interviews and competitions that you were all waiting for. Read more
Jenny Platt …from Corrie to Venice
September 15, 2008
Jenny Platt was last seen on our TV screens, driving off into the distance with her on and off screen beau, Rupert Hill (Jamie). It was the end for the much-loved Coronation Street bar-maid, Violet Wilson, but just the beginning for the young, Ipswich born actress. Like many actors, free from the gruelling schedules of soapland, Jenny is about to tread the boards.
But instead of running to the bright lights of the West End, Platt is heading somewhere closer to home, Bolton at the Octagon Theatre, in Mark Babych’s first play of the new season, The Merchant Of Venice; William Shakespeare’s classic tale of bigotry, desire and greed which opens on Thursday, 18th September until 11th October.
Jenny’s partner Rupert had a hit at the Octagon recently with Once Upon A Time In Wigan Live! and she hopes to enjoy her Bolton experience as much as he did. Read more
Five Reasons To See…Phillip Cox in The Glee Club
September 3, 2008
Actor and singer Philip Cox (pictured, right) has appeared in countless touring and West End shows over the past 25 years, including Aspects Of Love. He stars as Bant in Roger Haines’ production of Richard Cameron’s The Glee Club, at the Library Theatre in Manchester (19 Sept - 18 Oct).
The Glee Club, made up of five hard working, hard drinking miners and a church organist, is preparing for the local gala. Though they’re established on the working men’s club circuit, they aren’t exactly at the vanguard of the musical revolution. Sometimes compassion and understanding, as well as bigotry and cowardice, can come from the most unlikely of places. This is the summer of 1962; music and much else is about to change - so too the lives of these six men.
Phillip takes time out from rehearsals, to give you five good reasons to see him in The Glee Club.
1. Bant is a complete contrast to my last role in Aspects of Love, in which I played Marcel, the actor/manager who nurtures his perfect leading lady. Read more
Five Reasons To See… Tony & Twizzle, The Glory Years at the Lowry
August 26, 2008
Award-winning comedy duo LipService – Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding – in association with The Lowry, Salford Quays, lampoon the cult of celebrity in their new show Tony & Twizzle, The Glory Years.
Our showbiz stars Tony & Twizzle take time out to talk to us, giving us their 5 glorious reasons to see their see them live at the Lowry from Mon 8 Sept until Sat 13 Sept!
1. Well, you’ll be in the company of the winners of Celebrity Wheelie Bins – you can’t get more thrilling than that!
2. It’s a fabulous evening of anecdotes and clips from our brilliant careers, such as the 60s gritty Northern film Whistle Down Your Blouse, and the teatime 80s drama series Some Vets Do ‘Ave ‘Em. We sing our hit love song from the 70s and of course play Celebrity Wheelie Bins! We can’t wait!
3. The show brings you the thrills and spills, the ups and downs of life as a celebrity. But we want you all to know that deep down, underneath all this gorgeous showbiz exterior, we’re actually just like you … well, perhaps some of you nicely dressed people. Read more
‘eXtra Factor’s Antony Costa talks to WOS Manchester
August 11, 2008
Antony Costa has had a really varied career. From 2000 until 2004 he was part of one of the UK’s biggest boybands, Blue and he and his bandmates had ten UK top ten singles, including three number ones. Never officially splitting up, fans often speculate that the boys will get back together. But since then Simon Webbe has gone solo, Lee Ryan is about to tread the boards in London, Duncan James works in TV and has starred in Chicago. This leaves Antony who, since featuring in I’m A Celebrity …. Get Me Out Of Here has starred in Blood Brothers and the hit show Boogie Nights.
He now stars alongside Kevin Kennedy (Curly, Coronation St), Kavanagh (Grease Is The Word), Kellie Ryan from the band Eternal and Russ Spencer, band member in Scooch and star of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in a new comedy, entitled The eXtra Factor; a comedy/musical which takes place in the world of reality TV/talent shows. The ultimate winner will be decided each night by the audience! Read more
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