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Pride
Of Manchester Award 2009-10 for Best Venue |
2009
was a great year for Manchester's arenas, theatres,
concert halls and comedy clubs, boosted by the
400,000 tickets sold by Pride Of Manchester, Manchester
Theatres.com & Manchester
Comedy Guide. Band On The Wall re-opened
with a programme of jazz, folk and world music,
the MEN Arena added the pre-show View lounge,
the Velodrome played host to Kraftwerk
and The Palace Theatre enjoyed their most
successful production ever, with Brian May and
Roger Taylor even making a performance in 'We
Will Rock You', thrilling an audience that included
Robbie Williams and Ant & Dec. The Lowry
also enjoyed their most successful production
since opening in 2000, with 'White Christmas'
completely selling out The Lyric Theatre
throughout the festive season. |
2,598
members nominated 41 different venues with the
result being... |
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WINNER
~ Lowry Lyric Theatre ~ |
2009
was an incredible year for the largest of the
Lowry's theatres, the Pride Of Manchester Awards
Best Venue 2008-09. With a calendar crammed full
of top comedians, musicians, dance, opera and
plays, the year ended with Aled Jones and Suzanne
Shaw starring in 'White Christmas', which was
to be The Lowry's most successful production ever,
selling out the 1,700 capacity venue every night. |
Other
highlights included Carlos Acosta's performance
as part of the Manchester International Festival,
an all-star cast in Calendar Girls, the award-winning
production of West Side Story, Wayne Sleep in
Cabaret, Penelope Keith in Entertaining Angels,
Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray, Matt Lucas in Prick
Up Your Ears and comedian Dave Gorman cycling
onto stage. |
In
fact, over 30 shows at the Lowry Lyric Theatre
were nominated by members for the other Pride
Of Manchester Awards this year, more than any
other venue and it's no surprise that it retained
it's title as 'Best Venue in Manchester' (or should
that be 'Salford'?). |
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