30 years after the IRA bomb, a new Royal Exchange play traces three centuries of Manchester history as it plays out through individual lives.

In this world premiere, Hilary Mantel’s audacious short story becomes a darkly comic psychological thriller about power, class and political anger.

This brand new comedy drops us into a world of overstimulated kids, underslept adults and some of the more absurd truths of parenting.

A solo show where a Belfast childhood collides with adult life, balancing humour, care and the long shadow of political conflict.

An acclaimed production of one of the most influential theatre works of the 20th century plays in the round at Bolton Octagon.

Olga Kaleta’s surreal dark comedy explores mental health, identity and recovery in the context of a world where fear is starting to look like common sense.

Arriving from an acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe run, Nation brings a dark, unsettling fable about nationhood and identity.

In this one-woman portrait of living with OCD, Phoebe’s obsession with lists spirals into something darker.

Opening this April at Leeds Playhouse, Christy Lefteri’s international best-seller novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo is brought to the stage in a moving adaptation that places human connection and understanding at the heart of an unimaginable journey. 

Painfully true and often painfully funny, Funeral Teeth explores grief’s quieter losses – the moments that slip away before you realise they’re gone.

Fantasy meets punk with a Teesside twist. A joyfully chaotic celebration of youth expression and identity at The Warehouse.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning opera brings a dark contemporary parable about exploitation, coercion and the abuse of power, underpinned by a score in which chamber music and cabaret collide with electronica and punk.

Return to the Forest is an immersive puppetry and dance experience that treats children’s theatre as a space for serious ideas.

In a world premiere at Aviva Studios, Sinéad O’Connor’s musical power and moral defiance is translated into dance by the Tony Award-winning Sonya Tayeh.