Fat Sam’s speakeasy has plenty to entertain the Opera House audience as the gangster spoof full of showgirls, hoodlums and slapstick offers a feel-good evening of childish fun. Placing audiences in the 1929 New York prohibition era, writer Alan Parker’s youthful musical plays out a rivalry between Fat Sam (Abbie Snelson) and Dandy Dan (Desmond Cole), as Dan attempts to bring down Sam’s organisation. While its child cast set this 1976 comedy film apart, audiences will relish i

The bittersweet comedy is back as a sparkling new musical production, offering a colourful spectacle shaped around the 1993 hit film. A children’s comedy that normalises divorce, touches on the toll it takes on the children and highlights the story from a father’s perspective was a shocking rarity for the 90s, but Mrs Doubtfire was able to thread that needle.  Flash forward 29 years and now Gabriel Vick (Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire) is back as the beloved nanny

The look of love is descending onto the Opera House audience as Roger and Hammerstein’s impactful soundtrack crafted around World War II continues to hit home 73 years after its premiere. The distinctive classic’s candid look at love and race splits its story between nurse Nellie (Gina Beck) and Lieutenant Cable (Rob Houchen), both stationed by the army on a beautiful island in the Pacific. While the younger naïve Nellie falls head over heels with a worldly French planter, Ca

The OG’s of slapstick theatre are bringing the longest-running comedy of the West End back to Manchester. Returning with the original cast from their 2012 run, the Mischief Theatre troupe are falling over themselves to remind audiences why their joyous debut show is a classic creation worthy of multiple viewings. The precarious storyline follows the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society as they attempt to showcase their latest 1920s mystery, The Murder at Haversham Manor. The sh