Wëreldbänd Amsterdam Artist Management HOME, Manchester 13 to 22 December 2018
Andy Manley Catherine Wheels Theatre Company HOME Manchester 13 to 23 December 2018
Michael Fowkes Little Angel Theatre Royal Exchange Theatre Studio 13 to 30 December 2018
book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse Music & Lyrics in association with Churchill Theatre Bromley The Lowry, Salford 11 December 2018 to 5 January 2019
Jackie Hagan Contact and Jackie Hagan Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester 11 to 29 December 2018
Peter Macqueen Theatre By The Lake, Keswick 10 to 15 December 2018
Alan McHugh with additional material by Ben Nickless and Les Dennis Qdos Entertainment Opera House, Manchester 8 to 30 December 2018
L Frank Baum, adapted by John Kane, music & lyrics by Harold Arlen & E Y Harburg Selladoor Family & Blackpool Winter Gardens Opera House, Blackpool 7 to 31 December 2018
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, adapted from the novel by Winnie Holzman Palace Theatre 4 December 2018 to 5 January 2019
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss Kenny Wax, Global Musicals and George Stiles The Lowry, Salford 4 to 16 December 2018
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks Royal Exchange Theatre Royal Exchange Theatre 30 November 2018 to 26 January 2019
Pyramid Company HOME 28 to 29 November 2018
David Auburn Hope Mill Theatre Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester 27 November to 2 December 2018
Sean Gandini (director), Seeta Patel (choreographer) Gandini Juggling The Lowry (Quays theatre) 27 November 2018
Mimbre Great Hall, Lancaster University 23 to 25 November 2018
Laurence Boswell Theatre By The Lake, Keswick 23 November 2018 to 12 January 2019
J M Barrie, adapted by Sarah Punshon The Dukes 23 November 2018 to 5 January 2019
Lindsay Williams, Trevor Suthers, Dave Simpson, Diane Whitley, James Quinn, P... Reallife Theatre Company 53two, Manchester 20 November to 1 December 2018
Choreography by Cathy Marston (The Suit) and Arthur Pita (A Dream Within a Mi... Ballet Black The Lowry 19 November 2018
Jean Genet, translation by Martin Crimp HOME Manchester HOME Manchester 16 November to 1 December 2018
Music by Franz Léhar, libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein (translated and a... Opera North The Lowry 15 to 17 November 2018
Music by Giacomo Puccini, Libretto by Giuseppe Giacoso and Luigi Illica (afte... Opera North The Lowry 14 to 16 November 2018
Bram Stoker, adapted by Jenny King The Touring Consortium Grand Theatre, Blackpool 13 to 17 November 2018
Alan Bennett The Original Theatre Company, York Theatre Royal and Ghost Light Theatre Productions The Lowry (Quays Theatre) 13 to 17 November 2018
Book by Harvey Fierstein, music & lyrics by Cyndi Lauper Opera House, Manchester 12 November to 1 December 2018
Jonathan Harvey Tobacco Factory Thestres in association with The Dukes The Dukes, Lancaster 6 to 10 November 2018
Ed Edwards Most Wanted and Offstage Theatre, W14 Productions and Alastair Michael Mustard Tree, Ancoats 5 to 15 November 2018
Max Saunders-Singer MAP Productions 53two, Manchester 1 to 11 November 2018
Sharr White Theatre By The Lake and Park Theatre Theatre By The Lake, Keswick 1 to 10 November 2018
Hofesh Shechter HOME Manchester and Lyric Hammersmith HOME, Manchester 31 October to 3 November 2018
Ian Rankin, adapted by Rona Munro Daniel Shumann, Lee Dean and Cambridge Arts Theatre in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre Opera House, Manchester 30 October to 3 November 2018
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth David Pugh, Dafydd Rogers and The Shubert Organisation The Lowry, Salford 30 October to 10 November 2018
Lucy J Skilbeck Milk Presents HOME, Manchester 29 to 31 October 2018
Lizzie Nunnery Almanac Arts and Claire Bigley Liverpool Everyman 25 to 27 October 2018
Chris Thorpe Royal Exchange Theatre Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 25 October to 10 November 2018
Anders Lustgarten from the novel by David Peace Red Ladder and West Yorkshire Playhouse Co-Production The Lowry, Salford 25 to 27 October 2018
Words & music by Stephen Sondheim, devised by Stephen Sondheim & Julia Mackenzie Aria Entertainment, Hope Mill Theatre & Neil Eckersley Hope Mill Theatre 24 October to 24 November 2018
Frederick Ashton with music by Ferdinand Hérold adapted by John Lanchbery Birmingham Royal Ballet The Lowry, Salford 24 to 27 October 2018
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and others Annerin Productions and Mark Goucher Productions Opera House, Manchester 22 to 27 October 2018
Les Smith & Martin Thomasson Octagon Theatre Bolton University of Bolton Stadium 21 October to 1 November 2018
Phil Pearson Absolute Scenes Three Minute Theatre, Manchester 19 October 2018
Following the success of its multi award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre’s Olivier Award nominated West End smash hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery opens the new spring season at Storyhouse in Chester.
Comedy musical Avenue Q will stop at Storyhouse Chester for one week.
Local artwork goes on display at the Dukes in Lancaster, and half of all sales revenue goes to the venue.
Three theatres have announced they have selected artists for the Naseem Khan commissions—an initiative to support artists of colour.
Unity Theatre in Liverpool sees a number of theatre-makers return to the venue by popular demand in its forthcoming new season.
A brand new comedy festival comes to Blackpool next May.
Alexandra Burke will play Rachel Marron in the The Bodyguard when it returns to Palace Theatre, Manchester.
Oldham Coliseum Theatre’s associate director Chris Lawson has stepped up to acting artistic director.
Warrington theatre company Not Too Tame completes the UK Christmas tour of its immersive 'pop-up punky panto' Cinderella: A Wicked Mother of a Night Out! at the Welcome Inn in Ordsall, Salford.
Club Mex, a part-immersive, part-musical clubbing experience, runs at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, from January 17 - February 10.
Oldham Coliseum is presenting a revival of its hit 1998 production A Different Way Home.
Manchester Opera House will next year stage Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, starring Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood as the Wicked Queen.
The Dukes and Ludus Dance are looking for local dancing talent to apply to perform at the next Big Up North Dance Theatre Festival in April.
Diversity have announced their 10-year anniversary UK tour, Born Ready, for autumn 2019 and they’re heading to the Palace Manchester.
The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster has decided, reluctantly, not to stage an open-air production in the city’s Williamson Park next year.
Jonty Stephens and Ian Ashpitel bring a Christmas show for all the family to The Lowry in Salford.
Comedy, cabaret and chaos are on their way back to The Dukes in Lancaster.
Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford has commissioned a new piece of theatre by Nathaniel Hall.
A new play set in the larger-than-life world of wrestling premières at Lancaster’s Dukes theatre from February 21 to March 2.
How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is to play Christmas 2019 season at The Lowry.
HOME in Manchester has a new new theatre season for 2019, with international programming, new creative talent and festivals and celebrations.
Scottish writer and poet Jackie Kay’s personal memoir, Red Dust Road, is to play at HOME Manchester in September.
Award-winning Rochdale-based M6 Theatre Company presents Little Gift at The Lowry in Salford.
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse’s repertory project has pushed it to a “tipping point” and it is no longer part of Arts Council England’s national portfolio.
New Adventures announces full casting for the world première of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet which will open at The Lowry in Salford on June 11 as part of a UK tour to 13 venues.
Bing and friends will be extending their first ever UK stage show tour of Bing Live into 2019.
SIX the musical will return to The Lowry next year for a five week Christmas run.
Greater Manchester Fringe has opened a brand-new curated branch called The Hive for new writers and performers for next year’s festival.
The Book of Mormon is coming to Manchester at the Palace Theatre from June 6.
Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday December 16
Round-up of regional performances opening week beginning Sunday November 18.
Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday December 9.
Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday December 2.
Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday November 25.
Burnley Empire has been bought by Burnley Empire Limited.
Waterside Arts in Sale has been named Venue of the Year at the annual Northern Soul Awards.
Octagon Theatre Bolton continue their season of offsite shows in 2019 with a new production of Jim Cartwright’s Rise and Fall of Little Voice.
HOME’S annual PUSH festival, one of the region’s key arts events, runs from January 11 to 26.
Contact continues to transform its iconic building on Oxford Road, Manchester.
Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester start their new season on March 2 with the UK première of a new version of the Stephen Schwartz musical Rags.
Some Guys Have All The Luck - The Rod Stewart Story is coming to Stockport Plaza.
Santa’s New Sleigh flies into Blackpool Winter Gardens’ Pavilion Theatre.
Theatre by the Lake’s 2019 season in Keswick includes a world première production from Howard Brenton, Educating Rita starring Stephen Tompkinson, two regional premières in the Studio and a special fundraising event featuring Ian McKellen.
Scamp Theatre opens Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man on stage at The Lowry for a month-long Christmas run starting December 1.
Christmas at Theatre by the Lake’s Studio sees two festive shows.
A politically-charged production of Sweeney Todd (April 12 to May 18) comes to the Liverpool Everyman stage in April.
There’s double the chance to enjoy the music of the Spice Girls during 2019.
Twirlywoos—as seen on CBeebies—will be brought to life on stage for the first time next year.
Following 2010 and 2011 UK theatre tours and a 2013 10th anniversary world arena tour, the Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You has been ‘reimagined’ for 2019 and will embark on a new tour, showing in Manchester from January 27 to February 8, 2020.
Braham Murray OBE, one of the founding artistic directors of Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, has died aged 75.
