The Dukes festive production in Lancaster, Peter Pan, runs until January 5.
Freedom of expression goes under the spotlight in an award-winning dance theatre show #JeSuis at The Lowry in Salford on Monday night.
The first in-house play from Manchester’s pioneering theatre Hope Mill runs from Tuesday to December 2. Proof by Pulitzer winning playwright David Auburn is "a passionate, intelligent story about fathers and daughters".
Classic fairy tale Beauty & the Beast is brought to life in a stage adaptation at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick to January 12.