The Magic of Motown returns to Manchester Opera House next Thursday with its I'll Be There 2013 Tour featuring an all-new show, packed with 36 back-to-back Motown hits.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy became an instant classic on its launch as a radio series and last year saw the cult favourite reinvented as a stage production.
For this new version, returning to Manchester Opera House next week, guest Voices will join the original radio cast on stage.
Edmund The Learned Pig—a new show for anyone aged eight and over—receives its world premiere in The Studio at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre from next Wednesday to Saturday October 26.
Following the huge success of both Of Mice and Men and The Glass Menagerie during the Octagon’s 2012-2013 Season, the Bolton theatre’s artistic director David Thacker directs another classic American Drama: Long Day’s Journey Into Night (from October 10 to November 2), by Eugene O’Neill.
Rambert, The Lowry’s partner company, returns to their Salford home in the north west with an evening of entertainment featuring four contrasting dance works including the world première of American choreographer Barak Marshall’s The Castaways.
Drawing inspiration from Strindberg’s Dream Play, the latest work from writer and theatre-maker Hannah Silva at The Lowry in Salford next week, blends sound, writing and vocal techniques.
Coming to the Contact Theatre in Manchester next weekend, The Ugly Sisters is from award-winning company RashDash.
The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back at Preston Charter Theatre next Thursday with a new show for 2013.
A double bill of dance with a pinch of humour will be performed in The Round at The Dukes in Lancaster tomorrow night.
No Big Deal features two dance pieces created and performed by George Adams and Ellen Turner who have previously worked for Lancaster-based Ludus Dance.
Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park enjoys a stage incarnation in Blackpool in an acclaimed production from the last Regency-era theatre in the country, The Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds.
It runs from Tuesday to Saturday at the Grand Theatre.