NW Productions

Published: 29 January 2017
Reporter: David Upton

Kathryn Hunter in The House of Bernarda Alba
Circus of Horrors Credit: Chris Schmidt

On Sunday and Monday, one of the UK’s most celebrated theatre companies for children performs daytime shows at the Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University. Theatre-Rites’ production of Beasty Baby is a spirited wintry tale for 3- to 6-year-olds and adults.

Comedian Elf Lyons brings her Edinburgh Fringe show Pelican to the Nuffield Theatre, at Lancaster University next Wednesday.

Circus of Horrors will be performing at Wythenshawe Forum for the very first time on Sunday.

An exploration of female identity, sexuality and power: Lorca’s The House Of Bernarda Alba is adapted for a Royal Exchange co-production with Graeae Theatre Company from this week.

Berlin based DJ and techno producer Dasha Rush takes to The Lowry stage in Dark Hearts of Space on Saturday with fellow Berlin videographer/visual artist Stanislav Glazov.

Two one-act comedies in one evening, by the French master of comic opera Offenbach, come to The Lowry in Salford next Wednesday and Thursday.

Manchester-based theatre company Box of Tricks open its new play-with-songs Narvik, set during the Second World War, at HOME in Manchester from Tuesday to Saturday.

Cabaret Voltaire 101 is a new venture that for three evenings next Wednesday to Friday, at the café bar of Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, will showcase new talent, mentor them and give audiences an opportunity to be part of the event.

Denmarked by Conrad Murray at The Lowry in Salford next Thursday is an autobiographical hip hop show that tells one man’s journey through childhood experiences to a brighter place.

A funny, frank, and moving play about abortion—I told my Mum I was going on a R.E. trip—sees theatre company 20 Stories High and Contact co-produce a new verbatim play at Contact in Manchester next Wednesday to Saturday.

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