That’s right Manchester LIZZIE is back for a limited 3 week run this autumn!! 🪓
After the success of LIZZIE last year we had to bring her back to her home venue! Running at Hope Mill from 17th October to 10th November 2024🩸
🎟️
#RENT
is SOLD OUT!!!!
After an incredible couple of days we are so excited to share that all tickets for RENT have been sold... we cannot wait to welcome you back to the theatre! THANK YOU!
#Measureinlove
Today we film our special production of
#RENT
so you can enjoy it at home 💥
To celebrate just LOOK at this shot of our Angel 🤩
#measureinlove
📸
@peachyraith
We are devastated that we have been unsuccessful in receiving NPO Status. This would have been a lifeline to continue our growth, outreach & bringing high quality theatre to the NW. At least we have our Fairy Godmother to help us!
#NothingIsImpossible
✨
📸 Pamela Raith
💥THE FIRST PREVIEW FOR
#RENT
IS TONIGHT!!
We can't wait to welcome audiences to the theatre for this very special production
#nodaybuttoday
Missed out on live tickets? Watch RENT online -
#measureinlove
Hello everyone - Following the government’s announcement this evening, we will be publishing an official statement tomorrow and getting in touch with all audience members. If you have tickets booked there is no need to make contact with us at this time. 1/2
Today is our 8th Birthday 🥳 We have had a brilliant 8 years and are so thankful for our audiences and supporters!
We are so excited for the next 8 years and can’t wait to bring you all along with us🤍
Our doors are open and we’re ready to welcome audiences back to Hope Mill Theatre!
Thank you to everyone who has supported us and kept the hope alive ⚙️
WE'RE BACK 💥
#RENT
returns to Hope Mill Theatre | 6th August - 19th September 2021
👀 Tickets on sale Friday 10am | Previous bookers contacted 5pm tonight
#MeasureInLove
It’s our 4th birthday TODAY!!
We’re so excited by all the new things going on at the theatre at the moment, but we would love to know what the theatre’s 4 year journey means to you!
What is your favourite memory of Hope Mill Theatre over the last 4 years?
🎉🎉🎉
💥RENT - RESCHEDULED💥
We are so excited to announce that our production of RENT will open Friday 30th October and run until Sunday 13th December 2020!
- Artwork
@feastcreative
It's time for another
#MondayMeets
...Introducing the incredible people bringing the immense
#RENT
music to life 🎶
We can't wait to hear them do their thing and make some noise 🎵
Which song from RENT is your favourite?!
We are completely overwhelmed by this announcement! Thank you to
@WhatsOnStage
, our entire incredible
@Spring_Mcr
company and everyone who has supported Hope Mill. 🎭😍🦋
🎉 Hope Mill Theatre turns SIX years old today!!
What an incredible journey the past 6 years have been, thank you to everyone who has been with us and supported us along the way.
We want to see your memories of HMT over the last 6 years... tag us and use
#HopeMillTurns6
7 years ago the HMT journey began, who could have imagined what would happen next ⚙️🎭 Over the next few days we will be sharing some very special birthday wishes, but today we want to hear from you! Share with us your favourite HMT memories from the last 7 years
#HMTis7
❤️🎉
Tomorrow’s performance of RENT is going ahead as well as Tuesday evening. Thank you for all your messages of love and support at this difficult time. Sending HMT love to you all. 2/2
✨ We'll be holding open auditions for Cinderella here in Manchester this month!
Check out the information below and get in touch for your chance to be in the most magical of musicals!
Casting by
@JaneDeitch
#AnythingIsPossible
💎Ahead of our
#OpenAuditions
; the team behind The Wiz have signed the Trans Casting Statement and wholeheartedly encourage trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming actors to apply.
You've met our INCREDIBLE cast... but take a look at this TEAM!!!
With a Creative Team this talented, you're not ready for what's coming your way with
#RENT
We'll be introducing you to more of the amazing people helping make RENT happen with our
#mondaymeets
#measureinlove
THANK YOU so much to everyone who has supported
#RENT
at Hope Mill Theatre 💥
From the incredible cast and creative teams that made it happen to you our amazing audiences, your support has been phenomenal. We are so grateful to have been on this journey once more.
#MeasureInLove
We would like to wish the happiest of birthdays to our incredible co-founder and Artistic Director
@Joseph_Houston
🎉 We hope your day is filled with just as much love, joy and laughter as you bring to Hope Mill Theatre 💝
In upcoming performances for the foreseeable, the role of Ella will be played by the amazing Ria Tanaka. Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella will run at Hope Mill Theatre until the 11th December! 💙
Announcing the 2nd show of our 2018 Season -- 'Spring Awakening'.
Directed by
@LukeJ_Sheppard
, we bring you the rock musical ‘Spring Awakening’. Written by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik, it runs from March 19th – May 3rd 2018!
@AriaEnts
@Joseph_Houston
@WilliamWhelton
We are so proud of our Patron
#RussellTDavies
💜’It’s A Sin’ is truly beautiful, heartening & important viewing! Be sure to watch it on
@Channel4
and this spring as part of
@TurnOnFestMCR
you can book tickets for an Evening with Russell T Davies! On sale soon!
⛰ LOOK AT THAT CAST
🤩 We are thrilled to be bringing together this incredible team, under the direction of Nick Bagnall (Our Lady of Blundellsands, Sweeney Todd, The Conquest of the South Pole, Romeo & Juliet-
@LivEveryPlay
)
THROUGH THE MILL SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED!
From almost 500 fantastic submissions, we are SO proud to announce our shortlisted playwrights & their scripts!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered and our amazing readers... and of course, congratulations to our shortlist 🎉
RENT ON A SUNDAY! This evening at 7pm is our final
#RENTonline
performance until next weekend! Still some tickets left but please note box office closes an hour before performance.
#book
#theatre
#musical
🎶🎶🎶
We have worked so hard to make our venue Covid safe and secure under current guidelines and have spent the past 3 months preparing to open our doors for a sell out run of a show and now we have this fear...
@AndyBurnhamGM
please don’t allow this to happen.
#theatre
#manchester
Pretty ridiculous that thousands of businesses, and 100s of thousands of workers wait to hear their fate in this way ... as broad strokes of “the North” have no idea whether they’re in or out
✨ Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is to be directed by Joseph Houston and choreographed by William Whelton: the co-founders of and team behind Hope Mill Theatre! ✨
YES SHE HAS!
@HannahEllisRyan
our fabulous theatre manger has been cast in
@itvcorrie
and we are so PROUD! Can’t wait to watch her make her entrance to the cobbles! 😬😬😬
"Hope Mill is now undoubtedly one of the most exciting theatres for musical theatre in the country."
What a year it has been! We are absolutely thrilled to be shortlisted for
@TheStage
Fringe Theatre of the Year Award.
✨Could you be our Cinderella?
We will be holding open auditions to cast the role of Cinderella!
Keep your eyes peeled for more information and who knows - maybe you shall go to the ball! ✨
#openauditions
#cinderella
#youshallgototheball
💎 We're looking for a MUSICAL DIRECTOR for our upcoming production of The Wiz!
Please read the callout carefully and send your submissions via email to submissions
@ameenahamidproductions
.co.uk
💎 CASTING: The Wiz casting breakdown is now listed on
@SpotlightUK
We are also holding
#OpenAuditions
in Manchester and London...
Click here to register your interest:
Tonight, ‘the show must go on’ reached a whole new level as
@WilliamWhelton
our incredible Executive Director cued The Wiz from the lighting desk after just an afternoon’s prep!
Will’s pure dedication to Hope Mill and it’s productions is an inspiration to us all 💚
After Martyn Hett died in the Manchester Arena bomb last year,
@hopetc
set out to find out what
#BeMoreMartyn
means. Bringing to life some of Martyn’s most iconic pop culture references and asks audiences how they can make a difference to the people they love.
#OnSale
#theatre
We cannot wait for the day we can open our iconic grey doors again! Post below your favourite picture taken in front of these doors 💕
#HopeMillMemories
A statement from Hope Mill Theatre regarding the run of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
We thank you for your continued support of the venue and this magical production! 💙
A message from Joe and Will.
Hope Fest has been one of the biggest projects our organisation has undertaken and we are so proud of what our team has achieved. In this final week, we need your support: please book and spread the word.
THE WIZ IS OPEN!
We are so happy to be welcoming audiences to Hope Mill Theatre to join in the fun, energy & joy that this production brings from start to finish!
Come and join Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion & Tinman in Oz until 16th January.
📸
@peachyraith
💥
#RENT
will be presented ONLINE for a limited number of performances across November and December beginning at 7.30pm BST.
Tickets go on sale on 9 October, REGISTER FOR PRIORITY BOOKING NOW and get £5 off your tickets!!
#measureinlove
#RENT
will be presented ONLINE for a limited number of performances across November and December beginning at 7.30pm BST.
Tickets go on sale on 9 October, REGISTER FOR PRIORITY BOOKING NOW and get £5 off your tickets!!
#measureinlove
📢AUDITION CALL OUT📢 Based in Manchester or the North West? 18-25? Love performing musical theatre? We'd love to see you in auditions for our 2018 production of SPRING AWAKENING. Click for more info:
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING: an online concert celebrating the music of Rodgers + Hammerstein - Sunday 26th April 7pm! Featuring West End Stars!
#AnythingIsPossible
💜🎶
We are saddened to hear about the passing of Emily Chesterton. Emily performed in Some Enchanted Evening & Jerry Springer with us. Joe, Will and the team would like to extend their deepest sympathies to Emily’s family and loved ones. ❤️
Last night we had our official opening and press night for
#TheWiz
!
Thank you to everyone who made it through the snow to be with us, it was a truly incredible evening we won’t forget 💚
- Millie O'Connell will play Maureen -
Olivier nominated as Anne Boleyn in SIX The Musical, we are SO excited for this Queen to join us at Hope Mill.
#measureinlove
@millieoconnel
📸
@dujra_
Happy Friday! Here’s a snap
#fromtheroom
- our very first socially distanced read through for
#RENT
🤩
🎟Online tickets go on general sale 10am today!!!
#measureinlove
Tonight at 7:30pm it would have been the first preview of Cinderella...we will be back and the curtain will rise again! Watch this space 🎭 🎶
#AnythingIsPossible
📣 An urgent appeal from Will & Joe.
.."it’s been a painfully challenging year for us here at Hope Mill, one that we could not have prepared for."
Watch the full message here.
Please consider donating to Hope Mill today.
🎉 Thanks to your incredible support, our fundraising campaign 'Hope For The Future' raised £78,268! Securing the theatres future and ensuring we can continue to inspire, entertain, and educate local audiences.
A huge thank you to all who contributed! 🙌
#HopeMillTheatre
We're thrilled to announce that Grace Mouat will be starring in the titular role of our November in-house production, Cinderella!
Grace's previous credits include Six, & Juliet, and Legally Blonde. We can't wait to welcome her to Manchester!
📷
@michaelwarley