Coronation Street legend Kevin Kennedy stars as Jimmy’s Da in the UK tour of the musical The Commitments, which comes to the Palace in Manchester from Monday to April 8.
The Octagon Theatre in Bolton and York Theatre Royal bring a brand new adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to Bolton next week.
Following its autumn offering of Offenbach’s colourful La Vie Parisienne, the Royal Northern College of Music turns to the darker side of life this season, as RNCM Opera presents Handel’s penultimate oratorio, Theodora, to April 1.
John Sackville stars in William Wordsworth, which opens at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick on 31 March.
Levantes Dance Theatre presents The Band at Uclan in Preston next Thursday.
Northern Broadsides returns to The Dukes in Lancaster with its production of Cyrano.
Gary Clarke’s COAL at Blackpool Grand Theatre next Wednesday tells the story of an industry and a community’s fight for survival.
Following the success of last year’s Let It Be, West End leading man Emanuele Angeletti returns to the Blackpool Grand stage next Friday as Paul McCartney in a brand new theatre experience Macca: The Concert.
Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures will revive the acclaimed choreographer's early work at Liverpool Playhouse from 28 March to 1 April.
Judith Kerr's much-loved illustrated book The Tiger Who Came to Tea adapted and directed by David Wood will visit Liverpool's Epstein Theatre from 30 March to 1 April.