Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester and Aria Entertainment have announced their final two productions of 2018: a new British musical The Return of the Soldier, adapted from Rebecca West’s 1918 novella (September 6 to 29), and the UK première of Broadway hit A Christmas Story The Musical written by the songwriting duo behind The Greatest Showman (October 26 to December 1).
This year has seen Hope Mill named 2018 Fringe Theatre of the Year by The Stage and the recent critically-acclaimed London transfer of their production of Pippin.