Stickleback Theatre Company and Studio Salford present Jordan by Anna Reynolds with Moira Buffini at the King’s Arms in Salford from Monday to Saturday.
A modern day Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, it tells of a mother driven to the ultimate act to avoid having her child taken away from her.
Running at the same time is Forwards and Backwards from Manchester-based theatre company Square Peg.
After a chance encounter two lives are changed forever in a story of fate, sacrifice and love.
Studio Salford and House of Orphans present New Men by Adam Chapter, November 19-25.
A one-act performance of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth starts a regional tour this week.
Troop, a new regional physical theatre company, is touring its take on the Scottish play to audiences across the north west. It’s a fast-paced production with martial arts and live music.
Catch it at The Met, Bury November 7; The Continental, Preston November 8;
Robert Powell Theatre, Salford University November 13; Oldham Coliseum Theatre November 14-16.
A hundred young male and female dancers (aged eight to 18) are in demand for roles in English Youth Ballet’s production of Swan Lake, coming to Preston Charter Theatre next April.
On Monday November 19, young male and female dancers can audition for roles in the ballet favourite – Swan Lake.
Opera singer Louise Winter, who trained at Chetham’s and RNCM in Manchester, appears with Music Theatre Wales in the city next week with two short operas following the success of their world premières at the Edinburgh International Festival.
The productions will be coming to RNCM, Manchester on Wednesday.
There’s a lot to laugh about in Lancaster starting next week, with the city’s comedy festival at the Grand Theatre boasting some of comedy’s greatest stars.
It all goes on for three weeks rather than the usual one.
The UK’s largest youth drama festival returns to The Dukes in Lancaster on Monday night.
The Shakespeare Schools Festival works with the National Theatre to help schools nationwide stage abridged productions in their local professional theatre.
Wednesday sees the 12 Degrees North Dance Company present its triple bill at Blackpool Grand Theatre.
It’s all new work by three leading choreographers, Alesandra Seutin, Gary Clarke and Antonia Grove.
Award-winning theatre company Coal returns to The Studio at the Royal Exchange in Manchester with their new play, Johnny Come Lately telling the story of a mother and her adult daughter living on the margins of society.
It runs from Tuesday to Saturday.
On Tuesday, the night of the US Presidential Election, award-winning playwrights from across the UK and US will have rehearsed readings of their work staged at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.
The writers have all written work especially for this one-off event - a collaboration with the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia.
Opera North dances with the devil this week in a diabolical new season at The Lowry in Salford.
Three new productions at the venue take in a pact with the devil in Gounod’s Faust, a legendary but damned womaniser in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and one woman’s search for eternal life in Janácek’s The Makropulos Case.
One of the stars of the UK re-emergence of burlesque is Scottish sensation Missy Malone.
The Missy Malone & Friends Burlesque Revue can be seen at Accrington Town Hall, Oswaldtwistle next Friday.
Details: 01254 380 293