Stevenage is a unique solo multimedia performance at Lancaster University Nuffield Theatre on Tuesday night that looks at interlinked lives by weaving together stories of journeys, cinema, sex, town-planning and taxi-driving.
Details: www.liveatlica.org
Ellen Kent's spring opera tour visits Blackpool on Tuesday night with a brand new production of La Boheme.
Details: www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Later in the week the company takes Madame Butterfly to Manchester Opera House on Friday night, followed by La Traviata on Saturday.
Details: www.atgtickets.com/manchester
Margi Clarke (from Coronation Street and Benidorm), along with fellow Hormonal Housewives (Kay Purcell and Laura Checkley) star in a a new comedy at Manchester Opera House next Thursday night, written by husband and wife team Julie Coombe and John McIsaac. Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, the show enjoyed success across Scotland and is now on a national tour.
Details: www.atgtickets.com/manchester
Classic fairytale Goldilocks is given four performances over two days at Manchester's Royal Exchange Studio next Wednesday and Thursday.
It's aimed at children aged two to five and uses table-top puppetry and musical influences, performed by Little Angel Theatre, one of only three building-based puppet theatres in the country.
Details: www.royalexchange.co.uk 
Spymonkey join forces with Kneehigh to create Oedipussy, a hilarious subversion of the quintessential Greek tragedy. After opening to critical acclaim at the Royal & Derngate Northampton, Spymonkey return to the Liverpool Playhouse from Tuesday to Saturday March 13-17.
Details: www.everymanplayhouse.com
Phoenix Dance Theatre return to the Playhouse with their latest mixed programme, Crossing Points, which features two world premières, on Friday and Saturday March 23-24.
Details: www.everymanplayhouse.com
Blackpool's Grand Theatre has announced a summer of shows for 2012 with the return of Joe Longthorne, Roy Walker, ABBA tribute Dancing Queen and funnyman Mick Miller, as well as the Chuckle Brothers, comedy legends Cannon & Ball and the outrageous Roy ‘Chubby' Brown.
Details: www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Earthfall's award winning production of At Swim Two Boys, based on the novel of the same name by Jamie O'Neill, is set to make its way to The Lowry, for two performances only, on March 20-21. Featuring two male dancers and two musicians the story unfolds against a cascading wall of water that slowly fills the stage.
Details: www.thelowry.com
Contemporary dance company balletLORENT bring a special production for under 5s to The Lowry in Salford March 25. It allows the audience to roam around the stage in a relaxed atmosphere becoming part of the performance.
Details: www.thelowry.com
Young Everyman Playhouse season continues with promenade spy spoof You Are Being Watched at Static Gallery, a promenade comedy production based on Britain's surveillance society, Saturday and Sunday March 10-11.
Details: www.everymanplayhouse.com
The Wizard of Oz, the timeless story of young Dorothy, her loyal dog, Toto, and three unusual friends heads for St Helens Theatre Royal from April 4-9. The Regal Entertainment production is an enchanting recreation of the much loved, heart-warming tale that the whole family will enjoy.
Details: www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com