Box of Tricks bring mates, music and Manchester spirit with a new indie musical about friendship, hope and finding your people.

David Threlfall, Matthew Dunster and Nadine Shah lead a major new King Lear for the Royal Exchange’s 50th anniversary season.

Live video puts the audience right on stage in this Ontroerend Goed show, creating a self-generating game of perspective at Lowry.

Timeless stories of love and grief get a contemporary makeover as the nation’s leading touring opera company pay their annual visit to Buxton.

A major new production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s cult musical arrives at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre this autumn before heading down the M62 to Liverpool Playhouse for Christmas.

Two Berlin circus artists turn years of discarded ideas into one gloriously unclassifiable hour of live performance.

A landmark of modern British theatre returns, balancing razor-sharp comedy with a compassionate exploration of family, identity and belonging.

Get ready for a fresh take on an American classic from Olivier-nominated director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu at the Liverpool Everyman this autumn.

Satire, hope and political commentary come together in a bold new drama imagining Gaza as host of the 2048 Olympic Games.

LUNG turns real testimony into an unflinching piece of theatre about loss, accountability and the crisis facing Britain’s prisons.

With interactive encounters and live performance, Compass Festival is set to animate the city of Leeds once again this November.

Painting becomes music, and music becomes theatre, in this playful new performance inspired by L.S. Lowry and a 1978 chart hit.

Queer politics, climate collapse and a lesbian seagull collide in Thick & Tight’s beautifully odd, award-winning dance-theatre show.

A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A ruler for the prince. Shakespeare, brilliantly reimagined through kitchen clutter.

Silent Uproar’s interactive comedy horror brings a Traitors-style game of accusations, alliances and betrayal to a top-secret Oldham venue this December.

Funny, heartbreaking and fierce, Rambert brings Russell T Davies’ acclaimed drama to the stage, premiering at Aviva Studios before a major UK tour.

Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, is a landmark new cultural space in the heart of Manchester, hosting some of the city’s most unique gigs.

HOME, Manchester’s famous cross-arts venue, is a crown jewel when it comes to culture. Two theatres, five cinema screens, a large gallery, restaurant, bar, café and bookshop.

With two theatres, galleries and a studio space, The Lowry combines the performing and visual arts to impressive effect and is loved for both its famous LS Lowry Collection and the dizzying array of productions it hosts year on year.

Leeds Playhouse offers two performance spaces and hosts a wide range of high-quality productions.