Paul Nicholls, Jack Ellis and Ben Onwukwe star in The Shawshank Redemption at The Lowry in Salford, a stage adaptation of the hit movie that comes to Blackpool Opera House later in the autumn.
The combination of actress Maxine Peake and Tennessee Williams’s steamy drama A Streetcar Named Desire has already ensured Manchester Royal Exchange tickets are selling fast for a production that starts next Thursday.
The Lowry and Paines Plough present a pop-up-theatre as part of the Love Eccles Festival 2016 from next Thursday.
Cirque du Soleil brings its most successful show ever, Amaluna, to Manchester. The international blockbuster pitches its Big Top at Manchester’s Intu Trafford Centre from next Wednesday.
The Octagon Theatre’s new season begins with Harper Lee’s powerful To Kill a Mockingbird, a stage adaptation of the award-winning novel.
TV actor Ian Sharrock stars in Raffles, The Mystery of the Murdered Thief, at Preston Charter Theatre on Monday and Tuesday night.
The Lady Boys of Bangkok bounce back into Preston on Wednesday night with their new touring show Forever Yours....X at the Charter Theatre.
Theatre company Talking Scarlet returns to Blackpool Grand with a new staging of Jekyll and Hyde.