Legally Blonde the musical will be playing at Manchester Opera House from October 18 through to October 29, Serviced City Pads supply great accommodation from 1 night on a Manchester City Break. Please contact the Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

Accommodation in Manchester. Legally blonde the musical is an adaptation from the book ‘Legally Blonde’ by Amanda Brown and of course the Reese Wetherspoon critically acclaimed film, this tells a story of Elle Woods a very pretty and trendy Sorority girl from a very wealthy area of Los Angeles, California who understand the that law can help people and decides to apply and enroll at Havard Law School.

Serviced City Pads supply a large range of apartments in Manchester for either a leisure of short or long stay corporate break the apartments range from 1 bedroom upwards and the length of stay can also be from 1 night upwards. The story begins with Elle Wood who is a sorority presdient of a very ‘girlie’ house at university however decides to follow her rather dashing boyfriend Warner Huntingdon to Harvard Law School by taking the entrance exam. Warner had just recently ended their relationship noting he needed someone more serious to lead a successful career in the legal field. Elle is spurred on by her sorority housemates to win Warner back by taking and passing the law exam and does. Elle hopes that going to the same Harvard Law School as Waarner will win him back and that they can happily get married together to have an great future. Serviced City Pads supply a large range of serviced apartments in Manchester.

Weekend breaks in Manchester. When Elle arrives at the upmarket Harvard Law School her rather fashonable attire is frowned upon by her peers and Warner is completely suprised to see Elle arrive at Harvard thinking this is one big joke, also added to the fact he has recently met and spent time over the summer months away from college with a new girlfriend Vievenne Kensington, a very upper class girl from the Hamptons who is also studying law at Harvard.

Emmett Forrest is a Professor at the college and the only person to help Elle in her studies as many of her peers ignore and make fun of her, Emmett starts to see that Elle actually is a grade A student versus her peer group and begins to support development. Elle starts to do well in the class and achieve better grades than Warner and Vievenne. As the story porceeds is becomes very clear that Warner is not a particularly good student and he try’s to win back Elle to no avail, Vievenne kears about this and is not very happy however her and Elle have begun to develop a real friendship. At the end of the course Elle has won the student of the year prize and has also fallen in love with Emmett.

The August Bank Holiday in Manchester is one of the most anticipated weekends of the year in Manchester, the Manchester Pride 2011 is fast approaching and a great Manchester accommodation option will be a Serviced Apartment through Serviced City Pads. Serviced City Pads supply a large range of Serviced Apartment Accommodation throughout Manchester and Salford Quays – please contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

The actual dates for Manchester Pride 2011 start on August 19th however the ‘Big Weekend’ is from August 26 through to Monday 29th August, please see the following for the headline acts for Manchester Pride 2011. There will be many areas to enjoy the big weekend at Manchester Pride with the very impressive Gayday stage where the likes of Pixis Lott, Alexandra Burke to name the headline acts. Another popular returning show is the now famous ‘Prides Got Talent; event held on the main Gaydar stage and this will be held throughout the weekend. A new event to the Gaydar stage will be ‘We Want You’, a competition to find the a new group of members for the Village People, this look’s like it will be a most popular new introduction to the festival. Manchester Pride is becoming well known throughout the world as a wonderful festival for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender celebrations.

Saturday August 27th is the headline day parade where thousands of Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Heterosexuals join a parade through the central route of Deansgate and ending up in the Gay Village where the real celebrations will begin. The parade will begin at 1.00pm at the bottom of Deansgate opposite Manchester Tallest building formerley known as the Hilton Hotel. Here the parade will steam down Deansagte cheered on by Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Straight and now many families to shwo their true support for this most vibrant element of the Manchester community. Serviced City Pads have recieved many enquiries for the Manchester Pride Weekend 2011 and Serviced Apartment Accommation is becoming very popular for a perfect city break in Manchester. Serviced Apartment Accommodation gives your more than fifty per cent more space then a hotel, it also gives you the opportunity to relax in a home away from home feel with friends and family.

Serviced City Pads.The George House Trust Candlelit vigil is a very popular event on th Bank Holiday Monday for Manchester Pride 2011, this will take place in Sackville Gardens with a rememberance service to remind the Gay, Lesbian and Transgender community to remember people who have died to the HIV virus and the fight against HIV throughout the world, this includes straight people. Serviced Apartment Accommodation can range from a 1 bedroom apartment sleeping 2 people through to Penthouse apartments sleeping 8 people, there is a wide range of apartments to suit all group sizes and budgets.

Many visitors to Manchester stay in Serviced Apartments and can also visit the new show Fame the musical at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. Serviced City Pads supply serviced apartments throughout Manchester and the reservations team can be contacted on 0844 335 8866. Fame the Musical will be showing from Aug 11 – Aug 13.

Visitors to Manchester can either book a Manchester City Break in either budget accommodation of select a luxury apartment.Fame the musical is a story about a group of New York City performing art students who are enrolled at the famous New York School for Arts also known as the ‘Fame Academy’ . The group of Fame students are vibrant multi-ethnic, multi cultural, energetic young people. The focal teacher in the play is Miss Sherman who wants to convey that to make it the arts business you need to have committment and lots of hard work to succeed in the business. Mr Myers who is the drama teacher asks them to think about how a physical sensation can trigger an emotional response. Joe discusses the physical reactions that happen whenever he thinks of as beautiful girl in the dance class. The scene as you can picture on stage is a drama glass, 2 students Nick and Serena are rehersing another scene and Serena confesses that she wants to try something romantic and passionate. Serena is in love with Nick however Nick is manly focused on acting. After lunch all the drama students are sat in the restaurant dreaming about one day their name in lights some will be palying in large musical halls, others will be performing in hot musicals. These guys are truly special and begin on their first frshman year together with high hopes and aspirations for the future.

During the dance rehersal Mabel an overweight dancer complains about retiaining water and other problems she faces about the size of the body, Tyrone is a wonderful dancer and seems to make the stage his own one may say he owns the stage and is a great leading dancer one for the success of the future. Serviced City Pads supply short and long stay serviced apartment accommodation throughout Manchester you can either book through the reservations team or book online.

Short and long stay Serviced Apartments are becoming very popular in Manchester and become a great alternative versus staying in a Hotel.There are also some emotional scenes in the play, in glass Tyrone is asked by Miss Sherman to read out lound a passage in a play. Tyrone is not a good reader and suggests Miis Sherman is trying to make him look stupid and claims that he does not need to be able to read very well due to the fact that he will become a great dancer. Serviced City Pads supply great budget accommodation in Manchester.

The football season is over, but the crazy transfer speculation is just beginning. It’s bad enough that there’s no football being played, but now we’re going to have to survive months of rumour, speculation, and hearsay.

Already, the media have trained the spotlight on Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez. The Argentinian captain and talisman has been one of City’s players of the season (though arguably not THE player of the season – step forward Vincent Kompany) – but it now looks as though he does not see his future in Manchester. All the talk at the moment has Tevez linked to a move overseas. Already we have seen rumours of a move to Juventus come to nothing, but it seems possible we may not see Tevez in a City shirt again.

There will also be others who are likely to head for the exit as Roberto Mancini looks to streamline the squad. It remains to be seen where the likes of Craig Bellamy, Emmanuel Adebayor and Shay Given will be next season.

However, having reached the promised land of the Champions League, we should also see plenty of movement in the other direction, as Manchester City will look to make some big signings to continue the club’s rise to the top tier of European football. The papers are continually linking Mancini’s men with the Chilean livewire Alexis Sanchez, a star of the 2010 World Cup and who was instrumental in Udinese’s surprise clinching of 4th place in Serie A and a Champions League qualifying spot. Sanchez is also linked with Barcelona, however, so seeing him in sky blue next season is not a sure thing.

The red half of Manchester will no doubt see similar comings and goings. With highly rated teenage defender Phil Jones looking set to join Manchester United from Blackburn Rovers, and rumours of bids for Arsenal’s Samir Nasri and / or Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder, it is sure to be an exciting summer for United fans.

There will no doubt be changes made to United’s current squad. The future of Michael Owen has been resolved with his 1 year contract extension, but the fate of fellow striker Dimitar Berbatov is far from clear. This season has seen the retirement of club legends Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, and many are wondering whether the end of next season will see the retirement of the Unnamed Premiership Footballer.

All in all, there’s sure to be a lot of people moving in Manchester this summer, and fans will be wondering over the next couple of months who they will see running out onto the pitch on the opening day of the season.

If you’re going to be visiting Manchester next season for any matches, why not get in touch with us here at Serviced City Pads? We have a wide variety of serviced apartments in the city centre available through our apartment operators. Serviced Apartments are the increasingly popular alternative to the traditional hotel room. They can offer more space and comfort than a hotel room, and are a perfect option for families or groups of friends looking to visit Manchester. The apartments range from studio and 1 bedroom apartments up to penthouse apartments that can sleep up to 8 people. You can see for yourself by clicking here to view the range of options.

You can contact our reservations team by calling 0844-335-8866 or submitting an enquiry through our website.

Doctor Who Live – Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th October 2010 – new stage show based upon the bbc smash hit.

The new stage show, based upon the BBC’s smash-hit, award winning series Doctor Who, promises to deliver a spectacular audio/visual experience featuring live music, special effects and appearances from the shows’s most popular monsters. Developed in association with Doctor Who Live promises the same excitement, adventure and suspense that viewers have come to expect from the TV programme and will feature specially filmed new video scenes. With an out-of-this-world set, Doctor Who Live will feature special FX, optical illusions and spectacular pyrotechnics building to an epic finale. Specially edited video clips, drawn from the TV Programme will be shown on a massive screen and accompanied by the music of longtime Doctor Who composer Murray Gold. These iconic scores will be brought to life by a 16 piece orchestra live on stage. Doctor Who Live has been concieved as a fully immersive music and monster spectacular. Serviced City Pads supply Serviced Apartments in Manchester.Disney on Ice – From Wednesday October 13th until Friday 17th October.

Disney on Ice is a touring show produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily at children, the shows feature figure skaters dressed as Disney Cartoon characters in performances that each derive their music and plot from elements collected from various Disney films and properties; the stars of the show are credited as the Disney characters themselves, performing their parts in mock cameos, while the skaters performing themselves remain anonymous. The productions began in 1981, under the name Walt Disney’s World on Ice.Serviced City Pads.

Disney on Ice currently runs eight productions and touring companies at any given time. The shows have played all over the world, including non-traditional skating regions like Americas, the Middle East, and Asia, Australia and Europe. New shows would usually play two legs in North America, for two years, and then head on to Japan for its third year, and Australia, England, and other parts of the world for the fourth year.

Join the celebration as 65 of Disney’s unforgettable characters from 18 beloved stories come to life in Disney On Ice celebrates 100 years of Magic! Join the one and only Mickey Mouse, the irresistable, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Jimmy Cricket, Pinocchio, and all the Disney Princesses in a skating spectacular you’ll rmemeber forever.Serviced City Pads.

Sting Monday 4th October

Accompanied by the Royal Philarmonic Concert Orchestra, Sting will return to the Arena for the first time since 2008’s sold-out reunion shows with the Police. Fan favourites from the Police songbook – including Roxanne, Every breath you Take and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – will be perfomed alongside his hits from Stings award-winning solo career including Englishman in New York, Fields of Gold and I Ever Lose My Faith in You. Drawing from numerous multi-platinum albums and countless number one songs, Stings back catalogue will be reinterpreted with brand new orchestrations arranged and conducted by Meastro Steven Mercurio who has previously worked with Pavarotti and Bocelli. Serviced City Pads.

During this Autumn from Oct 1 – 10, Manchester is holding its annual Food and Drink Festival. The Festival is nationally acclaimed that has developed to its current level over 12 years (2010 will see the tenth annual event take over the region). Conceived and developed by Phil Jones and Chris Tomlinson in 1998, the event orginated as a means of showing the rest of the nation that there was more to Manchester dining than pies and gravy.Apartments throughout Manchester through Serviced City Pads.
In the 12 annual festivals that have taken place over that time, the festival has achieved a national status. The Festival is, and always has been, part of Manchester City Council callendar of events for the city. It is urban food and drink festival, there is no single location, rather the Festival takes over as much of the City Centre and surrounding districts of Greater Manchester as possible, with a huge programme of events taking place, both indoor and outdoor.

The Festival highlights a number of ‘Festival Themes’, issues which affect food and drink industry in the region.Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866.
Like Manchester itself, the Festival is both Original and Modern. Events and participation have ranged from a childrens food workshop at a community library in Salford, to a glittering Gala Dinner at Manchester’s Town Hall. Short and long stay apartment accomodation through Serviced City Pads.
There are various awards at this years Festival which is the most prestigious food and drink awards in the region. The Manchester Food and Drink Awards provide a benchmark for excellence in the hospitality industries throughout Greater Manchester. The judges will have some tough decisions to make this year, resulting in a very strong set of contenders for the categories. The Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony will be held on October 11 at The Hilton Hotel Manchester where the award winners will be announced. The categories include the following, Restaurant of the Year, Best Bar, Best Newcomer, Chef of the Year, Best Pub, MFDF Award for Healthy and Sustainable Eating, Manchester Community Foodie Award, Best Family Friendly Venue.

There is also an award for Manchester Food Hero Award, this will be the chance to nominate any food and drink related person or business that you think has provided sterling service, real quality or unbelievable commitment to making Greater Manchester a better food and drink region. Everybody and evry business can be in your sights from top chefs to great waiting staff to dinner ladies; from five star dining venues through to wonderful bars and classic pubs via great catering companies and excellent foodie shops.

Manchester Food and Drink Festival are also are Launching Lunch in the Suburbs, at 2009 MFDF was such as success, MFDF is bringing this fabulous experience back but with two fanstic menus. The event will be running over two separate days, so that you have the chance to dine in the suburb of Ramsbottom.

Three of Ramsbottom’s best restaurants are teaming up with MFDF to celebrate this and stage an one-off experience for Festival goers. Three of the jewels in the Rammy crown will be hosting Festival revellers for an extra special course each, as visitors are invited into each for a true gastronomic relay of an event.

Sanminis, Ramsons, and the Chocolate Cafe, all within a stones throw from each other in Ramsbottom, will host a unique event as part of the MFDF festival on 3rd and 9th October.Serviced City Pads.

Manchester Pride is an annual Gay Pride celebration in the city of Manchester, it is one of the longest running in the country and attracts thousands of visitors to the city’s Gay Village, which centres around Canal Street, each year. The event comprises a Pride march, and several days of various arts, music and cultural events all over the city as well as a festival during the August bank holiday weekend within the gay village itself. Serviced City Pads supply apartments in central Manchester.

Original objectives for the birth of Manchesters Pride celebrations were to raise awareness around the legal and political struggles faced by the LGBT community and to raise funds for local charities. The first ‘gay pride’ event in Manchester was held in 1990. EuroPride was hosted in Manchester in 2003, and Since 2004 the title ‘Manchester Pride’ has been adopted. Manchester Pride consistently raises money for the LGBT and HIV charities and this year raised the largest amount ever in the festivals history. Contact Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866 for short stay apartments.Pride parades for the LGBT community are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most pride events occaur annually and many take place around June to commemorate the Stonewall riots, a pivotal movement in the modern LGBT rights movement. There is opposition to parades both within LGBT and mainstream populations. LGBT say that it shows non-representative aspects of the community. On the other side, it may sound ridiculous as there is no ‘heterosexual pride’, thus it is countered as homosexual agenda.

There is much more to Manchester Pride than the parade itself, since 2003 the festival has spanned a full ten days with a series of art, culture, heritage, politics, sport, music and film events celebrating the great diversity of the LGBT community in the run up to the Big Weekend Party. Pride Fringe allows performers to showcase their talents in music and dance. A series of lunchtime recitals celebrating music by LGBT composers past and present. This year arks the centenary of the birth of Samuel Barber – the composer most famous for his ‘Adagio for Strings’ used in films such as ‘Platoon’ and ‘The Elephant Man’. Each concert will include some of barbers glorious chamber music and songs, featuring performances by oboist Nicholas Daniel, tenor David Maxwell Anderson, pianist Ashley Wass & Leon McCawley, and the ensemble CHROMA. There will be a world premier of a new work by Manchester Pride’s new Composer-in-Association, Marc Yeats.Serviced City Pads supply city break accomodation.
Comedy and Theatre shows are showcased at the fringe.

Undone is a sharp witty look at one young man trying to navigate his way through relationships, lover friends via the underbelly of Manchesters gay scene. Through the mist of neon lights, dilated pupils and hangovers Dex attempts to discover true intimacy, peeling back layers of expectation and coming face to face with his fears head on. This will give you a fresh perspective of the Village life in a way you never have before; or at least can remember in this fast paced comedy drama.

Fanny is a girl who confides in her ma that she does not fancy boys. Her ma is excited as this means Fanny has the calling to be a nun. But after many years locked up in an irish convent, Fanny meets Sister Phil and there is a ’special bond’ between them she just can’t explaine. So Fanny runs away from the convent and arrives in Manchester. She is followed by Sister Phil and they discover the village whilst in hiding from Fanny’s mother who is desperatley trying to pray the gay away.Serviced City Pads supply luxury apartments in Manchester.
Camp Classics

Acelebration of gay life and experience over the years – the trails and tribulations, the energy and excitement, tales to make you laugh cry and cringe. Potrayed through a patchwork of scenes, sketches, comedy, poetry and song and perfomed by VADA members new and old. VADA is a long standing community theatre group run by, and for, all members of the LGBT community.

I was recently in a taxi after a business meeting in Manchester city centre. The driver happened to be a staunch Manchester United fan. He was sure that the rise and eventual dominance of Manchester City was nothing more than inevitable due to the club being bankrolled by the oil rich arabs from the UAE. It is a view shared by many, not just disgruntled anti Glazer campaigning Manchester cabbies. 

There is no doubt that Manchester is a city that is passionate about football. It is also fair to suggest that City have lived in the shadows of their illustrious neighbours from Old Trafford. While Alex Ferguson has been piling trophies high, Man City have spent years being relegated and then promoted to and from the English Premier League.

It may well be that the tide is turning. Manchester City are now buying top class players like there is no tomorrow. They are improving every year and it would be no surprise to see the club qualifying from for the European Champions League in 2011 and challenging for homours after that. Success is never guaranteed but the arabs will not tolerate failure.

The local economy of Manchester is fuelled by many foreign supporters of Manchester United FC who visit Manchester from Scandanavia, Ireland and Iceland to watch their team. Many of these visitors will spend the weekend in Manchester (beer is much cheaper in the UK than in Denmark!) and stay in Manchester serviced apartments or hotels in Manchester. The hotel room is a great option if you there are a couple of you and you can make a reservation for a twin bedroom. The serviced apartment in Manchester city centre option offers something slightly different, something that a hotel room can’t; and that is all about accommodating a group of 6,7 or even 8 people who are visiting manchester together and want to stay togeher in the same apartment. Staying in a serviced apartment option mean that the group will be able to socialise and relax together as a group in a spacious living room, cook a meal together and watch tv together. This relaxing atmosphere isn’t something that the formal surroundings of a hotel – even if it is a Budget hotel in Manchester – can offer.

A large group staying in a serviced apartment in Manchester city centre will often find that they will also save money (per person) versus booking multiple hotel rooms. A group of 6 will have to book at least 3 rooms and who is to say that they will be next to eachother?

Anyway, with the emergence of manchester City as a force once again, we expect that more foreign Manchester City supporters will be looking to come and stay in manchester when their team plays at home - particularly supporters from the United Arab Emirates. We suggest that these visitors should consider staying in a short stay apartment and that one in the heart of Manchester city centre is the best option.

Take a look at www.servicedcitypads.com for a wide range of good value apartments for your holiday in Manchester.

Serviced City Pads is delighted to announce that you can now follow the serviced apartment booking company on Facebook.

Chris Rose, Director at Serviced City Pads said, “It is clear that social networking is becoming an increasingly important strand of business, particularly the way in which we interract with our customers as a business. We have recently added a Twitter button and are building up a following. Facebook offers a very different alternative to Twitter in that we can dispense much more information about the serviced apartments that can be booked through Serviced City Pads across the UK.

We hope to build a loyal following both from guests that have already booked with us and those that visit our site and are curious as to what our product offering is and they can then share the information with friends in a manner that they are now very comfortable with.”

Serviced City Pads are based in Liverpool but are also very strong in other areas of the UK (including London, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Bristol). We deal with the majority of apartment operators in Manchester. Our Manchester Serviced Apartments (of which there are c.400 apartments in Manchester City Centre as well as Salford Quays) offer a wide range of accommodation that suits a number of different types of guest.  

It is probably fair to say that Facebook has a relatively young following, and this may lead to groups booking their Serviced Apartments in Manchester with Serviced City Pads. Apartments are a great alternative to staying in hotels for large groups visiting Manchester (and other UK cities) as larger apartments can accommodate more people than astandard hotel room. This invariably means that the serviced apartment becomes a cheaper alternative to a hotel.

Much of our feedback from groups (particularly groups of girls) is that they love the fact that they can all get ready together in the apartment, and this is something that they wouldn’t be able to do in a hotel in Manchester. With the Manchester serviced apartments being centrally located it means that bars and restaurants are close by and there will be no extra cost of taking a taxi.

Groups can share the Serviced City Pads Facebook page amongst themselves before they decide which apartment they would like to book. It is a fantastic platform for companies like ours to speak to potential guests as well as keeping in touch with existing clients.

If you are interested in learning more about what serviced apartments offer that is different to a hotel please call 0844 335 8866.

You can find us on Facebook by clicking on our Facebook button on the homepage of www.servicedcitypads.com.

This weekend (Saturday 21st November) sees both Football Clubs from Manchester playing against both Clubs from Liverpool in the English Premier League.

Manchester City make the short trip to Anfield to play Liverpool FC in the Lunchtime kick off; whilst Everton take their depleted squad in the opposite direction to face Premier League Champions Manchester United at Old Trafford in the days Tea time kick off. Both games will be shown live on Satellite TV.

The first game will be intriguing as it is the new monied Manchester City who fancy taking Liverpool’s place in the so called “Big 4″. Liverpool FC look the most vulnerable of that current crop of 4, placing too much emphasis on Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres and little else to back up their team. Aquillani, the Italian international who was brought in to replace Alonso has spent  the majority of his time on Merseyside warming the treatment table sparking fears that he is injury prone. His time spent on the pitch in Italy backs up that theory. This match will see Joleon Lescott making his first visit to Liverpool since leaving Everton. The form he has shown since his big money move  will hardly have impressed England manager Fabio Capello as he picks his World Cup squad. The Man City team which has been put together at a cost of almost £200 million still isn’t quite gelling but will look to mount a Top 4 challenge through the season and will probably look to spend more oil money in the January transfer window. Serviced City Pads the professional serviced apartment booking company (based in Liverpool but with apartments in Liverpool and Manchester) predicts a 1-1 draw.

Manchester United must start favourites for their match against Everton, although matches between the two teams are always tight encounters at Old Trafford. Everton have been robbed of many of their star players (Arteta, Jagielka and Pieenaar) and may struggle against a man United team that is chasing Chelsea in the race to be crowned champions. The Irish and Norwegian supporters who are staying in Manchester serviced apartments this weekend will hope for some inspiration from former Blue Wayne Rooney. Everton are improving though and Serviced City Pads, the Manchester apartment booking company predicts a tight 0-0 draw. The Evertonians will be happy travelling back to Liverpool with a point.

If you are ever planning to visit Manchester to watch Manchester United you should always book your Manchester serviced apartment in advance. Accommodation in Manchester becomes oversubscribed when United play at home due to the large number of foreign supporters (particularly Manchester United supporters in Ireland and United fans from Scandinavia) who travel to Manchester to watch the match.

Serviced City Pads have a wide selection of apartments in Manchester city centre that are perfect for your stay in Manchester for the football. The apartments are spacious and homely and offer more space than a hotel in Manchester.