NW Productions

Published: 19 April 2014
Reporter: David Upton

The Life And Times Of Mitchell & Kenyon Credit: Joel Fildes
Rob Ward in Away From Home

Lancashire’s film-making pioneers, Mitchell & Kenyon, are the focus of a new play which premières at The Dukes in Lancaster next week. The Life And Times Of Mitchell & Kenyon is a celebration of the East Lancashire factory-gate film-makers who made cinema history.

The life and music of glam rock legend Marc Bolan is the inspiration for the new musical 20th Century Boy, which comes to the Opera House, Manchester this week.

Returning for an extra-special hometown performance, Elvis Presley tribute artist Lee Memphis King, presents his tribute to The King, celebrating the entire career of the musical legend, at Manchester Palace Theatre next Thursday.

Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre is set to stage four new plays as part of Hunger For Trade, an international performing arts response to the global food crisis.

New pieces of work will be seen at The Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre from Thursday to May 3.

Mother’s Ruin return to Contact in Manchester next Friday with Mother’s Meltdown, a raucous cabaret with a cocktail of performances.

One-man comedy play A Parson's Tale will continue its north west tour with a visit to The New Millennium Theatre in Rossendale, Lancashire.

Away from Home, an award-winning and subversive one man show coming to The Continental in Preston next Thursday, goes in for a hard tackle on football’s last taboo.

Sing-A-Long-A Grease is the latest of the interactive karaoke shows to come to Preston Guild Hall next Friday.

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