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September – December 2010 Here at The Lowry we offer services that make both the galleries and theatres more accessible. We offer various theatre events that are accompanied by audio descrip...
Mon 5 July 2010
 
September – December 2010 The Royal Ballet pay a special visit to the North West with Step by Step, an hour-long programme of highlights from the Company’s eight decades of history at ...
Mon 5 July 2010
 
September – December 2010 This season there’s more music than ever before. The line-up includes the R&B legend, Roberta Flack, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond and a rare UK date from...
Mon 5 July 2010
 
September – December 2010 This Autumn/Winter season has more comedy than ever before. Side-splitting nights of laughs come from the likes of Sean Lock, Julian Clary, Ardal O’Hanlon and...
Mon 5 July 2010
 
September – December 2010 The Lowry’s Autumn/Winter season features a whole host of family-friendly shows and events designed to delight children young and old. Highlights include Cirk...
Mon 5 July 2010
 
Presented by ITV and Phil McIntyre Entertainment • Thu 12 – Mon 25 August, 2010 • Press Night Mon 16 August, 2010 • Interviews with writer Jonathan Harvey available To cele...
Mon 5 July 2010
 
September – December 2010   When the curtain goes up on The Lowry's exciting and diverse 10th anniversary Autumn/Winter season it will cater for every taste - from Christmas family fun...
Mon 5 July 2010
 
• Tue 22 – Sat 26 June • Interviews available on request • Press night Tue 22 June, 7.30pm It was the 1972 movie that took reggae to the world. Now The Harder They Come is s...
Fri 21 May 2010
 
Legendary Lieutenant Columbo, played by A-Team and Battlestar Galagtica actor Dirk Benedict, comes to The Lowry (Mon 7 – Sat 12 June) in Middle Ground Theatre’s exciting new show Columb...
Fri 21 May 2010
 
shows, star names and world-renowned visiting companies, The Lowry’s Studio Theatre has fast become the place to go in the North West for new writing and innovative theatre from local and eme...
Fri 21 May 2010
 
  Katy Brand’s Big Ass Tour, an evening of anarchic comedy, celebrity satire, music spoofs and much, much more, comes to The Lowry on Sunday 16 May. Following the success of her hit TV...
Fri 30 April 2010
 
Northern Broadsides in partnership with the New Vic Theatre The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer A new version by Mike Poulton Directed by Conrad Nelson Tue 18 – Sat 22 May 2010 Pre...
Fri 30 April 2010
 
'The world's most influential thinker' GQ Malcolm Gladwell Live Tue 11 May 2010, 8pm Following his sensational sell-out shows in the West End and a four-city UK tour Malcolm Gladwell, writer for...
Tue 20 April 2010
 

Celebrations include:  Participation in a mass nude art installation               Sat 1 & Sun 2 May The Lowry’s big f...

Tue 20 April 2010
 
Magia de la Danza Wed 14 & Thurs 15 Apr 2010 Swan Lake Fri 16 Apr & Sat 17 Apr 2010 North West premiere Press nights Wed 14 April, 7.30pm Magia de la Danza Fri 16 April, 7.30pm Swan Lak...
Thu 1 April 2010
 
Ten years since The Lowry opened its doors on the 28th April 2000, the arts centre continues to engage and delight audiences with a varied selection of exciting shows. Highlights of The Lowry&rsquo...
Tue 23 March 2010
 
Pele Productions A Chorus Line Interviews available on request Thu 29 April – Sat 8 May 2010 Press Night: Tue 4 May, 7.30pm Ex Hollyoaks bad-boy Jamie Lomas and So You Think You Can Danc...
Mon 22 March 2010
 
Kenny Wax Ltd & Nick Brooke Ltd present A Tall Stories production of The Gruffalo - Live on stage! Tue 6 - Thu 8 April Press night Tue 6 April, 4pm Interviews available on request Fol...
Thu 18 March 2010
 
May – August 2010 Here at The Lowry we offer services that make both the galleries and theatres more accessible. We offer various theatre events that are accompanied by audio description, si...
Wed 17 March 2010
 
Interviews available on request Syndicated interviews available with Sholto Morgan, Tim Carroll and Ben Power Photographs available of the cast in costume performing outside The Lowry on a vint...
Wed 17 March 2010
 
UK premiere at The Lowry Thu 25 – Sat 27 March 2010 Press night: Thu 25 March, 7.30pm The UK premiere of the sensational ‘Los Vivancos’ featuring seven brothers that have taken...
Wed 17 March 2010
 
A summer season of dance at The Lowry May – August 2010 The Lowry continues to present the very best in dance during its tenth anniversary year. The summer season sees Milapfest celebrate ...
Tue 16 March 2010
 
  May – August 2010 North West audiences will be dancing in the aisles to the sound of a great new music season. Among The Lowry’s tenth anniversary summer line-up is Suzanne Veg...
Tue 16 March 2010
 
  May – August 2010 The new summer season is jam-packed with rib-tickling comedy during its 10th anniversary year. Ruby Wax and Judith Owen bring their new show Losing It! to Salford p...
Tue 16 March 2010
 
May – August 2010 The Lowry has a whole host of fun family events this summer, including the triumphant return of Peppa Pig’s Party (Wed 19 & Thu 20 May), which comes to The Lowry&...
Tue 16 March 2010
 
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…. Northern Broadsides Medea Interviews available on request Tue 13 – Sat 17 April 2010 Press night: Tue 13 April, 8pm Kulvinder Ghir (Goodn...
Tue 16 March 2010
 

May - August 2010 The Lowry’s 10th anniversary celebrations step up a gear this summer with an exciting programme of events comprising world-class musicals, cutting-edge studio drama, a bran...

Wed 10 March 2010
 
Donmar Warehouse Directed by Simon Curtis Tue 30 March – Sat 3 April Press night: Tue 30 March 2010, 8pm Syndicated print interviews are available with Simon Curtis and Jason O’Mara...
Fri 5 March 2010
 

Cast Of Spike Milligan’s Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall perform live on the Lowry Plaza with a ferret. Media opportunity: Friday 5 March 12pm – 1pm The Lowry Plaza Cast member...

Wed 3 March 2010
 
Birmingham Royal Ballet The Sleeping Beauty Tue 30 March – Sat 3 April Press night: Tue 30 March, 7.30pm The magical fairytale The Sleeping Beauty is brought to life by Birmingham Royal B...
Wed 3 March 2010
 

CIRCUS PERFORMED IN THE LOWRY GALLERIES Media opportunity at The Lowry galleries Monday 8 March, 4.30pm Circus exhibition provides backdrop for Traces circus performers Interview & film or ...

Tue 2 March 2010
 
SALFORD DEBUT FOR BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA Magia de la Danza    Wed 14 & Thurs 15 Apr 2010Swan Lake               ...
Fri 26 February 2010
 
Scottish Dance Theatre NQR Tue 23 & Wed 24 March, 2010 Press night: Tue 23 March, 8pm Scottish Dance Theatre, Scotland’s national contemporary dance company, explores the human condit...
Tue 23 February 2010
 

Wed 17 – Sat 20 March, 2010 Press Night – Wed 17 March, 8pm Satire, Silliness and acutely observed impersonations come together in West End smash hit Stop Messing About – The Ke...

Wed 17 February 2010
 

Renowned young French-Canadian performers in exciting North West debut See the show on Thurs 18 Feb, 7.30pm at the Liverpool Empire before it arrives at The Lowry on 8 Mar Mediacall ...

Fri 12 February 2010
 
Thu 11 February 2010
 
Balletboyz The Talent Mon 8 March, 2010 Press night Mon 8 March, 8pm The latest must-see show from Ballet Boyz, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, arrives in Salford for one night only next mont...
Tue 9 February 2010
 

UK premiere at The Lowry LOS VIVANCOS S e v e n B r o t h e r s “Los Vivancos, seven miracles of genetic code” El Mundo, Spain Thu 25 – Sat 27 March 2010 Press night: Thu 25 ...

Mon 8 February 2010
 
Renowned young French-Canadian performers in exciting North West debut TRACES Mon 8 – Wed 10 March 2010 Press night, Mon 8 March, 8pm The amazing Les 7 Doigts de la Main will perform thei...
Thu 4 February 2010
 
Atonement actress Romola Garai stars in Filter and Lyric Hamersmith’s groundbreaking staging of Chekhov masterpiece Three Sisters Tue 2 to Sat 6 MarchPress Night Tue 2 March, 8pm Rising Hol...
Wed 3 February 2010
 
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake Mon 1 – Sat 6 March 2010 Press night: Mon 1 March 2010, 7.30pm A Matthew Bourne syndicated interview is available on request Matthew Bourne&rsquo...
Tue 2 February 2010
 
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter To Richard Branson Thu 11 February, 8pmTickets £12, concessions £2 off Award-winning comedian Tom Wrigglesworth comes to The Lowry on February 1...
Mon 1 February 2010
 
Jus' Like That! A Night Out With Tommy Cooper Mon 22 – Sat 27 February, 2010Press night Mon 22 February, 2010  Interviews with Clive Mantle available on request JUS’ LIKE TH...
Thu 28 January 2010
 
Opera Della Luna'sDie Fledermaus Mon 15 – Sat 20 February, 2010 Press night Mon 15 February, 2010 Acclaimed company Opera Della Luna returns to The Lowry from Monday 15 February with its l...
Tue 26 January 2010
 
Fri 5 February 2010 Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith performs tracks from her latest album The Loving Kind at The Lowry next month. The Texan singer is well known for her cov...
Fri 22 January 2010
 
THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN Photo/Interview/Filming opportunity Friday 15 January, 10am The Lowry Galleries Artists Anderson & Low available for interview whilst installing their new photograp...
Wed 13 January 2010
 

Motionhouse presents multimedia dance pieceSCATTERED Tue 9 & Wed 10 February, 2010Press night Tue 9 February, 8pm· Interviews available with Kevin Finnan on request SCATTERED, the bran...

Wed 13 January 2010
 

We’re going to need considerably bigger buns! Calendar Girls Tue 9 – Sat 20 February 2010 Press night: Tue 9 February 2010, 7.30pm   Calendar Girls has triumphed in the West E...

Tue 12 January 2010
 

The CHINESE STATE CIRCUS Presents The New Live Action SpectacularMULAN The Lowry, Wed 27 – Sat 31 January 2010 Press night: Wed 27 January, 7pm From the land of legends and ...

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