Manchester Opera House
The
Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester
, England
is a 1,920
seater commercial touring theatre which plays host to touring
musical, ballet, concerts and a
spectactular Christmas pantomime.
It is the
sister to the Palace Theatre
which is a similar venue in nearby Oxford Street at
its junction with Whitworth Street. It is a Grade II
listed building.
The theatre opened its doors on
Boxing
Day in
1912.
The Opera House is particularly noted for hosting the 1958 European
premiere of
West Side Story and the
British regional premiere of
Andrew
Lloyd Webber's musical
The Phantom of the Opera with
a production that opened in 1993 and ran through to 1995, an
exceptional run for a regional production. The Opera House was also
the venue for a spectacular stage show,
Gorillazs Demon Days Live.
Manchester Opera House also saw the premiere of
Never Forget, the
Take That musical. The
DVD of
the show was also filmed there. The cast included
Tim Driesen, who played the role of Adrian
Banks/
Mark Owen.
The musical has had
both of its UK
tours premiere at the Manchester Opera
House.
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