Samantha Barks (pictured) returns to Manchester as Sally Bowles in the national tour of Rufus Norris’ award-winning production of Cabaret. (more…)

Blur singer-songwriter Damon Albarn (pictured) has teamed up with site-specific specialists Punchdrunk and BBC filmmaker Adam Curtis for a new theatre piece, It Felt Like a Kiss, which premieres at this summer’s Manchester International Festival, running from 2 to 19 July 2009 at the city’s Hardman Square. (more…)

Actress, singer and musician Sydney Rae White is about to tour the UK in a brand new production of The Who’s iconic rock opera, Quadrophenia.

Sydney, 18, previously starred in The Woman In White and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as the Disney Channel show, As The Bell Rings. (more…)

After an eventful first 18 months with 3sum, The Breakfast Club and the UK premiere production of Dog Sees God:  Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead, local theatre company, Vertigo have announced their new season. (more…)

The Menier Chocolate Factory’s West End transfer of sci-fi musical spoof Little Shop of Horrors is visiting Manchester next week as part of its UK tour. (more…)