NW Productions

Published: 15 January 2017
Reporter: David Upton

Lip Service: Mr Darcy Loses the Plot

The king may well be dead, but his memory and legacy live on in Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy Hamlet at Preston Charter Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Drama students from Lancaster’s University of Cumbria campus make their annual visit to the city’s Dukes theatre next week with the first of two famous plays. Top Girls is followed by Mojo.

The Octagon Theatre in Bolton, in a co-production with Derby Theatre, stages one of Willy Russell’s best loved plays, Educating Rita, which opens in Bolton.

Morale is High (Since we gave up Hope) is a performance that seeks to predict what will happen between now and the next general election in 2020. The debut show from Powder Keg is just part of PUSH, the annual two-week Manchester festival centred on the HOME venue.

LipService Theatre Company is at Oldham Coliseum Theatre with Mr Darcy Loses the Plot as the comedy duo immerse themselves in the world of women writers.

Impropriety starts its 2017 season with the return of popular Impropriety Does The Pilgrim at the Liverpool venue next Thursday.

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