Palace Theatre, Manchester notable shows to have played successful seasons at the Palace Theatre include, amongst others, the regional premiere of "Les Misérables" which ran for 13 months from 1992–93, regional premiere of "Miss Saigon" in 2001, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in 2006 and "Mamma Mia!" over the 2006/07 Christmas season. Broadway musical "The Wedding Singer" had its UK premiere at the theatre in 2008 and in December 2008 to March 2009 the theatre hosted a season of the UK tour of "Mary Poppins", one of only six theatres in the country to accommodate the tour, both events further cementing the theatre's reputation
Musical Theatre Academy Palladium, and sung on the album "Lift" by Craig Adams and Ian Watson. They have also provided the ensemble for the Tommy Gala at the Prince Edward Theatre, the MMD 20th anniversary Gala at the Novello, and "Julie Atherton – No Space for Air" at the Apollo Theatre. Musical Theatre Academy The Musical Theatre Academy (The MTA) is a drama college based in Islington, London. The MTA opened in 2009 by Annemarie Lewis Thomas running the UK's first accelerated learning programme in triple threat training. It is also the only UK Musical Theatre college to split its acting focus between