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Playhouse Disney Live! On Tour at the Manchester Opera House
PLAYHOUSE DISNEY LIVE! ON TOUR (Opera House)
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Friday 16th to Sunday 18th May 2008
Blast off to adventure with your favorite Playhouse Disney pals when Playhouse Disney Live! comes to your hometown. Climb aboard and get ready to explore with the Little Einsteins Leo, Annie, Quincy and June on an important musical mission; say “Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse” and sing along with Mickey and the gang at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse; and stop by Sheetrock Hills where Handy Manny always has the right tools for fun fix-it adventures! Come inside the Hundred Acre Wood and join Tigger and Pooh and their new friend Darby on super sleuthing adventure from My Friends Tigger & Pooh. Get ready to laugh, sing and play along at a live show that lets kids join in on the fun! Performance times : Friday - 4.30pm, Saturday - 1.30pm & 4.30pm, Sunday - 10.30am & 1.30pm. (back to top)
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Shadow Play at The Lowry
SHADOW PLAY at the Lowry Theatre (The Studio)
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Sunday 18th May 2008 - 11.30am & 2pm
Following the sell-out success of Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me, Travelling Light return to The Lowry with their brand new show. Shadow Play is inspired by the way children use play to investigate and understand the world around them. Melding together music, dance, mime and design, this show takes the audience on a wondrous journey through a world of endless possibilities and infinite inspiration. Most suitable for ages 2-6.  (back to list)
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Mr Men and Little Miss Sports Day Fun at the Stockport Plaza
MR MEN AND LITTLE MISS : SPORTS DAY FUN
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Sunday 18th May 2008 - 2.30pm
At The Stockport Plaza: It’s the last day of term at school and for the Mr Men and Little miss that means one thing... Its sport day! but not before one final school lesson with Mrs Chalk, their teacher. (back to top)
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Harry and his Bucket Full of Dinosaurs at the Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton Under Lyne
HARRY AND HIS BUCKET FULL OF DINOSAURS
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Saturday 24th May 2008 - 3pm
At The Manchester Opera House: Launching in February 2008 Premier are delighted to be bringing this popular CCI Entertainment and Five, Milkshake television show to the stage for the first time. Based on a series of best-selling books, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs features a five-year-old boy who is transported to Dino World by jumping into his bucket with his 6 toy dinosaurs. Ideal for children aged 3 to 7. (back to top)
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Little Howard and the Magic Pencil ofat The Lowry
LITTLE HOWARD AND THE MAGIC PENCIL OF LIFE AND DEATH at the Lowry Theatre (The Studio)
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Sunday 25th May 2008 - 11am & 1pm
The second epic family show from Big Howard and Little Howard, as seen on the 2007 Royal Variety Performance! Little Howard finally meets his maker - The Pencil of Creation. But with great power comes great responsibility, and on the other end...The Rubber of Doom! As seen on CBBC's smash hit shows The Slammer and ITV's Comedy Cuts.   (back to top)
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Bob The Builder at the Manchester Palace Theatre
BOB THE BUILDER LIVE - SPUD'S BIG MESS
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Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st May 2008
At the Palace Theatre: Can Bob fix it? Yes he can! The lovable and iconic Bob the Builder is live on stage in his thrilling brand new live stage show - Spuds Big Mess! Sing a-long with your favourite characters such as Wendy, Spud, Scoop, Dizzy, Scrambler and many more in this 90 minute musical stage show. Watch Bob and his trusted and hardworking team build a new eco-centre and wind farm in Sunflower Valley. Everyone pitches in to help but when items and Bob’s trusty team start to go missing can the eco-centre and wind farm be finished in time? Can Bob Fix it? Yes he Can! Performance times: Thursday - 2pm & 5pm, Friday & Saturday - 11am, 2pm & 5pm (back to top)
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CBeebies at The Lowry
CBEEBIES AT THE THEATRE - LET'S PLAY (The Lyric)
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Thursday 29th and Saturday 31st May 2008
A fun-filled musical adventure. CBeebies at the Theatre is the first ever theatre adventure starring many of your favourite friends from CBeebies. Join PC Plum, Postman Pat, Jess the Cat and Tamba from Tikkabilla as we discover the fun in recycling those everyday things that we throw away. There'll be plenty of excitement and surprises as the Jakers!, Bill and Ben, Boo and even the Koala Brothers get in on the action as they join together with Tommy Zoom to combat the dastardly deeds of Polluto. Bursting with music, sing-along songs and bags of imagination - what are you waiting for? Come on... let's play! Performance times: Thursday - 4.30pm, Friday & Saturday - 11am & 2pm (back to top)
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Britain's Got Talent at the Manchester Apollo
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT LIVE 2008 (Manchester Apollo)
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Friday 13th June 2008 - 7.30pm
Britain's Got Talent - the UK's most popular family entertainment show is back - and this time it's going live on tour! The winner and finalists from this year’s ITV1 show will embark on a nationwide tour, which arrives in Manchester on Friday 13th June. Last year Britain's Got Talent saw Paul Potts, a mobile phone salesman from Cardiff become an international operatic sensation when an audience of 13 million tuned in to see Paul Potts crowned winner with his heart wrenching performance of Nessun Dorma. Since winning the show Paul's album One Chance shot straight to the top of the charts in the UK followed by a further 15 countries worldwide and an incredible sell out World Tour. Now you and your family have the chance to see this year's new winner and the amazing finalists perform live on tour. Britain's Got Talent Live (sponsored by Domino's Pizza) will visit 13 cities including audition hotspots Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow. With acts varying from musicians, acrobatics, dance troupes, magicians, comedians and even spectacular animal antics, as chosen by the British public. The Live Tour promises to be a great show for all the family and tickets are already in massive demand - an amazing 10.8 million tuned in last week to watch the launch episode of this year’s search for the best talent in Britain on ITV1.  (back to list)
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The Call of the Loon Bird at The Lowry
THE CALL OF THE LOON BIRD - The Lowry Theatre (Studio)
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Saturday 14th June 2008 - 11am & 1pm
Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre (Red Riding Hood’s Magic Purse) returns to The Lowry with a truly magical story, which follows the life of one man. In his youth Little Eagle rescues a Loon, a bird of great wisdom, who later helps him on his own journey from small boy to adult, overcoming adversity and illness along the way. Combining storytelling, drama, puppetry and live music, this story of wisdom over intolerance is a magical experience. Most suitable for ages 5-12.  (back to list)
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Beauty and The Beast On Ice at the Manchester Palace Theatre
BEAUTY & THE BEAST ON ICE at the Palace Theatre
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Wednesday 18th to Sunday 21st June 2008
The world renowned Russian Ice Stars return with a dazzling new production of Beauty and the Beast on Ice. Thrill a minute skating combines with stunning choreography and a brilliant new musical score to recreate this magical tale in a stage extravaganza that will captivate young and old alike. Truly a family show for all the family to enjoy together. Performance times: Wednesday - 7.30pm, Thursday 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Friday 7.30pm, Saturday - 2.30pm & 7.30pm. (back to top)
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Secrets at The Lowry
SECRETS at the Lowry Theatre (The Lyric)
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Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd June 2008
India lives in a large, luxurious house. She seems to have it all but her parents are so busy worrying about themselves, she thinks they’ve forgotten about her. Treasure’s staying on the local estate with her wonderful Nan. She really doesn’t want to go back to live with Mum, not while Mum’s new man is there. A chance meeting sparks a great friendship between the girls. They both escape from their problems by writing diaries, inspired by their heroine, Anne Frank. But when secrets start jumping out of the page and into real life, Treasure and India find themselves in deep trouble. The team behind the hit stage adaptations of Double Act, Bad Girls and Midnight, all big hits here at The Lowry, bring this wonderful story by Jacqueline Wilson to the stage. Most suitable for ages 9+. Performance times: Thursday - 7pm, Friday - 10am & 7pm, Saturday - 2pm & 7pm and Sunday - 2pm (back to list)
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Disney's High School Musical at the Palace Theatre, Manchester
DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL at the Palace Theatre
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Monday 23rd June to Saturday 5th July 2008 - 7pm (Friday's 5pm & 8pm)
Disney's High School Music on stage follows the much-loved story of the movie, featuring all your favourite characters and songs, together with two brand new numbers performed by the country’s hottest dancers and an electrifying live band. So "get'cha head in the game" and go totally wild for Disney’s High School Musical. Watch the twists and turns of the lovable schoolmates – Troy, super-popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella, super-smart transfer student and a genius in science class – as they surf the tricky tides of peer pressure and canteen cliques to follow their dreams and score the leads in the big school show, and a place in each others hearts. There are additional shows on Friday 27th June at 5pm, Sat 28th June at 2.30pm, Friday 4th July at 5pm and Saturday 5th July at 2.30pm. (back to top)
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You Are Here at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
YOU ARE HERE at the Royal Exchange (The Studio)
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Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June 2008
Presented by Royal Exchange Education. A geography classroom: maps on the walls, a hanging globe, a battered desk... YOU ARE HERE invites you to lift the lid and look inside worlds you nevever dreamt were there. You'll discover journeys, pathways, destinations on and off the beaten track, topographies of memory, landapes of dreams and maps of the imagination. YOU ARE HERE is an exhibition with a difference, an installation for everyone aged 5 - 105 with contributions from community group, adults, young people and artists. Why not drop in? Opening Times: Daily from 10am - 2pm and 5pm - 7pm. ADMISSION FREE. (back to top)
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The English Game at The Lowry
OAKWOOD LIVE at the Lowry Theatre (Quays Theatre)
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Monday 30th June 2008 - 7pm
Oakwood High School, Salford, is celebrating its fourth year of being A Specialist Arts and Technology College, an ‘Outstanding OFSTED’ and the likely expectation of the school being invited to become a ‘High Performing Specialist College’. The evening will showcase achievements of Oakwood pupils and pupils from our partner schools. The programme will begin with an ‘Art Attack’, followed by a dance devised with the international inclusive dance company CanDoCo, a visual arts display, pupils modelling jewellery designed in collaboration with Carrie-Ann Black and emerging artist Julia Roe-Williams, an Art Auction and culminate with the pupil’s modelling their own designs, some done in workshops with local fashion designer Sissy Rooney, in a ‘Fashion Show’ to the music compiled with the help of Bernard Sumner. (back to top)
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Horrible Histories at The Lowry
HORRIBLE HISTORIES at the Lowry Theatre (Lyric Theatre)
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Tuesday 1st to Saturday 5th July 2008
Returning by overwhelming public demand! We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! Using actors and ground-breaking 3D special effects, these two astounding shows – The Terrible Tudors and The Vile Victorians – are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips. The Terrible Tudors - From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about the torturing Tudors. Find out the fate of Henry’s headless wives and his punch up with the Pope. Survive the Spanish Armada as it sails into the audience! The Vile Victorians - What exactly did a baby farmer do? Can you escape the misery of the mines or the filth of the factories? Do your best to dodge the rotten railway and prepare for the Charge of the Light Brigade! Times - The Terrible Tudors: Tue 7pm, Wed 10.30am, Thu 1.30pm, Fri 10.30am, Sat 7pm; The Vile Victorians: Wed 1.30pm, Thu 10.30am, Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm. Horrible Histories can also be seen at the Palace Theatre in November. (back to top)
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Inscape Music Festival at The Lowry
INSCAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL at the Lowry (Quays Theatre)
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Wednesday 2nd July 2008 - 11am & 2pm
A selection of music and songs performed by students from Special Educational Needs schools in Greater Manchester. Taking part this year will be: Elms Bank, Valley Special School, Springwood School, Piper Hill Special School, Cromwell Special School, Chatsworth High School, Brentwood Special School, The Birches School, Inscape Cheadle, Inscape Salford, Bridge College and Music Unlimited. The aim of the festival was always two fold. Firstly to provide opportunities for Special Needs children to perform in a concert setting and secondly to share experiences. The early theme was one of Working Together and this year will be based on the Song ‘We’ve all got something to give’. The Lowry is an ideal setting for the children and students and represents the 6 year growth of the events first performance by three schools at Inscape Salford in 2003. The Together Trust acknowledges the support of The Lowry in helping the Summer Festival of The performing Arts and Sue Nichols for her support. (back to list)
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The Terrible Infants at The Lowry
THE TERRIBLE INFANTS at the Lowry (Quays Theatre)
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Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July 2008 - (Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm)
Based upon a series of twisted tales by Oliver Lansley and illustrator/designer Sam Wyer; this award-winning theatre company blends puppetry, live music, performance, storytelling and physicality into a highly sensory theatrical feast. Meet Tumb, the boy who eats his mum, Thingummyboy with a face even his mother forgets, little Linena the material girl, Manky Mingus and of course Tilly and her terrible tail. Roald Dahl meets Tim Burton in this hugely theatrical, scary, funny, sad, silly, junk-filled, puppetry-packed, dark, delicious, musical, magical piece of performance. (back to list)
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