A courtesan and a nobleman... a black bouncer and a white girl in a working-class Yorkshire town... a boy with blades for hands and the all-American Girl Next Door.
The power of love transcends war, family, society, race and status—to triumph and to tragedy—at The Lowry in Salford this month.
East meets West as Akram Khan dances between Britain and Bangladesh in DESH, and Boy Blue presents an electrifying fusion of Hip Hop, Manga and Kung-fu.
Lowry partner company Opera North returns with an exuberant autumn season, bringing three contrasting operas to life on stage. All three explore the price of love and lust, through the cost of pursuing romantic relationships which break social and moral codes.
Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands also returns. Based on the classic Tim Burton film and featuring music by Danny Elfman and Terry Davies, this touching love story first premièred in 2005 and returns to The Lowry for its first major UK revival.
Lancaster’s imitating the dog present the first ever UK stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s seminal First World War novel, A Farewell to Arms. Wigan actress Laura Atherton plays the lead role of Catherine Barkley alongside Jude Monk McGowan, star of hit 2012 film Anna Karenina. (Hear our podcast interview with co-writer and co-director Pete Brooks.)