The Lowry Archives

INSIDE | Your Guide to The Lowry’s Theatrical Week 53 Festival (Week 2)

The Lowry turned 18 this year, and their annual theatre festival Week 53 returns to challenge convention and celebrate the ‘coming of age’. After a hugely successful first week of powerful…

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INSIDE | Powerful drama Brighton Rock to hit The Lowry’s Stage for Week 53

The Lowry’s Week 53 Festival returns to Salford for twelve days and features the fantastic stage adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel Brighton Rock. Set in the heart of British seaside…

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Brighton Rock 2018 Gloria Onitiri as Ida

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REVIEW | Brighton Rock | UK Tour

Peaky Blinders meets Romeo and Juliet in the 60s gangster love story Brighton Rock. Adapted by Graham Greene’s classic novel, it is a story set in the heart of the…

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Deborah McAndrew's Hard Times at the Lowry

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Interview | Deborah McAndrew Talks Arts Education and Bringing Dickens’ Hard Times to the Stage

Northern Broadsides are back at The Lowry with their latest production of Hard Times, the classic Northern story written by Charles Dickens. Adapting it for the stage, this production is…

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REVIEW | Elf the Musical | The Lowry

Bringing everybody’s favourite festive film to life on stage, Elf the musical tells the story of Buddy the elf and his adventures in New York as he embarks on a…

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INTERVIEW | Joey Parsad Talks The Hilarious ‘Around The World In 80 Days’ Coming to The Lowry This Christmas

Bringing bundles of humour to the Lowry’s Quays theatre this Christmas is the hilarious extravaganza that is Around The World In 80 days. The classic feel-good production is perfect for…

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INTERVIEW | Kate O’Donnell talks ‘You’ve Changed’

Queer performer, activist, campaigner and theatre artist Kate O’Donnell is bringing her critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show You’ve Changed to the Lowry this November. It has been fourteen years since Kate…

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INTERVIEW | Chanje Kuda blends science and performance to create Superposition

“I interviewed a particle physicist, a philosopher, and I also took a lap dancing course,” poet and performer Chanje Kunda told me. Her journey, drive & determination to make it in…

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