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NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday September 29.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 30 September.

What's on in the North East

Professional theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 30 September 2019.

Holmes and away for the Dukes

A new adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s gothic classic The Hound of the Baskervilles is coming to The Dukes in Lancaster.

Wintry outlook for Lancaster

The Dukes theatre in The Round in Lancaster will be transformed into a wintry woodland for this year’s Cinderella.

Avenue Q back in Manchester

Avenue Q returns to Manchester Palace Theatre.

Hope Mill's faith in charity!

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is to become a registered charity.

Playland on tour

Durham’s Elysium Theatre Company is to tour Athol Fugard’s Playland throughout the North East during Black History Week

Derby Assembly Rooms won’t reopen for two years

Derby’s Assembly Rooms, which has been out of action since a fire in 2014, will not be ready to reopen until November 2021—12 months later than planned.

Major tours to visit Coventry’s Belgrade

A number of major touring productions will visit Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in the early part of 2020.

Birmingham REP to revive RSC update of Tartuffe

A revival of Iqbal Khan’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of Molière’s comedy Tartuffe and an “ambitious” version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are highlights of spring 2020 at the city’s REP theatre.

Jenna to play Piaf at Nottingham Playhouse

Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell will take the lead in the Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse co-production of Pam Gems’s Piaf in May 2020.

Richard Alston to be patron of Northamptonshire theatre

Choreographer Sir Richard Alston is to become a patron of Northampton’s Royal and Derngate theatre.

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday September 22.

Stitching together Patchwork Wonders

Innovative theatre-makers Stitch Brothers present Patchwork Wonders for children at The Dukes in Lancaster.

Measuring Up in Liverpool

Measuring Up, a new play by artist and activist Mandy Redvers-Rowe, comes to Liverpool Everyman Theatre.

Poetic licence in Bolton

There is opportunity for budding poets to submit and showcase their work in Bolton.

Playland première for the region

Jake Murray returns to Manchester this autumn with his company Elysium Theatre to present the Northern première of Athol Fugard's rarely-seen Playland.

Achy Breaky Bride line dances towards Liverpool

New comedy musical Achy Breaky Bride makes its Liverpool première at The Epstein Theatre.

Festivals at the double for Liverpool

Homotopia, the largest LGBTQI+ arts and culture festival in the UK, and Liverpool Irish Festival will both open shortly in Liverpool