Vampirette – The Musical with Bite!
It’s twilight time down at Manchester Opera House and the scene is set for Manchester’s latest musical. If you’re a fan of “Little Shop of Horrors” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” this’ll be right up your street, just don’t expect it to take itself too seriously!
The News at 7.17
Have a listen to Joe Kearney's news at 7.17. It's a comedic look at this week's oddest, funniest news stories from around the world. This week's stories include Japan's latest gadget- the Ice Bra and the man willing to bite off a lizard's head in an airport.
Get it while it's hot!
Interview with Ryan Keen
Fuse FM's Debbie Houghton managed to grab an interview with Ryan Keen before he played a gig at The Deaf Institute. Ryan's EP Focus is out now and the lead single has a brilliant stop-motion animation video, made by none other than the animator of Postman Pat, Andy Shackleford!
Interview with Jay Brannan
Fuse FM's Debbie Houghton headed down to The Deaf Institute to interview Jay Brannan before his headline show last month, where they talked about Jay's acting career, the awesome backstage area at Deaf and Jay taught Debbie how to remember the strings on a guitar!
Are You Recycling?
Fuse FM's very own Hattie Pearson was part of a project that looked into whether students recycle enough. Her group worked with Manchester City Council and Manchester Student Homes to try and find a way of encouraging more students to recycle their rubbish.
Joe Kearney caught up with Hattie to try and find out what he can be doing to help the environment and what the council needs to be doing to stop our rubbish going to landfill.
Love Food Fests
Fuse News reporters Joe Kearney and Catherine Wintermeyer headed to one of the events at the Love Food Fests put on by the UMSU.
Win a pair of ticket to Jay Brannan at The Deaf Institute
Fancy winning yourself a pair of tickets to see Jay Brannan on Wednesday at the Deaf Institute?
Then send your name and a contact number to promotions@fusefm.co.uk by 12pm Tuesday 16th April.
Win a pair of tickets to "The Lantern" at The 3 Minute Theatre, Afflecks Palace
So, as you already know, the Affleck's Fringe Festival is happening all this week (see http://fusefm.co.uk/blog/1029/2012-04-01/afflecks-fringe-festival for details...) and Fuse FM have a pair of tickets to give away for the finale performance on 15th April!
To enter, all you have to do is send your name and a contact number tocompetitions@fusefm.co.uk by 5pm on Friday.
Afflecks Fringe Festival
Today saw the start of the Afflecks Fringe Festival, a 2 week festival full of local bands, emerging theatre companies, burlesque artists and comedians.
For the full line up, head to http://www.threeminutetheatre.co.uk/#!afflecks-fringe-festival-2012
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