A selection of critics have chosen their ‘show of the year’ although some struggled to pick just one. The shows represent just a small percentage of productions staged this year, but we hope these ‘top picks’ bring back some happy memories.
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First UK tour of Hamilton to launch in Manchester in November 2023
Producers Jeffrey Seller and Cameron Mackintosh have announced the first UK tour of Hamilton with performances of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi-award-winning musical due to begin at the Manchester Palace Theatre on 11 November 2023.
Rescheduled dates for launch of My Best Friend’s Wedding musical
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced the new dates for the world premiere of My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical. Featuring former X Factor winner turned musical theatre leading lady Alexandra Burke (The Bodyguard, Chicago, Sister Act) as meddling food critic Julianne Potter, the show will now open at the Manchester Palace Theatre on […]
Curtains – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Curtains was reviewed at the Palace Theatre, Manchester and continues touring until 11 April 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Rodgers and Hammerstein (or Hart), Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Lerner and Loewe may all be household names, but are Kander and Ebb? Yet John Kander and Fred Ebb gave us Cabaret […]
Funny Girl cinema screening – trailer released
A trailer has been released to promote the filmed version of the award-winning Menier Chocolate Factory production of Funny Girl ahead of its screening in cinemas nationwide on 24 October 2018. Featuring Sheridan Smith’s critically-acclaimed performance as Fanny Brice and filmed by Digital Theatre during the final week of the show’s run at the Manchester […]
Sheridan Smith’s Funny Girl to debut in cinemas
Cinemagoers will get the chance to see Sheridan Smith’s critically-acclaimed performance as Fanny Brice when a filmed version of the hit stage production of Funny Girl is screened in cinemas nationwide on 24 October 2018. Filmed by Digital Theatre during the final week of the show’s run at the Manchester Palace Theatre, the recording of […]
Fame – The Musical – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Fame – The Musical at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, then touring until 17 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There’s something about Fame that clearly endures. While the road to stardom was a rocky one for the students of New York’s High School of Performing Arts, each fictional incarnation – Alan Parker’s 1980 […]
Mica Paris, Keith Jack and Jorgie Porter cast in new UK tour of Fame the Musical
Pop star turned actress Mica Paris will play the pivotal role of Miss Sherman in the 30th-anniversary tour of Fame The Musical when it launches at the Manchester Palace Theatre in July 2018. The singer will appear alongside Keith Jack (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, UK tour) as classical actor Nick Piazza and Hollyoaks […]
