Liverpool’s Tmesis Theatre and Physical Fest runs until next Saturday and offers a diverse range of acts and performances.
The theatrical phenomenon that is Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is set to spring its surprise on Preston audiences next week. The world’s longest-running stage production brings its UK tour to the Charter Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday.
Every Brilliant Thing, at the Dukes in Lancaster next Tuesday, is a new play which encourages the audience to fully appreciate the little things which makes life worthwhile. The life-affirming one man show, which involves members of the audience, is hosted by Jonny Donahoe, an actor, comedian and writer (you can hear Donahoe talk about the production in the BTG podcast).
Matthew Bourne’s acclaimed dance thriller The Car Man steers its way back to Salford’s Lowry arts centre on its first tour in eight years.
A new musical show, Judy—The Life And Music Of A Hollywood Legend, arrives at the Palace in Manchester from Thursday to Saturday. Choreographer, theatre director and one-time Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips is creative director on a production that stars Lorna Luft, Judy Garland’s daughter, together with leading West End musical theatre stars.
Manchester Royal Exchange associate artist Chris Thorpe brings Fringe First award-winning show Confirmation to The Studio from Tuesday to Saturday.
No sooner has Manchester’s new cultural centre HOME opened than one of its productions moves out of the venue and into a site-specific performance space in the city. There will be two performances of 5 Soldiers, presented by the Rosie Kay Dance Company, at Rusholme Army Reserve Centre next Friday and Saturday.
One of Manchester’s premier fringe companies, Vertigo Theatre Productions—recently nominated for three awards at the Manchester Theatre Awards for the hit play Watching Goldfish Suffocate—brings a new drama, Last Dance, to the Kings Arms in Salford from Tuesday to Saturday.
Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake opens its summer season with two very different plays—a family-friendly comedy in the Main House and a classic drama by an American master in the Studio.
MonologueSlam UK, the industry showcase for actors from all backgrounds, and profiles comes to Contact in Manchester next Tuesday.