NW Productions

Published: 2 April 2017
Reporter: David Upton

Running Wild at Blackpool Grand Credit: Dan Tsantilis
And Then Come the Nightjars at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Credit: Jack Sain
Stand By Me at the Palace Theatre

Stand by Me, the musical history of Ben E King and The Drifters, comes to Manchester Palace Theatre for one night only on April 9.

Sally Cookson’s energetic and imaginative new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece Jane Eyre comes to The Lowry in Manchester from next Saturday.

Sigmund Freud may have fled Nazi-occupied Austria and settled in leafy Swiss Cottage but when Salvador Dali pays a visit and discovers a naked woman in the closet, mayhem ensues. That’s the set-up for the Olivier award-winning comedy Hysteria, revived by London Classic Theatre, and brought to Preston Charter Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday.

Children’s Touring Partnership brings the first UK tour of Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo to Blackpool Grand Theatre.

Keith Chegwin and Basil Brush have joined forces with X Factor’s Stevi Ritchie and Milkshake’s Olivia Birchenough to tour an Easter pantomime production of Beauty and the Beast which plays two dates around the region next week. On Monday, the show is at Lancaster Grand Theatre and next Friday at Fleetwood Marine Hall.

Blunderbus Theatre Company returns to Morecambe next Tuesday afternoon with its adaptation of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Children’s TV star Justin Fletcher is ready to party at Blackpool Opera House next Wednesday.

English Touring Theatre’s première of Sandi Toksvig’s new comedy Silver Lining comes to The Lowry in Salford.

And Then Come The Nightjars, the acclaimed play by Bea Roberts, will be at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick from Monday to Thursday.

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