NW Productions

Published: 24 April 2016
Reporter: David Upton

David Horne, Matt Milburn, David Lonsdale and Steven Blakeley in Heartbeat at the Opera House Credit: Andrew Billington
Jodie Prenger as Emma in Tell Me On A Sunday at the Palace Theatre Credit: Tristram Kenton
Gangsta Granny

The long-running television drama series Heartbeat is brought to life on stage at the Opera House, Manchester.

Jodie Prenger stars in the Watermill Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's hit musical Tell Me On A Sunday at the Palace in Manchester.

The anatomy of The Lowry’s 1,700-seat Lyric Theatre will be dissected, and an audience of only 200 invited to explore the auditorium and stage as an international cast of dancers and musicians present Clod Ensemble’s celebration of the structure of the human form, An Anatomie in Four Quarters.

Following highly successful runs in Edinburgh and London, Made In China’s Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me opens in The Studio at Manchester Royal Exchange from next Thursday to Saturday.

Retracing the bloody steps of the world’s first murderer; Manchester-based physical theatre company Animikii Theatre premières Origins in The Studio at The Lowry, next Thursday and Friday.

Rose van Leyenhorst and co-director Chris Hill have teamed up to create The Oddity, a contemporary exploration of The Odyssey introducing ​Tilly​,​ a girl lost between ancient fiction and modern reality. The production will tour the North West, including Oldham Library, Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, Unity Theatre in Liverpool, and Mill at the Pier in Wigan.

The spring theatre season at the Continental in Preston continues next Wednesday when acclaimed company LaPelle’s Factory arrives with its darkly hilarious show Cloudcuckoolanders.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story at Preston Charter Theatre next Wednesday tells the fascinating tale of the two boys from Queens, New York who went on to become the most successful music duo of all time.

Lancaster Arts has launched its third Open season which invites local residents, community organisations and artists to explore the themes of education and environment through a series of free activities.

From the producers of Horrible Histories and the UK’s best-selling author for children David Walliams, the world première of Gangsta Granny Live On Stage! arrives in Blackpool from Wednesday to Sunday.

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