NW Productions

Published: 19 February 2017
Reporter: David Upton

Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl at the Palace

Sheridan Smith and Chris Peluso lead the cast of Funny Girl which comes to the Palace Theatre, Manchester, for the first of two runs at the venue this year.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show comes to The Lowry in Salford from Wednesday to Saturday, prior to a West End run.

Dance: Sampled at The Lowry in Salford next Friday and Saturday is a bite-sized introduction to all that dance has to offer.

The Octagon Theatre in Bolton and the town’s university present the rarely-performed play Ashes from next week.

Made in India explores the global and personal implications of India’s surrogacy industry in a new play about motherhood and blood ties between women and nations at Contact in Manchester next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Two international artists explore the 21st century class struggle in a comedic DIY musical In the Best of Both Worlds: A Busker’s Opera at Lancaster University’s Nuffield Theatre on Tuesday.

A story of adventure and friendship adapted for the stage launches The Dukes family theatre season in Lancaster next Tuesday. Heaven Eyes tells of three orphaned teenagers who run away from their children's home and sail down the River Tyne on a makeshift raft.

Lancaster Arts in association with arts organisation Making Room presents new performances by emerging artists and theatre companies at the university’s Nuffield Theatre next Wednesday.

LGBT History Month nationally has commissioned two new dramas from Inkbrew Productions, performed as a double bill next week and March in Burnley and as a showcase in Manchester and Liverpool.

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