News & Blog Archives

It’s World Day of Theatre! 20 Mar 2019
Happy World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People! The arts can transform the…
Celebrating Theatre and Performance 27 Feb 2019
September 2018 saw the end of the long-running Manchester Theatre Awards scheme. Following this, theatres…
Who makes the rules? 20 Feb 2019
Big Up! is coming to Z-arts and everyone is really excited! Who makes the rules…
The origins of Stripey Honey… is very yummy! 12 Feb 2019
Adventure into the forests of the Sundarbans, the land between India and Bangladesh, the home…
Theatres Trust awards 100th grant to Greater Manchester Theatres Consortium! 6 Feb 2019
We’re delighted to be the recipient of Theatres Trust’s landmark 100th grant to improve access for the…
Shakespeare like you’ve never seen it before… 4 Feb 2019
Contender Charlie and China Plate join forces to present Romeo and Juliet – Mad Blood…
Story Explorers – favourite Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler stories! 28 Jan 2019
We’re eagerly awaiting the opening of A World Inside a Book: Gruffalos, Dragons and Other…
What happened this year? Z-arts in 2018 31 Dec 2018
2018 is over! We’ve rescued scientists and fought off dinosaurs. We’ve climbed trees and created…
Andy & Andy’s top playful points about Black Beauty 13 Dec 2018
Andy Manley & Andy Cannon are the creators of our Christmas show Black Beauty which…
Hamish the Pantomime Horse’s Big Adventure! 7 Dec 2018
The star of the retelling of Black Beauty at Z-arts had a frosty festive trip…