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OUR
HOUSE (Quays
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| Monday
12th to Saturday 17th May 2008 - 8pm |
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Truck Theatre Company returns to The Lowry following
the huge success of Perfect Pitch (The Lowry,
2007) with another hit play by their Artistic
Director John Godber. Join May - widow, mother
and grandmother - as she packs up her Northern
council house and heads off for a life in the
sun. She’s trading her neighbourhood nightmares
for the Costa del Calm…but moving out is
hard work - and moving on is even harder. Forced
to look forward without her husband Ted, as the
van is loaded and the furniture and ornaments
are boxed and sealed piece by piece, May remembers
the hardship, laughter, sorrow and joy of the
past 45 years one last time. A tapestry of memories
unfolds in this tale of changing times; a touchingly
funny journey through life’s ups and downs,
birthdays and Christmases. There is a
2pm matinee on the Wednesday and Saturday.
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KIROV
BALLET (Lyric
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| Tuesday
13th to Saturday 17th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| One
of the most famous of all ballet companies, The
Kirov Ballet and Orchestra from the Mariinsky
Theatre in St. Petersburg, returns to The Lowry
with two spectacular full-length ballets and a
stunning gala evening. Jewels (Tue 13
& Wed 14 May) George Balanchine’s
dazzling ballet Jewels is a series of three stylistically
diverse classical divertissements. Emeralds is
set to elegant music by Fauré; Rubies is
hot and jazzy, set to Stravinsky; while Diamonds
is aristocratic in tone and set to Tchaikovsky.
Hailed as the greatest choreographer of the twentieth
century, Balanchine trained at St. Petersburg’s
Imperial Ballet before moving to the United States
where he created Jewels for his own New York City
Ballet in 1967. The Kirov was the first company
in Europe to stage all three acts together, reviving
the original cascading décor and costumes
to magnificent effect. Gala Programme
(Thu 15 May) The Kirov’s Gala Programme
is a box of delights for ballet lovers, featuring
Fokine’s one-act Chopiniana, followed by
a sequence of brilliant set pieces. Finally, the
sublime Kingdom of the Shades from Act III of
La Bayadère shows the Kirov corps de ballet
off to perfection. Don Quixote (Fri 16
& Sat 17 May) This faithful recreation
of Alexander Gorsky’s 1900 production bristles
with wit and bravura. Created by choreographer
Marius Petipa, the adventurous Spanish romance
tells of the relationship between Kitri, the daughter
of a socially ambitious innkeeper, and her lover
Basilio, a handsome but poor barber. Vivid settings
and authentic dances make Don Quixote one of the
most colourful ballets in the Kirov’s current
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| Thursday
15th and Friday 16th May 2008 - 7.45pm |
| Fed
up with weekly visits to cold, miserable school
halls and being weighed in front of groups of
strangers, Joanne sets up a class of her own.
When young mum Stephanie and divorcee Judith turn
up, the three soon become firm friends sharing
an obsession with losing weight and desiring the
perfect body. However, it becomes clear that there
is more to their unhappiness than shifting a few
pounds and they must look further than the scales
to solve their problems.
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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.
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EUROBEAT
- ALMOST EUROVISION (Lyric
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| Monday
19th May to Saturday 24th May - 7.30pm (Fri 5.30pm
& 8.30pm) |
| Starring
Gareth Hale (Hale & Pace) and Mel Giedroyc
(Mel & Sue). A show-biz send-up like
no other, this hilarious, high-energy pop extravaganza
takes its audience on the most exuberant and animated
theatrical ride imaginable. Join the cheering,
flag-waving, clapper-clacking crowds as ten countries
compete for the golden trophy in a glittering
glamour-fest of sequins, satin and shiny white
teeth. Your vote will count as the audiences decide
the winner by texting in their vote every night!
Introduced on screen by Terry Wogan, the king
of Eurovision himself, this award-winning smash
hit show has taken Australia and the Edinburgh
festival by storm and is only a handful of sequins
away from whipping up a frenzy in the West End.
Whether you love the Eurovision Song Contest –
or loathe it – this sensational musical
sparkles with five-star quality. See it now at
The Lowry and experience the live euro-phoria
that is Eurobeat, prior to the West End. There
is a 3pm matinee on the Saturday.
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YESTERDAY,
WHEN I WAS YOUNG (The
Studio) |
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| Monday
19th and Tuesday 20th May 2008 - 7.45pm |
| Josie’s
back! After a sell-out run at The Lowry last year
and direct from an International tour, the legendary
dominatrix returns to whip up a storm once more.
This outrageous true story follows Josie Pickering
as she recreates her remarkable journey from 1950s
Salford housewife to lesbian mistress of the night.
Erin Shanagher (Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Street)
brings her award-winning portrayal back to The
Lowry with some brand new tales of whips, slaves
and a little bit of cling film!
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THE
SCARLET PIMPERNEL (Quays
Theatre) |
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| Tuesday
20th to Saturday 24th May 2008 - 7.15pm |
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An amateur production from the Salford Musical
Theatre Company. A tale of courage, betrayal,
justice, intrigue, trust, honour and love set
against the backdrop of the bloody French Revolution.
A group of English nobles led by Sir Percy Blakeney
– the anonymous hero The Scarlet Pimpernel
– cross the channel to rescue those sentenced
to death. The show comes complete with moving
ballads, hilarious dialogue, daring rescues and
thrilling sword-fights. There is a 2.15pm matinee
on the Saturday.
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THE
DARK ROOM (The
Studio) |
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| Wednesday
21st May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Against
the backdrop of a pristine Victorian photographer’s
studio, The Dark Room allows us to glimpse the
blossoming love affair between William and Rose.
William illustrates children’s fairytale
books with beautiful, yet haunting, photographs.
But who are the ladies in these photos? And can
Rose resist temptation, or will she sneak a peek
inside the forbidden Dark Room? This unique story
for adults blends Ullaloom’s taste for horror
with their love of dark fairytales and explores
the often unpleasant fate of women in such fables.
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| Thursday
22nd May 2008 - 7.45pm |
| One
of the Country’s brightest young comedians,
Jason Cook has set himself the ultimate challenge
- to perform a show without embellishment, exaggeration
or poetic licence. Previously compelled by the
hen party and office crowd to pepper his storytelling
with smut and innuendo in order to meet their
desired filth quota, every single word in Jason's
new show is fact. A collection of 'confessions',
Jason examines his own misdeeds and inadequacies,
from the stupidly hilarious to the deeply moving.
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LITTLE
HOWARD AND THE MAGIC PENCIL OF LIFE AND DEATH
(The
Studio) |
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| Sunday
25th May 2008 - 11am & 1pm |
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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.
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STEPHEN
PETRONIO COMPANY (USA) (The
Lyric) |
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| Sunday
25th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
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premiere Beauty and the Brut is set to an original
score by art-rock heroes Fischerspooner; while
Antony Hegarty’s (Antony and the Johnsons)
haunting voice is the thread running through This
is the Story of a Girl in the World, four interrelated
works set to music by Antony, Nico Muhly, and
Lou Reed. With the inspirational Bloom, set to
a commissioned score by Rufus Wainwright, the
2007 queerupnorth International Festival reaches
a spectacular conclusion.
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JOHN
BISHOP - STICK YOUR JOB UP YOUR ARSE (Quays
Theatre) |
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| Sunday
25th May 2008 - 7pm |
| Multi-award-winning
Comedian John Bishop hits the road with a brand
new show, all about the joys of telling his boss
to do something that most people might find impossible.
Would you leave a successful career to try and
make people laugh for a living? John did. All
in the name of Comedy. Until this year he worked
in a lucrative marketing job during the day and
spent his nights moonlighting in the world of
Comedy. Now he has finally taken that long-awaited
leap of faith, handed in his notice and become
a full-time stand-up. Come and see the results.
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PAUL
MERTON'S IMPRO CHUMS (Lyric
Theatre) |
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| Monday
26th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Paul
Merton and his highly talented Impro Chums are
wonders of nature. Impro Chums take audience suggestions
and create cascades of fantastic tumbling laughter.
Most of the time. Impro Chums are the delightful
Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson and Suki Webster.
Special guest Impro Chums will also appear specially.
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