NW Productions

Published: 29 March 2015
Reporter: David Upton

Jason Donovan and Raymond Coulthard in The King's Speech Credit: Hugh Glendinning
Sebastian Loe in Elves and the Shoemaker from Northern Ballet Credit: Brian Slater

A stage production of the hit film The King's Speech comes to The Opera House in Manchester.

After touring under canvas Europe’s largest new circus, Cirque Surreal, is appearing on stage for the first time at The Lowry from next Thursday to Monday with its show Voyagers.

Old Trafford based Theatre company Art with Heart, brings its award-winning play Secret Diaries by Sarah Evans to the Lowry, Salford Quays.

Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl’s children’s book, takes to the stage of Preston Charter Theatre on Monday and Tuesday—both afternoons and evenings—in an adaptation by the London Contemporary Theatre company.

Northern Ballet’s new show for children, Elves & The Shoemaker, steps on to the stage of Lancaster’s Dukes theatre on Wednesday afternoon.

The Dukes in Lancaster is giving audiences a say about which new plays they’d like to see in the future. The Kick Start initiative, which begins this week, allows audiences to offer feedback on plays in development.

A star-studded Peter Pan swoops in, unseasonally, to Blackpool’s North Pier Theatre this Easter.

The Grand Theatre in Blackpool welcomes the return of what is widely regarded as the most terrifying live theatre experience, The Woman in Black.

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