Theatre Reviews North

10th anniversary tour for Jamie Everybody's taking about hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie, coming back for a 10th anniversary UK tour in 2027

Everybody's taking about hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie, coming back for a 10th anniversary UK tour in 2027
#JamieMusical #Leedsgrand @storyhouselive.bsky.social #SheffieldLyceum @palaceandopera.bsky.social @liverpoolempire.bsky.social
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Rachel Corrie Manchester premiere Political theatre company Take Back scores a Manchester premiere for My Name is Rachel Corrie - the true story of a naive idealist tragically caught up in the Palestinian crisis of 2003

Political theatre company Take Back scores a Manchester premiere for My Name is Rachel Corrie - the true story of a naive idealist tragically caught up in the Palestinian crisis of 2003
#53two #RachelCorrie #takebacktheatre
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Bradford City of Culture lives on Bradford's hugely-successful City of Culture year looks set to inspire much more of the same in the years to come

Bradford's hugely-successful City of Culture year looks set to inspire much more of the same in the years to come
@bradford2025.co.uk #CityofCulture
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Em Stroud talks about life... Em Stroud tells us what she has learned about humour by talking to business leaders around the world, and does some comic coaching for the rest of us

Em Stroud tells us what she has learned about humour by talking to business leaders around the world, and does some comic coaching for the rest of us
#53two #EmStroud
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Peter Grimes This new revival of Opera North's superb Peter Grimes loses none of the power and musicality that has enthralled viewers since it first appeared 20 years ago

This new revival of Opera North's superb Peter Grimes loses none of the power and musicality that has enthralled viewers since it first appeared 20 years ago
@operanorth.co.uk #LeedsGrand @thelowry.com #NewcastleTheatreRoyal #PeterGrimes
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The Peaceful Hour 2 Gerry Linford's farce The Peaceful Hour was a hit at Liverpool's Royal Court last February - so he's brought the gang back, in a comedy set a year later...

Gerry Linford's farce The Peaceful Hour was a hit at Liverpool's Royal Court last February - so he's brought the gang back, in a comedy set a year later...
@royalcourtliv.bsky.social #PeacefulHour2
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Musical murder mystery mash-up in Murder For Two Highly-acclaimed but little-seen: Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough dices with musical homicide in Murder for Two

Highly-acclaimed but little-seen: Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough dices with musical homicide in Murder for Two
@thesjt.bsky.social #MurderforTwo
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Billy Elliot The Musical in Manchester for Christmas Phenomenal show Billy Elliot the Musical starts a new tour at the end of 2026 for its 10th anniversary

Phenomenal show Billy Elliot the Musical starts a new tour at the end of 2026 - its first in a decade
@palaceandopera.bsky.social #SunderlandEmpire #BillyElliottheMusical
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Costume, craft and backstage secrets for Royal Exchange 50th Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre gets Lottery grant to stage 50th anniversary exhibition

Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre gets Lottery grant to stage 50th anniversary exhibition
@rxtheatre.bsky.social #costume #Exhibition
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Tellus Linda Isted admires the elegance, fluidity and passion of Dickson Mbi's dance work TELLUS

Linda Isted admires the elegance, fluidity and passion of Dickson Mbi's dance work TELLUS
@thelowry.com #DicksonMbi #Tellus
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Corrie legend Helen Worth in conversation fundraiser Actress Helen Worth will talk about her 50 years as a Coronation Street star with Julie Hesmondhalgh to raise money for Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre

Actress Helen Worth will talk about her 50 years as a Coronation Street star with Julie Hesmondhalgh to raise money for Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre
#hopemilltheatre #HelenWorth #JulieHesmondhalgh
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Queer Contact festival returns Manchester Contact Theatre's 'Queer Contact Festival returns this week with a huge number of festival events

Manchester Contact Theatre's 'Queer Contact' Festival returns this week with a huge number of festival events
@contactmcr.bsky.social #queercontactfestival
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Acosta’s Don Quixote tilts again Carlos Acosta's thrilling, Birmingham Royal Ballet version of Don Quixote returns to Salford's Lowry after a four year break

Carlos Acosta's thrilling, Birmingham Royal Ballet version of Don Quixote returns to Salford's Lowry after a four year break.
@thelowry.com #BirminghamRoyalBallet #CarlosAcosta #DonQuixote
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Celebrate 40th anniversary of Northern School of Contemporary Dance Leeds' Northern School of Contemporary Dance will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a year-long festival of creativity and local community involvement

Leeds' Northern School of Contemporary Dance will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a year-long festival of creativity and local community involvement
#NorthernSchool #40thanniversary
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Manford and Nickless back for fifth panto, Dick Whittington Comedians Jason Manford and Ben Nickless will return to Manchester Opera house this Christmas - for the fifth year - in DIck Whittington

Comedians Jason Manford and Ben Nickless will return to Manchester Opera house this Christmas - for the fifth year - in Dick Whittington
@palaceandopera.bsky.social #JasonManford #DickWhittington
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Collaborator Nathan JohnstonOckham’s Razor and Turtle Key ArtsLowry, Salford5-7 February, 2026: 55 minutesUnusually for a company celebrating 20 years of performing and whose last visit to Manchester was with the ...

Ockham's Razor - the dance company known for ambitious productions - celebrates its 20th anniversary with an intimate work, Collaborator, featuring the two founders alone
@thelowry.com #OckhamsRazor #Collaborator
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MAM Teac Damsa's wild work MAM is a joyful, chaotic introduction to the work of Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, says Joan Davies. Read her review

Teac Damsa's wild work MAM is a joyful, chaotic introduction to the work of Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, says Joan Davies. Read her review
#TeacDamsa @thelowry.com
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Our Town This American classic might seem an odd choice for the new Welsh National Theatre, but Michael Sheen's company carries all doubts before it

This American classic might seem an odd choice for the new Welsh National Theatre, but Michael Sheen's company carries all doubts before it. Read Richard Evans' five-star review
@welshnattheatre.bsky.social @venuecymru.bsky.social #TheatrClwyd #michaelsheen
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The Memory of Water Shelagh StephensonOctagon Theatre Bolton and Liverpool Everyman & PlayhouseOctagon Theatre Bolton29 January - 21 February, 2026: 2 hours 30 minutes(also at Liverpool Everyman Theatre, February 25 - Ma...

Bolton Octagon's revival of Shelagh Stephenson's brilliant The Memory of Water reveals why 30 years haven't diminished the play to a homeopathic level... Read Robert Beale's five-star review
#octagontheatre @liveveryplay.bsky.social
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Ralf Little coming in from the cold for spy thriller The Royle Family's Ralf Little will play disillusioned British intelligence officer Alec Leamas in the UK tour of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, which has northern dates at the She...

Ralf Little will play spy Alec Leamas in the touring stage production of John le Carre's novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
#Spyonstage #RalfLittle #JohnLeCarre
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Theatr Clwyd launches national artist development initiative, Stiwdio Clwyd Theatr Clwyd launches Stiwdio Clwyd - a major new, multi-agency programme to boost theatre development in Wales

Theatr Clwyd launches Stiwdio Clwyd - a major new, multi-agency programme to boost theatre development in Wales
@theatrclwyd.bsky.social #StiwdioClwyd
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Lesley Joseph joins Road cast at the Royal Exchange Lesley Joseph is the final member of the cast of the 40th anniversary production of Jim Cartwright's 'Road' at the Royal Exchange in Manchester

Lesley Joseph is the final member to join of the cast of the 40th anniversary production of Jim Cartwright's 'Road' at the Royal Exchange in Manchester
@rxtheatre.bsky.social #JimCartwright
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The Marriage of Figaro Opera North's new production of The Marriage of Figaro is the company's first in Italian, and it's a detailed, beautifully-sung delight, says Robert Beale

Opera North's new production of The Marriage of Figaro is the company's first in Italian, and it's a detailed, beautifully-sung delight, says Robert Beale. Read his review.
#OperaNorth #LeedsGrand @thelowry.com #NewTheatreHull #NewcastleTheatreRoyal
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Scouse Fleabag journeys to Manchester Writer and performer Victoria Oxley's "love letter to working men's pub, complicated families" and her grandmother at 53two follows success at Liverpool's Royal Court theatre

Writer and performer Victoria Oxley's "love letter to working men's pub, complicated families" and her grandmother at 53two follows success at Liverpool's Royal Court theatre
#53two #StayinAlive @royalcourtliv.bsky.social
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Drop in for a spot of culture and Utopia at Aviva Aviva Studios in Manchester becomes the biggest pub in the area in February as artist Trackie McLeod and Aviva's 'Young Curators" recreate a working men's club - with free drinks - in 'Utopia'

Aviva Studios in Manchester becomes the biggest pub in the area in February as artist Trackie McLeod and Aviva's 'Young Curators" recreate a working men's club - with free drinks - in 'Utopia'
#factoryinternational #Utopia #TrackieMcLeod
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August Wilson 'Fences' to open Leeds Playhouse autumn season Leeds Playhouse collaborates once again with Headlong Theatre on a classic play by August Wilson, 'Fences'

Leeds Playhouse collaborates once again with Headlong Theatre on a classic play by August Wilson, 'Fences'
#LeedsPlayhouse #Fences #HeadlongTheatre
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Company Chameleon moves indoors Manchester dance outfit Company Chameleon embarks on a short indoor tour of its Obscura double-bill - until now only seen in outdoor settings

Manchester dance outfit Company Chameleon embarks on a short indoor tour of its Obscura double-bill - until now only seen in outdoor settings
#companychameleon #Obscura #HOMEmcr #edgehilluniversity
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Qweerdog premieres Kind of Love at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre Writer-director Stewart Campbell - who directed last year's successful Canal Street Lonely Hearts Club at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, returns to direct his own play, Kind of Love

Writer-director Stewart Campbell - who directed last year's successful Canal Street Lonely Hearts Club at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, returns to direct his own play, Kind of Love
@qweerdog.bsky.social #hopemilltheatre #KindofLove
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The birth of women's football in major new drama The birth of women's football as a spectator sport - during WWI - is the subject of a major new play next month from Sheffield Crucible

The birth of women's football as a spectator sport - during WWI - is the subject of a major new play next month from Sheffield Crucible
#crucibletheatre #football
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Say yes to I Do 'I Do' is an immersive theatre piece at a Manchester hotel that shows the chaos of pre-wedding preparation - and you could be there!

'I Do' is an immersive theatre piece at a Manchester hotel that shows the chaos of pre-wedding preparation - and you could be there!
#danteordie #MalmaisonManchester #IDo
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