HMS Pinafore

After updates in recent years for 'Pirates' and 'Mikado', director Sarah Helsby Hughes stays in period for this 'Pinafore', with charming results for Buxton's International G & S Festival. Read Robert...

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Simon Stephens UK premiere at 53two in Manchester

Unusually for a celebrated and multi-award-winning playwright, Simon Stephens' short play 'Maria' will get its British premiere at Manchester's tiny 53two venue

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The Pirates of Penzance

It's a comic opera favourite, and you can see why in this jolly Gilbert and Sullivan Festival production of 'The Pirates of Penzance' in Buxton. Read Robert Beale's review

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All the bright MS places

Rae Mainwaring's play "Bright Places" - an unflinching, darkly funny look at living with MS, will tour to venues in our region this autumn

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David Threlfall returns to Royal Exchange as Lear

One-time Royal Exchange favourite David Threlfall is to make his first appearance there in 27 years as Shakespeare's mighty King Lear

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Wilko story is more than rock and roll

The extraordinary story of Dr Feelgood co-founder and guitarist Wilko Johnson is told in Jonathan Maitland's musical play 'Wilko', coming to York, Durham and Salford this autumn

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More are on The Other Side Of Murder

Producers name the full cast to join Rufus Hound in up-coming comedy-murder-thriller "The Other Side of Murder" - the latest from writer Torben Betts

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Oh Zeus!

In 'Oh Zeus!', hilarious physical comedians Le Navet Bete storm Olympus and lay waste to the reputations of the Greek gods. Read Steve Griffiths' review of this five-star comedy

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Android on trial in 92nd Ayckbourn play

Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough readies Sir Alan Ayckbourn's 92nd play, "The Trial of Romeo Oscar" - which puts an android on trial for murder...

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New Coliseum boss offers nightclub Macbeth

New creative director Nick Bagnall sets up his first season for Oldham Coliseum with an unconventionally interesting set of productions - headed by a nightclub-based 'Macbeth'

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Lowry x Edinburgh

Salford's Lowry centre gathers England-based companies for a season of shows at the Edinburgh Festival

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A Topsy Turvy start to its 40th year for Theatre Porto

Ellesmere Port's children's theatre, Theatre Porto, embarks on its annual Topsy Turvy Festival in August, which this year marks the start of the institution's 40th anniversary

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Let the Sun Shine!

The cast lets it all hang out, in a manner of speaking, in Let the Sun Shine, a mostly joyful musical recreation of Sixties music festivals in Chester

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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

This Chichester-originated production based on le Carre's The Spy Who Came In from the Cold is a fine addition to the world of novels-turned-stage plays, says Joan Davies. Read her review

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Buxton Opera House free 'Outdoor Opera House'

Buxton Opera House is preparing for a second year of its summer, woodlands-based 'Outdoor Opera House' weekend - and a new Opera House patron, celebrated actress Janie Dee

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Mean Girls

Richard Evans relives his teens and searches for acceptance - well, maybe not - at Mean Girls. Read his review

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Bolton's 30th anniversary production of 'East is East'

Bolton Octagon returns to Ayub Khan Din's classic comedy 'East is East' to celebrate the play's 30th birthday

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Writer wins Off Cut award in memory of Lisbon crash victims

Manchester's new writing festival, Off Cut, presents a writing award in memory of Lisbon crash victims Will Nelson and Kayleigh Smith

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New season at York Theatre Royal

York Theatre Royal's autumn season mixes classic Americana with modern dance, ancient folk tales and... the late Queen

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Outlaws - A Robin Hood Story

Richard Evans has fun in Chester's Grosvenor Park with "Outlaws", a surprisingly punchy, funny, open-air version of the Robin Hood story in Storyhouse's summer season

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Amadigi di Gaula

Buxton Festival audiences have fun courtesy of - surprisingly - Handel in this "Love Island" version of the composer's 18th Century work Amadigi di Gaula. Read Robert Beale's review

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La Liberazione di Ruggiero

A baroque rarity from La Vache Baroque joins the Buxton Festival programme and it's a "warmly engaging experience", says Robert Beale. Read his review

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Hairspray opens 2027 tour in Manchester

Hairspray to hold its shine around the UK in a new tour, opening in Manchester a year from now

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Theatr Clwyd - one gap year later...

Richard Evans sits down with Liam Evans-Ford and Kate Wasserberg at Theatr Clwyd, where a year's work and £50m have worked theatre magic

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Victoria Wood's dinnerladies Manchester stage premiere

After 25 years of much-loved TV repeats, Victoria Wood's brilliant 'dinnerladies' comedy will make it to the stage in 2027

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La Traviata

Verdi fans will enjoy this lavishly cast and presented addition to the Buxton Festival programme, which more than lives up to the popularity of the work. Read Robert Beale's review

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Buffoon European premiere in Sheffield

Actor Daniel Weyman stars in powerful international prize-winning play 'Buffoon' at Sheffield's Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse.

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Fun Home

The musical theatre rendering of graphic novel 'Fun Home' at Manchester's Royal Exchange is a triumph of form and emotion, with Sondheim-like brilliance, says Jenny Daniel. Read her five star review

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The Sound of Music

Leicester Curve's production of 'The Sound of Music' gets the vocal power treatment from Opera North - and the result can be heard around the mountains. Read Robert Beale's review

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