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Sounds Original summer season
Terrific summer from the RNCM includes Monteverdi and others at (actually in) Victoria Baths, and MIF collaboration The Nico Project with Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom.
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Various, inc Victoria Baths
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0161 907 5555
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde's comedy is by common consent one of the wittiest ever written. The Victorian satire on obligation sees two young men attempt to win the heart of two women, becoming tangled in deception and misadventure in the process.
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Albert Halls Bolton
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01204 520661
Jerry Springer, The Opera
Caused a storm when it came to the UK stage in 2002, here promises the same raucous energy with a revamped and fresh production for 2019. Not for the faint-hearted or easily offended.
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Hope Mill Theatre Manchester
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0333 012 4963
& Juliet - Her Musical
What if Shakespeare's tragic, romantic Juliet’s famous ending was actually her beginning, and what if she chose her own fate? Newly-announced musical by pop song writer Max Martin will open in Manchester prior to London, and features Miriam-Teak Lee.
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Opera House Manchester
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0844 871 3018
Curtains
Jason Manford stars in a new production of little-known Kander and Ebb musical whodunnit. Jessica Cranshaw, star of the new Broadway-bound musical Robbin Hood, has been murdered on stage! The entire cast and crew are suspects.
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Palace Theatre Manchester
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0844 871 7615
The Exorcist
First stage outing for the modern age's original creepy thriller, straight from the West End. Production marks 45 years since the famous movie chilled viewers worldwide. Adult content; scenes of a sexual nature.
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Opera House Manchester
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0844 871 7615
The Entertainer
Shane Richie follows in the footsteps of Olivier, Gambon and others to star in an 'innovative adaptation in a vibrant new setting' - namely the Falklands period of 1982 - of John Osborne's drama about a washed-up entertainer in summer season.
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Opera House Manchester
Box office phone:
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0844 871 3018
La Boheme, Giulio Cesare, The Greek Passion
Curious mix in ON's autumn season, with ultra popular Puccini (12,14,15), little-seen Handel (13) and little-known Martinu (16).
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Lowry Lyric Salford
Box office phone:
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0843 208 6000
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical
New production of the fun musical will star Joe McFadden, Miles Western and Nick Hayes, directed by former Library Theatre/Oldham Coliseum/Leicester Curve boss Paul Kerryson.
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Palace Theatre Manchester
Box office phone:
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0844 871 7615