NW Productions

Published: 23 April 2017
Reporter: David Upton

The Island at The Dukes

Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, reaches Manchester on its current UK tour.

Bill Kenwright’s current production of Ghost - The Musical closes its UK tour with a visit to The Lowry in Salford.

The Octagon Theatre in Bolton stages a world première of I Capture the Castle, based on the iconic novel by Dodie Smith.

Alan Harris’s How My Light Is Spent, winner of the Bruntwood playwriting competition Judges Award in 2015, is the latest work to have its première at the Royal Exchange in Manchester.

Theatre Ad Infinitum's show Bucket List centres on poverty in Mexico and will be at the Lowry in Salford next Wednesday and Thursday..

Nowhere, at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, on Monday and Tuesday has been written by Steve Hutchinson, a debt collector from the city.

On Monday and Tuesday, The Nest returns to Manchester at 53Two theatre, and is set in a world where data sharing dominates.

The Encore Dance Company Tour 2017 at Preston Charter Theatre on Tuesday night is presented by a UK-based company, showcasing a variety of dance styles.

A famous and moving drama exploring friendship between two prisoners is revived at The Dukes in Lancaster next week. The Island is set on South Africa’s Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years.

Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre is set for a weekend of Edinburgh Fringe-style performances next weekend.

Hit musical Dreamboats and Petticoats reaches Blackpool Opera House on its current UK tour.

Talking Scarlet theatre company return to the Grand in Blackpool with the nail-biting thriller Brian Clemens’s Strictly Murder.

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