A partnership between a London-based theatre production company and one of Manchester’s newest arts venues will bring a hat-trick of shows to the city for 2017.
Aria Entertainment first joined forces with Hope Mill Theatre, based in Ancoats, in January to spearhead the venue as a platform to showcase, revive and bring new musical theatre to the North.
The first musical produced was the Tony award-winning Parade, which featured a full cast of 15 actors, a nine-strong orchestra, and was produced by an experienced creative team. Parade was originally scheduled to run for three and a half weeks—but, due to demand, an extra week was added.
Cementing their commitment to produce Northern, UK and world premières of new musicals, the partnership will present three headline musicals for 2017: Yank!, The Stationmaster and Little Women.
Yank! will run from March 9 to April 8 and is the UK première of a new musical which ran off-Broadway.
The Stationmaster will run from September 7 to 30 and is inspired by Horvath’s Judgment Day, translated by Christopher Hampton. Set in a small town in the Lake District in 1958, railway stationmaster Thomas Price is the pillar of his local community. But when a young woman unexpectedly arrives on the platform, his well-ordered life begins to unravel.
Little Women will run from November 9 to December 9. This is the UK première of the Broadway musical which starred Sutton Foster who was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance.