Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage opened at Manchester’s Palace Theatre – delivering on its promise of ‘sensationally sexy dancing’, with the rest of the show offering an entertaining mix of theatre, dance and comedy.

As an avid fan of the 1990 Academy Award-winning film starring Demi Moore and the late Patrick Swayze, the bar of expectation was set pretty high for Ghost the Musical at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.

The world is currently looking upon the UK with a mixture of bewilderment and bemusement.

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage visits the Palace Theatre in Manchester next month.

“Oh what a night, hypnotisin’ mesmerising me; it was everything I dreamed it’d be”. These classic lyrics are funnily enough a great way to sum up Jersey Boys.

This January and February Moscow City Ballet are touring the UK with four ballets from their impressive repertoire. I was lucky enough to catch their performance of Romeo & Juliet at the Palace Theatre.

Moscow City Ballet have delighted audiences with the first of a two-night-only production of Swan Lake at Manchester’s Palace Theatre.

Manchester is a city that’s second to none – but you can’t beat a good trip to the Land of Oz.

Matilda, who travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village, finally opened in Manchester this week as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s award-winning adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1988 book came to the Palace Theatre.

Fame has been a cultural phenomenon since the 1980s.

Legally Blonde: The Musical manages to be everything – a fun, fiery, empowering, extravagant, heartfelt production that never takes itself too seriously.