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Published: 3 July 2016
Reporter: David Upton

The Dukes production of The Hobbit in Lancaster's Williamson Park Credit: Darren Andrews

Young Everyman Playhouse take on the universe with its new production, Quantum. Using scientific experiments and multimedia projections, this promenade performance takes place from Wednesday to Saturday.

Blackpool is the setting for a popular play at Preston Charter Theatre next Wednesday. September In The Rain from renowned playwright John Godber follows the life of miner Jack and his wife Liz on their annual holiday to the resort over the years.

Tolkien’s fantastical adventure The Hobbit will be taking a dramatic and epic journey across Lancaster’s Williamson Park from next Tuesday to August 13.

U.Dance, the nation’s annual youth dance festival, takes over The Lowry in Salford next weekend, with several local performers attending.

In a collaboration with The Lowry in Salford and Southway Housing Trust, House of Orphans presents A Bed of Shards by Jane McNulty next week.

Bootworks Theatre’s all-action homage to one man’s obsession with classic sci-fi movie Terminator 2 is at HOME in Manchester, and on the final day of the run audiences can also watch James Cameron’s original 1984 Terminator film, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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