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Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Death Drop: Back in the Habit is an hilarious, daring and surprisingly sociopolitical play starring drag icons Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer
All aboard Manchester Opera House for a cruise through menopause

All aboard Manchester Opera House for a cruise through menopause

Menopause the Musical 2 will dock at Manchester Opera House as part of its cruise of the UK – starring Mary Byrne, Jessica Martin, Rebecca Wheatley, and Susie Fenwick
Manchester Opera House prepares for a massacre

Manchester Opera House prepares for a massacre

Death Drop is back with a brand-new story and a killer cast, including Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer
Musicals of Manchester: March

Musicals of Manchester: March

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this March!
Review: The Rocky Horror Show

Review: The Rocky Horror Show

The Rocky Horror Show’s sweet transvestites from Transexual Transylvania seduce the audience of Manchester Opera House
Manchester Opera House gets ready to do the Time Warp (again)

Manchester Opera House gets ready to do the Time Warp (again)

The Rocky Horror Show returns to Manchester’s Opera House Theatre this February
Mamma Mia! Review

Mamma Mia! Review

Mamma Mia has been the soundtrack of my life for years, but the Opera House musical exceeded all expectations
Review: Ellen Kent’s Aida

Review: Ellen Kent’s Aida

Ellen Kent’s breathtaking take on Verdi’s Aida was let down by a series of small issues, leading our reviewer to wonder if the inaccessibility of opera will lead to its demise
Review: Ellen Kent’s La Bohème

Review: Ellen Kent’s La Bohème

Ellen Kent took the audience at Manchester Opera House back in time with her stylish take on Puccini’s La Bohème
Review: Ellen Kent’s Madama Butterfly

Review: Ellen Kent’s Madama Butterfly

Ellen Kent delivered a beautiful, authentic take on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
We Go Again at Manchester Opera House

We Go Again at Manchester Opera House

Mamma Mia!, the jukebox musical based on the songs of ABBA, is holidaying at Manchester Opera House
Musicals of Manchester: January

Musicals of Manchester: January

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this January!
Death Drop announces its killer new cast

Death Drop announces its killer new cast

Original Death Drop stars Jujubee and Kitty Scott-Claus join the all-star cast of its standalone sequel, Death Drop: Back in the Habit
Review: The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan

Review: The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan

The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan, starring Jason Manford at Manchester Opera House, is my first ever panto – and it made me rediscover my inner-child!
Sail into Manchester Opera House this Christmas

Sail into Manchester Opera House this Christmas

The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan, starring Jason Manford and Ben Nickless, is this year’s panto at Manchester Opera House
Musicals of Manchester: December

Musicals of Manchester: December

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this December!
Manchester Opera House lays a mousetrap

Manchester Opera House lays a mousetrap

The world’s longest-running show, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, visits Manchester Opera House as part of its 70th anniversary UK and Ireland tour
Review: Bugsy Malone

Review: Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone, a wonderful, riotous production, is at the Opera House as part of its first ever UK tour
Manchester Opera House is having a custard pie fight

Manchester Opera House is having a custard pie fight

The stage musical adaptation of the hit film Bugsy Malone is coming to Manchester Opera House as part of its first ever UK tour
Musicals of Manchester: November

Musicals of Manchester: November

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this November!