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Published: 9 February 2014
Reporter: David Upton

Hofesh Shechter's Sun at Blackpool Grand Credit: Gabriele Zucca
Spring and Port Wine at the Kings

Circus of Horrors makes the first of several regional appearances at the Albert Halls in Bolton next week.

Next week will see the UK première at the Opera House in Manchester of the star-studded new musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels prior to the West End. It is directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell, and stars Robert Lindsay, Rufus Hound, Katherine Kingsley, Samantha Bond and John Marquez.

English National Ballet brings its swashbuckling new production of the classic 19th Century ballet Le Corsaire to the Palace in Manchester. It runs from Monday to Saturday.

Following the sell-out success of its première at Edinburgh Fringe 2013, Theatre Ad Infinitum brings its new award-winning musical play Ballad of the Burning Star to The Lowry in Salford on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ballad of The Burning Star is the story of one Jewish boy’s struggle to come to terms with the conflict raging in his homeland.

Northern Outlet Theatre Company stages its production of Bill Naughton's Spring And Port Wine at The King's Arms in Salford from February 12-15 as part of the venue’s Mashed Up North Season.

A radical version of Shakespeare’s classic Twelfth Night comes to The Dukes in Lancaster this week. Following a London run and an extensive UK and international tour, Filter Theatre returns to the city from February 11-15 during the city’s Season of Shakespeare.

Proto-type Theater brings its music-driven show The Good, the God and the Guillotine to Live at LICA in Lancaster next Tuesday. Proto-type is a company of multi-disciplinary artists interested in live, devised performance based in Manchester whose work has been performed throughout England and abroad.

A new show by emerging writer and performer Stephanie Claire premières at the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster next Thursday and Friday. Stephanie Claire takes audiences on a journey from “love found to love lost, getting off at every stop along the way” in Love Letters & Other Pointless Scribbles.

The horrors of life in the World War One trenches are brought to life in a hard-hitting new production at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre. The venue is marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War by hosting a brand new adaptation of the classic play Woyzeck by Georg Buchner.

Showzam!, Blackpool’s now annual celebration of showbiz, opens this week and runs until February 23. The line up of shows and acts features more than 70 performers during the 10-day festival.Internationally-acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter presents his brand new and highly- anticipated show Sun at the Lowry in Salford next Tuesday, and at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre on Thursday.

Sun is a visually stunning piece of dance theatre, brought to life by 16 world-class dancers and internationally-acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter. at Blackpool's Grand Theatre.

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