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Phoenix Rising |
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Sunday 26th February 2012 |
France, 1928. D. H. Lawrence is a very ill man. In a series of snapshots, the author of Lady Chatterley’s Lover presents the events that shaped his extraordinary life.
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Madama Butterfly |
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Tuesday 28th February & Friday 2nd March |
Opera North - One of the world's best-loved operas, Puccini's masterpiece is the deeply touching story of a young woman whose innocent love is rewarded only with betrayal. |
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Norma |
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Wed 29th February & Sat 3rd March 2012 |
Opera North - One of the greatest of Italian operas, Norma has never lost its grip on the public imagination, and in "Casta diva", contains one of the most prized of all soprano arias. |
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Giulio Cesare |
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Thursday 1st March 2012 |
Opera North - Come and experience an opera with all the colour, drama, passion and epic sweep of a Hollywood Blockbuster in this story of Cleopatra's seduction of Julius Caesar. |
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My Favourite Summer |
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Thursday 1st March 2012 |
Join Dave as he spends a month working in the summer job from hell in a desperate bid to save his relationship. Still, at least the weather’s nice for him.
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Chris Addison |
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Sunday 4th March 2012 |
Fresh from The Thick of It, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and his sell-out 2010 tour, Chris Addison, the man who put the ‘Chris Addison’ into, “I see Chris Addison is touring again,” is touring again. |
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Mike Harding |
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Sunday 4th March 2012 |
After 15 years concentrating on writing and broadcasting, fell walking and fly-fishing, ‘the grandfather of alternative comedy’ returns to his roots – with a vengeance!
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Connections 2012 |
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Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th March 2012 |
A nationwide celebration of young theatre talent as local youth theatre groups, schools and colleges perform ten plays commissioned by the National Theatre for the first time.
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Derren Brown |
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Monday 5th to Saturday 10th March 2012 |
Following sell-out previous visits, be prepared for a theatrical roller-coaster ride as the acknowledged master of psychological illusion comes to The Lowry with his brand new show Svengali. |
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No Sleep For The Haunted |
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Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th March 2012 |
Three classic tales – The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe), The Signalman (Charles Dickens) and A Warning to the Curious (M. R. James) – unfold in this chilling new musical.
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Angel |
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Sunday 11th March 2012 |
A girl follows an old woman home to a house full of paper, where nothing has been thrown away for 50 years, in this beautiful tale of unexpected friendship.
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Nanci Griffith |
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Sunday 11th March 2012 |
This Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter from Austin Texas has been quietly writing brilliant songs since the age of six. Exquisite music; not to be missed. With special guests, the Kennedy's. |
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Andrew Lawrence |
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Sunday 11th March 2012 |
As seen on BBC1's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. Double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee. 'Lawrence, should he so wish, could be the defining stand-up comic of his generation.' The Guardian. |
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Walter Trout |
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Sunday 11th March 2012 |
The former lead guitarist with John Mayall Blues Breakers, John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat celebrates his 20th solo year with the chartbusting album Common Ground.
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Travelling Light |
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Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th March 2012 |
A new play by Nicholas Wright. In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father’s cinematograph. |
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Stevenage |
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Tuesday 13th March 2012 |
Join transgender artist Mandy Romero as she guides you through Stevenage, the first English New Town, and a fascinating variety of uncannily interwoven lives.
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The Talent |
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Wednesday 14th March 2012 |
The thrilling BalletBoyz pass the baton to a new generation for an evening of awesome skill and talent. Brace yourself for an explosion of exhilarating dance!
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Bette & Joan: The Final Curtain |
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Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th March 2012 |
A dying Bette Davis is forced to confront the ghost of her nemesis, Joan Crawford, in this feisty new comedy-drama from the creators of Thatcher The Musical!
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Science Museum Live |
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Friday 16th & Saturday 17th March 2012 |
Experience spectacular science, dangerous demonstrations and extraordinary experiments as Science Museum returns with a fantastic live show to blow your mind and challenge your brain.
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Jimmy Carr |
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Saturday 17th March 2012 |
Join Jimmy as he tries out new material for his forthcoming tour. Might be good, might be shit. |
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Turn Back The Clock |
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Sunday 18th March 2012 |
In honour of Joyce Grenfell’s centenary year, this comedy revue features some of the great entertainer’s more delicate and poignant pieces, and is sure to delight all ages!
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Doug Stanhope |
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Sunday 18th March 2012 |
He is a raging, vitriolic, viciously brilliant critic of the stupidity of our social and political systems and the moronic saps who sustain it... and he's the funniest comic you will ever see. |
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Jimeoin: Lovely! |
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Sunday 18th March 2012 |
Star of TV’s Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Jason Manford’s Comedy Rocks, Just for Laughs and Best of Edinburgh Comedy Festival. No gimmicks, just pure-and-simple great craic.
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Boothby Graffoe & Nick Pynn |
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Sunday 18th March 2012 |
Boothby and Nick follow on from the success of their 2011 tour with another jolly trip around the country to promote new studio album Is This Your Vehicle Sir?
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At Swim Two Boys |
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Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st March 2012 |
Adapted from the book of the same name, this powerful and physical piece juxtaposes the developing love affair between two young men with political turmoil in Ireland.
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Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker |
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Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th March 2012 |
A fresh and charmingly irreverent interpretation of the traditional favourite, this delicious theatrical feast has family-sized helpings of Matthew Bourne's trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy. |
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Defying Hitler |
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Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd March 2012 |
Adapted from the award-winning memoir of the same name, this is a candid, witty and extremely moving account of a young man growing up in the shadow of Hitler's Third Reich. |
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Daniel Sloss |
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Friday 23rd March 2012 |
Scotlands half-man-half-Xbox, hormone-ridden comic prodigy started stand-up aged 16, starred on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Mock the Week and his own BBC show - all before he started shaving. |
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U.Dance |
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Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th March 2012 |
Join us for two exhilarating evenings of exciting and diverse dance performance, celebrating some of the finest youth dance companies from across the region.
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Terry Alderton |
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Saturday 24th March 2012 |
As seen on BBC3’s Edinburgh Gala and Dave’s One Night Stand, the winner of the Three Weeks Critics’ Award is back on the road with a brand new show.
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Underneath The Floorboards |
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Sunday 25th March 2012 |
Amidst the chaos of moving day, John discovers a bottomless box that leads him to a strange and magical world in this mesmerising family dance adventure.
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Wings & Desires |
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Monday 26th March 2012 |
Participants present the choreography creating during a course in contemporary technique and creative movement.
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Entity |
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Tuesday 27th March 2012 |
With a soundscape created by Coldplay and Massive Attack collaborator Jon Hopkins and composer Joby Talbot (The Divine Comedy), Entity is a staggering blend of athleticism, technology and film.
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Secrets |
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Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th March 2012 |
New dance works inspired by the theme of secrets and created by Salford primary and secondary schools. This exciting showcase always sells out, so book early!
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Steve Hughes |
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Friday 30th March 2012 |
Following storming sets on UK TV, including BBC1’s Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, the Australian comic and ex-heavy metal drummer embarks on his debut tour.
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Wonderful Town |
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Saturday 31st March to Saturday 14th April |
Starring Connie Fisher. The Lowry, Royal Exchange Theatre & Hallé Orchestra combine their artistic forces to present this remarkable, brilliantly choreographed production of the Leonard Bernstein’s musical comedy. |
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Burlesque! |
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Saturday 31st March 2012 |
Dress to impress and prepare yourself for a divinely decadent night as the darkly witty Vampire Queen, Rosie Lugosi aka Crimson Skye, plays host to a variety of entertaining acts.
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Josh Widdicombe |
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Sunday 1st April 2012 |
Star of BBC2's The Rob Brydon Show, Channel 4's Stand Up For The Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Josh Widdicombe will be touring his his hotly anticipated debut show all over the country. |
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Judie Tzuke |
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Sunday 1st April 2012 |
Revered singer/songwriter Judie Tzuke returns to The Lowry with her spellbinding tour, celebrating the launch her latest album One Tree Less.
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Weekend Breaks |
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Monday 2nd to Saturday 7th April 2012 |
An aspiring writer tries to patch things up with his family in this perceptive comedy about what it really means to love your parents – even when you want to kill them!
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The Tiger Who Came To Tea |
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Tuesday 10th to Sunday 15th April 2012 |
Direct from a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger hits the road in this delightful family show, packed with magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos!
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Pete Firman |
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Tuesday 10th April 2012 |
Following a fantastic run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, everyone’s favourite comedic conjuror and star of The Magicians (BBC1) is taking his hilarious new five-star show on a national tour.
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Rich Hall |
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Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th April 2012 |
A well-known grouchy, deadpan US stand-up comic. Rich is a master of absurdist irony while eschewing the human condition. He particularly likes to lay into Americans and life across the Pond at every opportunity. |
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Germaine Greer |
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Sunday 15th April 2012 |
Join the international feminist icon and academic as she describes her journey through four decades of change, with the opportunity to ask all those burning questions!
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Martin Carthy |
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Sunday 15th April 2012 |
Influencing an entire generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, groundbreaking balladeer and guitarist Martin Carthy is one of folk’s greatest innovators.
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The Gruffalo |
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Tuesday 17th to Sunday 21st April 2012 |
Join Mouse on an adventurous journey through the woods, where tales of a scary monster come to life, as the magical musical adaptation of the best-selling picture book returns!
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Love's Labours Lost |
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Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st April 2012 |
Northern Broadsides celebrates its 20th anniversary year with a mischievous comedy brimming with youthful exuberance. Let the battle of the sexes commence!
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Bronagh's Big Weekend |
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Friday 20th April 2012 |
A one-woman comedy show about a mad weekend in a mad family. Think Four Weddings and a Funeral with Irish dancing and restraining orders.
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