Shows & Pantos
It’s pantomimes and Christmas show season! With Mus&Dads list you won’t miss all the local family pantos and shows! Enjoy the festive season!
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Half-Term Is Great Fun For Kids At The Met, Bury
With October half-term in Bury just a fortnight away, parents searching for activities to entertain their children should look to The Met in Bury. The town centre venue is bringing three top quality touring family theatre shows to the town during half-term week, giving three different opportunities for children to enjoy entertaining and inventive theatre that’s designed just for them.
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Children’s Entertainment Phenomenon The Wiggles Return To The UK & Ireland For The Wiggles Big Show
Australia’s most successful family entertainment group, The Wiggles, are coming to the UK and Ireland for the first time in 5 years and they’re coming to Manchester on Friday 4th August! Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony are so excited to be touring England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales this July and August. They will be bringing some familiar wiggly friends with them too, including Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword, Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus!
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Circus Funtasia Return to Wythenshawe this Half Term!
Roll up, roll up! After the success of last year’s show, Circus Funtasia have returned to Wythenshawe Park by popular demand with a brand new show. But expect to see plenty of new faces entertaining the crowds, as well as some old favourites.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – 2017 Annual Buxton Opera House Pantomime
What better place to watch a pantomime than the sparkling, fairytale setting of Buxton Opera House…
This year James Holmes is back by popular demand to play the role of the dame and Lucy Dixon will make her debut appearance as Snow White.
Shows and Pantomimes
Billy Elliot – The Musical Palace Theatre 29 November – 28 January Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of one
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Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales is Back
Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales, the production brought to life by the award-winning Scamp Theatre (The Scarecrows’ Wedding, Stick Man) and loved so much by Manchester families is back to The Lowry on Tuesday 24th – Sunday 29th May.
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Win Family Ticket for INKHEART, HOME’s Christmas Production
Mums&Dads are delighted to be able to offer our readers a chance to win a set of family tickets for INKHEART, HOME’s Christmas production. It’s a top prize, worth well over £50!
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Abracadabra – it’s Aladdin!
Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without a pantomime – so thank goodness for Aladdin at the Buxton Opera House! And to add some special sparkle to the festival season, we here at M&D are offering one fortunate family the chance to win family ticket (for up to 4 people) to see this sizzling showstopper.
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Kafka’s Monkey at HOME in Manchester
Both acting and staging come together to bring alive a script that is quintessential Kafka, a grotesque satire of humanity, a probing of forced assimilation, and a questioning of the value of freedom, in a way that makes you laugh as you watch, but cry when you remember.
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Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
. . . What happened next was truly amazing. Where the book had led me to understand Christopher’s world, the National Theatre’s production led me to feel it. Scenery, props, and soundtrack were all drafted in to assist with the creation of a whole world on stage; the world inside the protagonist’s mind.
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