NW Productions

Published: 2 October 2016
Reporter: David Upton

Dennis and Viv Ockerby (David Crellin and Karen Henthorn) share a joke in a scene from The Ockerbys on Ice at The Dukes, Lancaster Credit: Darren Andrews

The Dukes in Lancaster is staging the première of a play about an ordinary couple who win a second chance at life—thanks to cryonic freezing. The Ockerbys On Ice runs to October 22 and is a love story written by Coronation Street scriptwriter Debbie Oates. A version was first aired on Radio 4.

Pride and Prejudice—with just two actors—comes to Preston Charter Theatre next Thursday to Saturday.

A host of musical theatre stars join pop star Sarah Harding and TV heart-throb Andy Moss when Ghost – The Musical heads to Blackpool.

Talking Scarlet presents Nobody’s Perfect at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool. It’s a feel-good romantic comedy that focuses on when a man must pretend he is a woman to earn his due.

Almost 20 years after it was first performed at Soho Theatre, a brand new production of Amanda Whittington’s debut play Be My Baby comes to The Lowry in Salford.

Dare Devil Rides To Jarama, a world première based on the experiences of The International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, is at The Lowry in Salford next Thursday and Friday and at Oldham Coliseum October 12 to 15 as part of its UK tour.

Fresh from his silver medal at the Rio Olympics, gymnast and Strictly Come Dancing champ Louis Smith guest stars in Keep Dancing at the Palace Theatre, Manchester—a new show celebrating the world of ballroom and Latin dance.

Black Gold Arts Festival, in Manchester next week, has grown from three shows over three days in 2015 to a four-day festival.

Following a run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs 2: The Magic Cutlass has set sail on a UK tour. The hour-long performance is at Sale’s Waterside Arts Centre on Saturday.

Luke Wright’s award winning drama What I Learned From Johnny Bevan is coming to The Edge theatre and arts centre in Manchester on Saturday.

A new immersive theatre piece opens in Liverpool on Thursday. The audience is invited to meet Mia at Patisserie Valerie and follow her on a journey through the streets to her flat.

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