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Kim Woodburn: In Conversation
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
Kim Woodburn: In Conversation
Lowry Theatre Salford
Sun 2 Feb 2025
Promising to be an exciting insight into one fascinating lady. We peel back the perfectly starched net curtain on a modern day icon, get the behind the scenes gossip from Big Brother, the truth about her TV split, and of course I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
It’s a no holds barred interview from The Queen Of Clean.
Hosted by Belinda Scandal it’s guaranteed to be a very unpredictable evening. Who is the real Kim Woodburn, and what is it that has captured the UK's imagination for nearly 30 years.
Calamity Jane
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
Kim Woodburn: In Conversation
Opera House Manchester
Tue 21 Jan - Sat 25 Jan 2025
Gosh almighty! Grab a posse because the whip crackin' musical comedy classic Calamity Jane is a rollin' on over the plains to a theatre near you. Based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, this plumb fancy new production stars the multi-award-winning West End actor and singer Carrie Hope Fletcher (Cinderella, Les Misérables) and begins its UK and Ireland tour at the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre in January 2025.
What are you waiting for, you wild coyotes? Whip-crack-away and book now!
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
Opera House Manchester
Tue 28 Jan - Sat 1 Feb 2025
Get ready to relive the soundtrack of your youth at NOW That's What I Call A Musical!
Celebrating 40 years of iconic and chart-topping compilation albums, this brand-new musical comedy has an unbeatable 80s soundtrack and show-stopping direction and choreography by Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood. This is an event you won't want to miss.
This fun-filled evening is bursting with some of the greatest hits from the 80s: Gold, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Tainted Love, Hey Mickey, Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves and many more!
Kinky Boots
A Knight's Tale The Musical
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
Palace Theatre Manchester
Tue 4 Feb - Sat 8 Feb 2025
The Broadway and West End phenomenon, Kinky Boots The Musical, is strutting into Palace Theatre Manchester in a brand-new production with a star cast including Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe, Dan Partridge (Grease), Courtney Bowman (Six) Scott Paige (The Addams Family) and Newtion Matthews (Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical).
This joy-filled sensation, based on a true story and hit movie, features Tony® and Grammy® winning music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, a hilarious and life-affirming book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein and is directed by Nikolai Foster.
Dear Evan Hansen
A Knight's Tale The Musical
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Palace Theatre Manchester
Tue 18 Feb - Sat 22 Feb 2025
Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why…
Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in. The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn’t tell the whole truth. And now must give up on a life he never dreamt he’d have. As events spiral and the truth comes out, Evan faces a reckoning with himself and everyone around him.
"The musical of its generation, for all generations." - BBC RADIO 2
A Knight's Tale The Musical
A Knight's Tale The Musical
A Knight's Tale The Musical
Opera House Manchester
Fri 11 Apr - Sat 10 May 2025
Based on Brian Helgeland’s iconic 2001 film (originally starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany), A Knight’s Tale, the brand-new comedy musical, charges into Manchester Opera House for its World Premiere, prior to the West End.
From the Producers of recent stage smash-hits including Disney’s Newsies, Girl From the North Country, 2:22 A Ghost Story and 101 Dalmatians the Musical comes this rip-roaring tale of chivalry, jousting, heroes and villains – A Knight’s Tale has it all.
Expect a truly rockin’ soundtrack, packed with hits!
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Opera House Manchester
Tue 2 Sep - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Happiness is only a heartbeat away with HERE & NOW, the hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of the multi-million-selling pop phenomenon, Steps. Don’t miss this sparkling celebration of love and friendship when it comes to Opera House Manchester following its record-breaking world premiere this year!
Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it's Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone's dancing in the aisles. But when Caz discovers the shelves are stocked with lies and betrayal, the summer of love she and her friends dreamed of suddenly feels like a tragedy. Have they all lost their chance of a 'happy ever after'? Or does love have other plans in store…?
music
Candlelight: Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Candlelight: Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Candlelight: Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Manchester Cathedral
Sat 11 & 18 Jan, 22 Feb 2025
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Manchester.
Get your tickets now to discover the music of Hans Zimmer's Best Works at Manchester Cathedral under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Performed by Northern String Quartet or Bloomsbury Music Group.
Programme includes Time from Inception, This Land from The Lion King, A Dark Knight from The Dark Knight, Cornfield Chase from Interstellar, Dune Suite, Gladiator Suite and many more.
Candlelight: A Tribute to Celine Dion
Candlelight: Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Candlelight: Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Manchester Cathedral
Sat 18 Jan & 22 Feb 2025
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Manchester.
Get your tickets now to discover the music of Celine Dion at Manchester Cathedral under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Performed by Northern String Quartet or Bloomsbury Music Group
Programme includes The Power of Love, Because you loved me, La Javanaise, That’s the way it is, The Prayer and of course My heart will go on plus many more.
Cyndi Lauper
Candlelight: Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Cyndi Lauper
Co-op Live
Sun 9 Feb 2025
Cyndi Lauper is a songwriter, actor, activist and, with her bright and colourful clothing and hairstyles, remains an 80s pop favourite for many across the world.
Having sold over 50 million records over a career spanning four decades, Lauper has garnered many accolades many pop stars dream of. Her 1985 debut album She's So Unusual was the first by a female artist to boast four top five hits on the Billboard 100. It won her her first Grammy award, and as the years go by it keeps creeping up the ranks of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Further hits came on 1985's True Colours, notably its title track.
June 2024 saw the release of Let the Canary Sing, a Paramount+ documentary about Lauper's career.
James Blunt
Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025
Cyndi Lauper
AO Arena
Sat 15 Feb 2025
James Blunt will take to the road with Toploader in February next year to embark on a special run of UK arena dates for the ‘Back To Bedlam 20th Anniversary Tour’, where he will perform the Back To Bedlamalbum in its entirety, along with other classic hits from his career.
“I’ve been touring now for twenty years, and really, it’s only Back To Bedlam that people want to hear… so on that album’s twentieth anniversary, what better way to celebrate than to head out on the 'Back To Bedlam 20th Anniversary Tour'!” explains James. “I’ll play all the songs from Back To Bedlam in full, from start to finish, and chuck in the better known songs from later albums to finish. It’s going to be, well, it pains me to say it… beautiful.”
Candlelight: Rings and Dragons
Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025
Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025
Hallé St Peter's
Thurs 20 Feb 2025
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Manchester.
Get your tickets now to discover the music of Rings and Dragons at Hallé St Peter's under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Performed by Northern String Quartet.
Programme includes: Themes from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Howard Shore and
Themes from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon by Ramin Djawadi.
Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025
Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025
Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025
AO Arena
Sat 1 & Sun Feb 2025
Following the captivating Strictly final on BBC One, the full line-up of celebrities and professional dancers for next year’s highly anticipated Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour are now announced.
Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas; Montell Douglas and Kai Widdrington; Wynne Evans and Katya Jones; Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec; JB Gill, Amy Dowden and Lauren Oakley; Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola; Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu.
Not forgetting the legendary Strictly TV judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and joining the tour for the first time, Motsi Mabuse. The cast will be completed with the sensational tour host Janette Manrara.
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Manchester Academy
Sat 15 Mar 2025
In March 2025 Kim Wilde and her band will be embarking on the UK ‘Closer Tour’.
Playing the legendary ‘Close’ album as well as songs from the upcoming ‘Closer’ album and of course her earlier hits.
Born in West London in 1960, Wilde hit the 1980s with force with her debut single 'Kids in America', which with its lazer-like synths, pulsating bass and catchy chorus, was an instant hit all across Europe.
Kim has earned her reputation as a formidable live performer and her band are one the most exciting acts to watch in 2025. Expect to hear – You Came, You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Never Trust a Stranger, Stone, Chequered Love and of course, Kids In Amercia!
Gabrielle
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
AO Arena
Sat 12 Apr 2025
After selling-out all 32 nights during last year’s ‘30 Years of Dreaming’ tour, Gabrielle now announces an even bigger run of shows for 2025. Her biggest ever UK tour will come to a selection of the nation’s biggest arenas. Gabrielle will also be joined by very special guest Tunde of Lighthouse Family on all dates.
Gabrielle says, "I had such a great time on the '30 Years of Dreaming' tour that I can't wait to do it all again on some even bigger stages. With some new songs mixed with the old favourites, I’m also very excited to have Tunde of Lighthouse Family joining me on the road. It’s going to be amazing, hope to see you there!"
Anastacia
Kim Wilde
Anastacia
O2 Apollo
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Celebrating 25 years of Not That Kind
After storming the charts with her empowered single ‘I’m Outta Love’ in 2000, Anastacia became the toast of soulful dance pop. Her distinctive voice, singular sass, never-say-die attitude and trademark look of crop tops and tinted glasses immediately offered her a seat at the table alongside the era’s defining divas.
Having strutted her stuff on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016, Anastacia later won the third season of The Masked Singer Australia in 2021.
Bringing it back to her breakthrough, Anastacia announced the ‘Not That Kind’ tour in 2025 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘I’m Outta Love’, including dates across the UK at the London Palladium, the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Manchester’s O2 Apollo and more.
Kylie
Kylie
Anastacia
O2 Apollo
Mon 19 - Tues 20 May 2025
Kylie Minogue belongs to that upper echelon of pop royalty, one of those select few whose reputation and contribution to music is understood just by uttering her first name. Rightfully going by just Kylie in recent years, then, Australia's highest-selling recording artist of all time continues to reinvent herself, releasing her electropop-tastic 16th studio album Tension in 2023 as well as embarking on her first ever Las Vegas residency.
Born in Melbourne in 1968, the actor-turned-singer broke into the global charts in 1987 with 'I Should Be So Lucky' – the first of a long and fruitful collaboration with Stock, Aitken & Waterman. The hits that folllowed are almost endless, from 'Especially For You' with Jason Donovan to 'The Loco Motion', 'Can't Get You out of My Head', 'In Your Eyes' and 'Spinning Around'.