A former Coronation Street actress portrays more than 50 characters in a one-woman play at The Dukes in Lancaster on Wednesday. Krissi Bohn, who played Jenna Kamara in the television soap, returns to The Bogus Woman seven years after it was seen by more than 3,500 people during a sell-out run in Keswick.
The Octagon in Bolton launches its new season with The Family Way, the funny and intimate portrayal of family life written by the town’s celebrated playwright Bill Naughton.
A co-production between Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre and the HighTide Festival opens a collection of home produced and visiting shows as part of the autumn/winter season in the venue’s Studio space.
The Cornwall-based international touring company Kneehigh, with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, begins a new tour of Dead Dog in a Suitcase which comes to Manchester’s HOME venue next week.
The ‘70s and ‘80s musical Hot Stuff returns to Oldham Coliseum Theatre for the 25th anniversary of its world première.