Bat out of Hell comes to the Manchester Opera House from 17th Feburary to 8th April. Read 10 facts about the award winning production coming to Manchester: 

1) BAT OUT OF HELL is one of the five best-selling albums of all time and was originally written as a musical by Jim Steinman 50 years ago!

2) The BAT OUT OF HELL creative team have between them 2 Grammy awards, 4 Olivier awards and 3 Olivier nominations, 2 Tony awards and 3 Tony nominations, 1 Emmy nomination, 2 Drama Desk awards, 15 other prestigious arts awards and an OBE!

3) Jim Steinman, the man behind the music, lyrics and book for the show, has been described by the LA Times as ‘the Richard Wagner of rock’, and has written and produced records that have sold more than 190 million copies worldwide.

4) Jon Bausor, responsible for designing the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, has masterminded the biggest set ever to be installed at the Manchester Opera House.

5) The orchestrator, Steve Sidwell, had to listen to every single song in the show and write out each and every note. There are over 1,000 pages of music in the show.

6) The show's choreographer, 22 year old Emma Portner, has worked with Justin Bieber on his Life is Worth Living music video and Purpose World Tour.

7) The show’s lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe lit the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 and was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 for a lifetime of services to the arts.

8) The show will use 3,240 lightbulbs in 350 lights weighing in at 2.7 tonnes (the equivalent of 6 Harley Davidson motorbikes), to create an authentic, spectacular visual mix of rock concert and West End musical that exceeds any other show that has visited the Manchester Opera House. 

9) 194 speakers, 150 microphones and 27 computers will work to amplify the voices and band each night.

10) The show will use over 30km of electrical cable, which is 25 times the distance between Manchester Piccadilly Station and Manchester Opera House.