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Dateline: 27th September, 2009 News from the North West
Lowry given Heritage Lottery Fund awardThe Lowry in Salford has been awarded a £40,400 grant to develop its plans for a local heritage project for the centre's tenth birthday that will explore the history of the Salford Quays site on which it was built. It is currently planned that the project, titled Unlocking Salford Quays, will involve local people in exploring the history, people and past industries of the area using the arts and will include the building of a 'trail' around the area and inside The Lowry itself. The funding award at present is only for the development of the plans, and the centre will be applying for a further grant of £472,700 at some point in the future in order to put the plans into action. New Brighton Floral Pavilion panto cast announcedNew Brighton's Floral Pavilion in Merseyside has announced the main cast for its Christmas pantomime based on the story of Snow White. In the title role is 18-year-old newcomer Kate Mellors from Hoylake. Actress and comedienne Pauline Daniels will star as the Wicked Queen, Pete Price will be Muddles and Ken Dodd's recorded voice and image will appear as the voice of the mirror. There will also be appearances from Russ Spencer and Caroline Barnes from Eurovision duo Scooch, Roy Brandon and the Honey Monster. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will run at the Floral Pavilion from 19 December 2009 to 10 January 2010. Southport Theatre looking for dancers for pantoSouthport Theatre is inviting dancers aged sixteen or over to audition to perform alongside H from Steps and Marc Bannerman from Eastenders in Jack and the Beanstalk this Christmas. Pele Productions is looking for male and female dancers, but it has said the roles are suitable for young dancers looking to build up their CVs by working with a professional company. The show runs at Southport Theatre from 10 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. Auditions are on 7 October from 5PM, and anyone interested in attending should e-mail tara.pele@btconnect.com for details.
NW productionsJonathan Pryce stars as Davies in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker with Peter McDonald as Aston and Tom Brooke as Mick, directed by Christopher Morahan, at Liverpool Everyman from 2 to 31 October. New artistic director David Thacker opens his first season at Bolton's Octagon Theatre (after its co-production with Out of Joint of Mixed Up North) with his own production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, running from 4 to 24 October. Motherland by Steve Gilroy from Newcastle's Live Theatre and The Empty Space recounts the true stories of women whose lives have been affected by recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and will visit The Dukes in Lancaster from 1 to 3 October. Pandora's Box Theatre Company brings its version of Harry Secombe's children's story Katy and the Nurgla – Katy’s holiday in Majorca turns into an unexpected adventure when she meets the Nurgla, a mysterious sea monster with an eventful past – to Waterside Arts Centre in Sale on 3 October. Redcape Theatre brings The Idiot Colony, in which three people, forgotten for decades inside a mental hospital, relive wartime affairs, illicit trysts and childhood secrets to the strains of Rick Astley and Glenn Miller, to Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal on 1 October. TV sitcom star Penelope Keith will appear in Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett at The Lowry in Salford from 28 September to 3 October. Keith stars as a clergy wife who has spent a lifetime on her best behaviour, but following the death of her husband she is enjoying her new-found freedom to do and say exactly as she pleases. 20 Stories High will perform Blackberry Trout Face by Laurence Wilson at Unity Theatre in Liverpool on 29 and 30 September. One morning, the three teenagers discover a note in the Frosties: mum has abandoned them; they have been left home alone. Also at Unity Theatre, Total Theatre Award winner Chotto Ookii presents Sweet, a bitter take on the saccharine nature of love, on 1 October. On 3 October at Unity, Take The Space will perform Dolce Via inspired by films of Fellini and Chaplin about former variety act The Great Tourrinos looking back on the night when tragedy struck in the middle of their show as they reunite for one last performance. Tell Tale Hearts presents Spacehoppers for ages 3 to 7 at The Lowry on 3 and 4 October, a promenade-style performance combining performance, puppetry, live music and poetry. Company F.Z. brings its hybrid of aerial circus, performance, film and dance in We Can Be Heroes to Contact Theatre in Manchester from 1 to 3 October. Warrington's Pyramid and Parr Hall has already sold out its two performance of Room on the Broom from Tall Stories, adapted from the picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, on 27 September. Motown musical Dancing in the Streets will visit Manchester's Palace Theatre from 1 to 3 October. Proteus Theatre Company will visit Bury Met on 29 September with its version of the classic Bram Stoker horror story Dracula. The Lowry's dance company in residence Company Chameleon will officially launch its collaboration with the Salford venue with a performance on 30 September of Kith/Kin. Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, his dance show follow-up to Riverdance, comes to Liverpool Empire from 29 September to 4 October. The Bootleg Theatre Company will perform Girls Allowed by Trevor Suthers at Taurus Bar in Manchester from 28 to 30 September. Eight by Ella Hickson from NewUpNorth Theatre Company will present four out of its selection of eight characters hitting adulthood in 'the naughties' on each night from 20 September to 3 October at Studio Salford. Don't Look Up takes us to a deserted riverbank in the early hours of the morning as two people who have just met in a night club talk under the stars in the former 24:7 play Watching Stars by Kate Gilbert at Martin Harris Centre from 30 September to 1 October. Full Beam Visual Theatre performs My Baby Just Cares For Me at Rose Theatre in Ormskirk on 1 October. Reporter: David Chadderton Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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