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Leeds' Northern School of Contemporary Dance will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a year-long festival of creativity and local community involvement
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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

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February 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM

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Comedians Jason Manford and Ben Nickless will return to Manchester Opera house this Christmas - for the fifth year - in Dick Whittington
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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

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February 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM

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Ockham's Razor - the dance company known for ambitious productions - celebrates its 20th anniversary with an intimate work, Collaborator, featuring the two founders alone
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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 ...

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February 6, 2026 at 10:22 AM

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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
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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

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February 5, 2026 at 9:57 AM

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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
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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

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February 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM

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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
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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...

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February 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM

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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.
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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...

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February 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM

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Theatr Clwyd launches Stiwdio Clwyd - a major new, multi-agency programme to boost theatre development in Wales
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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

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February 2, 2026 at 10:03 AM

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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
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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

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February 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM

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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.
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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

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January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM

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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
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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

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January 29, 2026 at 10:02 AM

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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'
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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'

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January 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM

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Leeds Playhouse collaborates once again with Headlong Theatre on a classic play by August Wilson, 'Fences'
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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'

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January 27, 2026 at 10:05 AM

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Manchester dance outfit Company Chameleon embarks on a short indoor tour of its Obscura double-bill - until now only seen in outdoor settings
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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

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January 26, 2026 at 10:12 AM

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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
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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

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January 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM

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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
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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

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January 24, 2026 at 10:09 AM

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

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January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM

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Oldham Theatre Workshop and Oldham Coliseum get together with local schools to stage a newly-established youth theatre festival
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OPAN festival at Oldham Library

Oldham Theatre Workshop and Oldham Coliseum get together with local schools to stage a newly-established youth theatre festival

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January 22, 2026 at 9:49 AM

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Entertaining actors, admirable set... but shame about the play, says Steve Griffiths of Murder at Midnight at Salford's Lowry. Read his review
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Murder at Midnight

Entertaining actors, admirable set... but shame about the play says Steve Griffiths of Murder at Midnight at Salford's Lowry. Read his review

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January 21, 2026 at 10:24 AM

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World-leading artists and organisations will present a series of premieres at Factory International's Aviva Studios in Manchester this spring
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Season of premieres at Aviva Studios

World-leading artists and organisations will present a series of premieres at Factory International's Aviva Studios in Manchester this spring

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January 21, 2026 at 9:52 AM

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The Bodyguard movie has proved itself a major fan-fest over the years and it's no surprise the stage show is just as popular. Linda Isted indulges in the romantic protectionism of it all. Read her review
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The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard movie has proved itself a major fan-fest over the years and it's no surprise the stage show is just as popular. Linda Isted indulges in the romantic protectionism of it all. Read her rev...

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January 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM

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Feelgood show The Choir of Man undertakes its first UK tour this summer after four years in London
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Join hit musical The Choir Of Man on stage

Feelgood jukebox show The Choir of Man undertakes its first UK tour this summer after four years in London - and local choirs can take part

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January 20, 2026 at 10:19 AM

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Reading's Rabble Theatre Company takes its hard-hitting play about the Post Office Horizon accounting system scandal, to Scarborough, Mold, Newcastle, Harrogate, Hull, Rochdale and Chester
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