NW productions

Published: 25 July 2017
Reporter: David Upton

Auntie & Me at Kings Arms

What happens when you put five phobics in a room on a Tuesday night in Bolton, Tipping Point is at 53Two in Manchester until Saturday.

Auntie & Me by Morris Panych is a mordant black comedy about life, loss and loneliness, performed at the Kings Arms in Salford from Wednesday to Friday.

Sister Act, directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, opens at Manchester Palace Theatre.

The Lowry in Salford presents its first-ever dementia-friendly performance. Regan De Wynter Williams Productions present Sasha Regan’s all-male The Mikado from Tuesday to Saturday, with a specially-adapted, dementia-friendly performance on Wednesday afternoon.

The Railway Children at The Lowry in Salford to Sunday is an adaptation of E Nesbit’s classic children’s novel brought to life in a new stage production.

The Dead Rat Orchestra and British folk singer Lisa Knapp combine with filmmaker James Holcombe to take the concept of a live film score to a new level at HOME in Manchester on Tuesday.

Award-winning Contact Young Company in Manchester, directed by the maverick Action Hero, takes on Andy Warhol in 15 Minutes—from next Wednesday to Saturday.

Play With Fire Productions brings a powerful double bill to Greater Manchester’s ongoing Fringe Festival next week. Contractions is an ink-black comedy about work and play while North of Providence is a painful domestic crisis. They are performed at the Pod at 53Two in the city centre Wednesday to Saturday.

From next Thursday to Saturday, at the King’s Arms Studio in Salford, Stolen Elephant theatre company stages Shackles, The Boss, also as part of the festival.

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