Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington—a four-time Olivier Award nominee—takes the title role in King Lear at the Opera House, Manchester.
The Octagon Theatre in Bolton is staging iconic musical Singin’ in the Rain.
Two contrasting plays—a laugh-a-minute comedy and a dramatic debate about the morality of war—launch the summer season at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick.
How the Lion Became King of Tinga Tinga Land comes to Preston Charter Theatre next Monday and Tuesday for several performances of the children’s stage show.
A world première of an ancient story comes to Preston’s Continental pub and arts venue next Wednesday. The Oddity is a contemporary exploration of The Odyssey.
The Naked Truth returns to Preston Charter Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday.
Williamson Park in Lancaster, home of the annual Dukes promenade productions, hosts another outdoor theatre performance next Monday. Roald Dahl favourite Danny the Champion of the World has been adapted by theatre company Illyria.
A new adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest called will form part of Chalice Media's Where There's A Will season to mark the 400th anniversary of the writer's death, running in The Concert Room at St George's Hall in Liverpool on 3 and 4 June.
Works Ahead is a programme of two double bills of new contemporary performance and live art from Word of Warning at Contact Theatre on 3 and 4 June.
On Friday 3 June, Z-arts will launch the sixth Hulme Is Where the Art is with a brand new show for children and families that takes places in a bright red post van.