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Published: 31 January 2016
Reporter: David Upton

A Machine They’re Secretly Building from Proto-type Theater at Lancaster Arts Credit: Proto-type and Adam York Gregory
John Heffernan as Macbeth and Anna Maxwell Martin as Lady Macbeth Credit: Richard Hubert Smith

As part of Lancaster Arts Festival of Questions, the story of twin brothers evacuated during World War Two is the focus of a performance at The Dukes in the city next Thursday. The Notebook is an adaptation of the award-winning novel of the same name.

Original British musical Miss Nightingale makes its Blackpool debut next week when it plays at the Grand Theatre as part of the show’s fifth and final UK tour.

Shrek The Musical returns to the region, this time at The Lowry in Salford and starring Lancashire-born Dean Chisnall and Bronté Barbé as Shrek and Fiona.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats returns to Manchester Opera House direct from its sell-out seasons at the London Palladium, for two weeks.

Noted actress Anna Maxwell Martin makes her Manchester stage debut in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

A new play, The Lonely Walk Home, runs at Taurus Bar & Kitchen in Canal Street, Manchester, until February 12.

The world première of Proto-type Theater’s new show A Machine They’re Secretly Building, will be performed on Tuesday at Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University.

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