The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Library Theatre
05 Jun 10 to 03 Jul 10
Central Library, St. Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD
Box office: 0161 236 7110
Web: www.librarytheatre.com
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Oscar Wilde
Library Theatre
05 Jun 10 to 03 Jul 10
Peggy Shaw
Library Theatre
25 May 10 to 26 May 10
Godfrey Hamilton
Library Theatre
19 May 10 to 22 May 10
Library Theatre
11 May 10 to 15 May 10
Cathy Crabb
Library Theatre
22 Apr 10 to 08 May 10
Tim Whitnall
Library Theatre
15 Apr 10 to 17 Apr 10
David Mamet
Library Theatre
31 Mar 10 to 02 Apr 10
David Mamet
Library Theatre
12 Mar 10 to 13 Apr 10
Sebastian Barry
Library Theatre
02 Mar 10 to 06 Mar 10
Neil Simon
Library Theatre
11 Feb 10 to 27 Feb 10
Manchester's Library Theatre Company will be holding a theatre careers week this summer aimed at young people in year ten who are considering a career in theatre.
British Theatre Guide
Library Theatre Company's Re:Play Festival, featuring the company's pick of shows in Greater Manchester over the previous year that were performed in fringe venues or non-theatre spaces, will go ahead despite the company not having a permanent home thanks to a collaboration with Manchester's Contact Theatre.
British Theatre Guide
Manchester is investing in a £19m building for two cultural institutions – the Library Theatre and the Cornerhouse – that defies the squeeze on arts organisations.
The Guardian
Theatre and film lovers have reason to rejoice at the news that a major new cultural facility is being built in a key regeneration area in Manchester city centre, unlocking up to 10,000 jobs.
What's On Stage
It has just been announced that Manchester's Library Theatre Company will abandon its plans to take over the historic Theatre Royal on Peter Street in favour of a brand new £19m arts complex on First Street shared with independent Manchester cinema Cornerhouse, which has also been looking for a larger home.
British Theatre Guide
Manchester’s Library Theatre is to move into a new £19 million building with contemporary art and film organisation Cornerhouse.
The Stage
Manchester's Library Theatre Company has begun to offer a prop hire service from the many items that have been sourced or made by its in-house production and design teams for its own productions.
British Theatre Guide
Following its workshop on performing Stoppard last month, Manchester's Library Theatre Company is to continue its 'Actors' Toolbox' training events for actors.
British Theatre Guide
Manchester's Library Theatre Company is running a one-day workshop for actors and aspiring actors on Friday 8 October titled Solving Stoppard, focusing on performing the works of playwright Tom Stoppard.
British Theatre Guide
The curtain came down at the Library Theatre for the final time on Sunday night when the internationally renowned company said goodbye to its spiritual home.
Sale and Altrincham Messenger
"This is a bright new chapter in the story of the Library Theatre Company,” insists its Artistic Director Chris Honer, as the company pack up to leave their longtime home under Central Library, and announce their next season.
City Life
Manchester-based company takes the first steps on its ‘A Moving Experience’ journey, which has begun with the company moving out its home of 58 years, the Central Library in Manchester.
What's On Stage
Manchester's Library Theatre Company has announced the start of its plans from when it becomes homeless at the end of the current production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
British Theatre Guide
As Manchester's Library Theatre Company prepares to leave its home forever this summer, it has announced two open days to give visitors a last chance to look around the backstage areas of the theatre.
British Theatre Guide
Manchester's Library Theatre Company has announced the final season in the building that has been its home since its inception in 1952, in a former lecture theatre in the basement of Central Library.
British Theatre Guide
As reported in news (22 Dec), the first North West regional production of David Mamet’s incendiary drama Glengarry Glen Ross heads up the new Library Theatre Season. They also stage a revival of Oscar Wilde’s comedy The Importance of Being Earnest in what will be a historic season for the theatre, as it will be the company’s last in its home for 58 years, the Central Library in Manchester city centre, which opened in 1952 with a production of Wilde's Earnest.
What's On Stage
The announcement of a new Library Theatre Company season is always a bit of an event, but their next is made even more notable by the fact that it will be their last in their current home, probably forever but at least for some considerable time.
City Life
Manchester City Council has announced that it will be investigating the possibility of moving the Library Theatre Company into the former Theatre Royal on Peter Street as its preferred option for the future of the company when the Central Library is refurbished next year, subject to an agreement being reached by the current owners of the building.
British Theatre Guide
Manchester's historic Theatre Royal will be restored under £10m plans to re-home the city’s Library Theatre Company.
The 19th century building – the city’s oldest theatre – will be reinstated as a 600-seat venue to accommodate the acclaimed company if town hall plans are approved. It will almost double the theatre group’s 312 audience capacity at its current Central Library base.
City Life
Manchester City Council has confirmed it is considering the city’s 164-year-old Theatre Royal building as the new base for the Library Theatre Company.
The Stage