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Elvis
On Tour |
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Manchester Opera House ~ 5th Mar ~ |
| "Elvis
on Tour - The Legend Continues" features a full
evening show paying tribute to the early days of 'pure
hip-swivelling ' rock n roll, the '68 Come Back Special'
and Elvis's Las Vegas performances. |
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John
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Stockport Plaza ~ 5th Mar 2010 ~ |
| In
a vain attempt at bourgeois credibility, Manchester’s
sharp-dressed, punk poet Lenny, changed his name to
John Cooper Clarke and embarked on a polysyllabic
excursion though Thrillsville. |
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Matthew
Bourne's Swan Lake |
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The Lowry Lyric Theatre ~ 1st to 6th Mar ~ |
| Now
firmly crowned as a modern day classic, this iconic
production is perhaps best-known for replacing the
traditional female corps de ballet with a menacing
male ensemble. |
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Three
Sisters |
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The Lowry Quays Theatre ~ 2nd to 6th Mar ~ |
| Hope,
despair and vodka. The Lyric Hammersmith (Metamorphosis,
2008) return with exhilarating theatre company Filter
delving beneath the surface to explore one family’s
search for ever-elusive happiness. |
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1984 |
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Royal Exchange Theatre ~ 27th Feb to 27th Mar ~ |
| Winston
Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth,
but then he's handed a note that says simply 'I love
you'... World Premiere of a sensual & sinister
adaptation of Orwell's classic by Matthew Dunster. |
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Andersen's
English |
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The Library Theatre ~ 2nd to 6th Mar ~ |
| Celebrated
children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives,
unannounced, for a stay at Gad’s Hill Place
in the Kent marshes - home to Charles Dickens and
his large, charismatic family. |
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Farndale
Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic
Society's Production of Macbeth |
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Carver Theatre, Marple ~ 26th Feb to 6th Mar ~ |
| The
F.A.H.E.T.G.D.S. ladies mount yet another assault
on the classics with a startlingly original production
of Macbeth staged to get them to the Welwyn Garden
City Finals. |
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Da
Vinci The Genius |
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Museum Of Science & Industry ~ until 13th Jun
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| Get
inside the mind of one of the most extraordinary people
of all time at this truly inspiring exhibition. Over
200 exhibit items, including large-scale hand-crafted
interactive machines, which allow you to uncover the
genius behind Leonardo da Vinci |
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Anderson
& Low - Circus |
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The Lowry ~ until 11 Apr ~ |
| Fine
art photographers Anderson & Low bring their stunning
exhibition featuring unforgettable images of the international
circus troupe working on Blackpool Pleasure Beach
[more...] |
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Art
& Advertising - A Creative Fusion |
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The Lowry ~ until 11 Apr ~ |
| BJL,
one of Britain’s most creative independent advertising
agencies, explore the relationship between advertising
and art, using advertising and media as creative canvaseses
[more...] |
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Shaped
By War |
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Imperial War Museum North ~ until 13 Jun ~ |
| Imperial
War Museum North presents the largest ever UK exhibition
about the life and work of Don McCullin, one of the
world’s most acclaimed photographers, to mark
his 75th year. Many items are on public display for
the very first timer. [more...] |
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