Tony Wilson

Bloody Mary: Live! sees Mary Tudor work on her reputation in a stand-up show as she heads on UK tour!

Following on from Fiona Allen's sell out tour and Edinburgh run in 2023 with her debut stand-up show ‘On The Run'. The star and co-writer of Emmy and Bafta award winning TV series ‘Smack The Pony''s has added 13 extra dates for 2024. 

Fiona Allen, the star and co-writer of Emmy and Bafta award winning TV series ‘Smack The Pony’, has announced her first stand-up tour starting this Autumn.  This follows her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her show ‘On The Run’.

Based on extensive interviews and using an intergenerational ensemble and a capella singing, Ad Infinitum’s new show explores the deeply human and real-life stories of older people’s care in all its complexities in the company’s signature style of physical theatre.

Set against a backdrop of the climate crisis, the debut from Papatango shortlisted writer Billie Collins is a lyrical coming of age story of growing up queer in rural England. Collins was selected for the 2022 BBC Writersroom Northern Voices cohort and was part of Film Hub North's 2020 Script Lab, and now will be premiering her first play in Manchester before touring.

Casting has been announced for The Merchant of Venice, coming to Watford Palace Theatre and HOME Manchester in 2023.

On Friday, November 11, 2022, Platoon releases composer John Metcalfe's new holiday album, Carols Without Words.

The Firehall Arts Centre, in association with Red Cedar Theatre, will present the workshop presentation of The Unbroadcast Life of Mildred Bailey for two nights: Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15 at 7:30pm.

The Board of Directors of the African American Arts Alliance, and the Black Excellence Awards Committee have announced the nominations for the 22nd Annual Black Excellence Awards. The Awards were established in 2002 to honor the outstanding works of art by African Americans in Theater, Dance, Music, Film, Literature, Visual Arts and Digital Media.

A stage play documenting the story of 1970s band Joy Division is embarking on an Autumn tour to mark its 10th anniversary – and includes a return to Liverpool's Epstein Theatre. 

The Firehall's Artistic & Executive Producer, Donna Spencer, has shared some highlights of the upcoming 2022-2023 season, which sees the organization celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Hot Chocolate’s lead vocalist Kennie Simon is set to join the line-up for what is guaranteed to be an unmissable night of music at this summer’s Hale Barns Carnival.

Global drag icon and RuPaul’s Drag Race star, BenDeLaCreme, will tour the UK with her critically acclaimed, narrative-cabaret, “BenDeLaCreme is...READY TO BE COMMITTED”, June 2 -18, 2022.

Victor Esses has performed at venues including Arcola Theatre, Southwark Playhouse and Whitechapel Gallery. During the pandemic, he has worked on digital project Unfamiliar at Home with his partner and fellow artist Yorgos Petrou. This online tour was based on Unfamiliar which was nominated for the 2019 Lukas Awards. 

For the first time since it’s well-publicised auction in 2020, and in its first major public display in over 30 years, the iconic, white Vox Phantom VI teardrop guitar owned by Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, made famous in the Love Will Tear Us Apart music video, has made a high-profile return to Manchester.

The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver's signature Festival, celebrates its 35th edition this summer from Friday, June 25 to Sunday, July 4.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the UK theatre industry, causing theatres across the country to close and cancel productions, risking companies and jobs. 

From November 8 to 15, 2020, be a part of history as Jazz Festivals across the country join forces to present top jazz talent performing online. From coast to coast, over a dozen Festivals have collaborated to bring all Canadians together in an effort to unite us in our love of jazz music.

Adelaide Festival Centre is celebrating contemporary First Nations poetry with OUR WORDS: Spoken word from First Nations artists a?" an online initiative running from today until November 26.

The Firehall Arts Centre will present Music in the Courtyard on weekends throughout August and September of 2020. Performances will take place Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm (with the exception of the performance on Sunday, September 13, which will take place at 7:00pm).