NW Productions

Published: 22 February 2015
Reporter: David Upton

Oh What a Lovely War at the Opera House
A Journey Round My Skull at The Dukes Credit: Jonathan Blackford

John, the latest work from multi-award-winning DV8 Physical Theatre, co-produced with the National Theatre, comes to The Lowry in Salford for two nights.

Former Coronation Street stars Wendi Peters and Ian Reddington head the cast of the classic satirical musical Oh What a Lovely War! at Manchester Opera House.

Following its Edinburgh Festival Fringe première last year, Outings, the world's first show based on coming-out stories tours the UK ahead of international dates and is at The Lowry in Salford next week.

After last year’s Hobson’s Choice, the Octagon in Bolton presents another famous, great northern play: Hindle Wakes, written by Manchester School of playwrights’ Stanley Houghton and first performed in 1912.

Interactive storytelling pioneer Blast Theory has teamed up with the Royal Exchange in Manchester to present the world première of Too Much Information—a citywide audio walk which uncovers a series of funny and frank conversations between a group of young people and a group of over-60s.

Waterloo—The Best of Abba Tribute show comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre next Friday celebrating the music of one of the best-selling bands of all time.

Join in the celebrations of Chinese New Year at Preston Guild Hall next Tuesday with a special mid-day performance of Mulan.

A play that literally messes with your head is performed at Lancaster’s Dukes Theatre next Wednesday night. A Journey Round My Skull is a love story that puts the audience under the brain surgeon’s knife and uses recordings taken on surgical wards to produce a three-dimensional experience of awake brain surgery.

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