Theatre

Jake Baxter, co-founder and director of Anti-Social Theatre

Salford actor with ‘painful’ mental health conditions gives young people hope through controversial theatre

A Salford actor who has suffered from ‘painful’ mental health conditions since childhood, has launched a theatre company to help others who are ‘misunderstood’.

Jake Baxter, who studied acting and performing in South Yorkshire, set up Anti-Social Theatre to help encourage people to open up about their mental health.

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A cross-cultural retelling of classic greek myth comes to The Lowry for one night only

A cross-cultural production of one of the world’s oldest surviving operas is coming to The Lowry. Orpheus, a reimagining of […]

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Matthew Bourne’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ comes to The Lowry

A production of the children’s classic tale ‘Sleeping Beauty’ is coming to The Lowry Theatre. Directed and choreographed by theatre […]

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How a theatre company is making Shakespeare more accessible in Salford

A Manchester-based theatre company, Cream-Faced Loons, is bringing a new take on Shakespeare’s most violent play to a Salford pub. Titus Andronicus […]

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Review: Blood Brothers at The Lowry

Written by Willy Russell, Blood Brothers explores the difficult fight between nature versus nurture. The Liverpool-based musical follows fraternal twins, Mickey […]

Award winning Blood Brothers returns to the Lowry

Award winning Blood Brothers returns to the Lowry

Multi award-winning production of Blood Brothers returns to the Lowry this autumn.  Written by award-winning playwright Willy Russell, few musicals have […]