Hope Mill's "Little Shop of Horrors" is a perfect musical for this time of year, says Steve Griffiths. Even for dentists. Read his five-star review

Former winner of a national directing award takes charge of a new, visceral touring production of Bronte's Jane Eyre.

Dance theatre company LUNG uses tough imagery and the words of victims in 'Woodhill' - a powerful comment on "suicide prison", the notorious HM Woodhill

Bolton Octagon's 60th anniversary season will offer a rich seam of theatre, with not only three world premieres but also the first northern professional production of Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

Bradford Culture Company - which ran 2025's Bradford City of Culture year, revives the Loading Bay space, one of the year's hit venues

Sian Owen's charged nightclub jukebox musical How Soon is Now? is a show for our times, as well as for the 1990s, says Jenny Daniel. Read her review

Writer and actress Martha Godber stars in her play Spiders, about a locally-famous Hull nightclub - and two friends who navigated their late teens within its walls.

Northern Stage's production of Othello is moved to the Falklands war of the 1980s but, argues Robert Beale, elements of the production are a little forced. Read his review

Richard Evans has a ball watching a sort-of version of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Read his review

Sicilian-British choreographer Anthony Lo-Giudice turns his experience of being a migrant into a dance-drama, 'The Guest'

TV and theatre star John Thomson will play Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Lowry in Salford this Christmas

Manchester's Etal Theatre presents a stage version of James Fritz's radio drama 'Comment is Free'

Megan Drury is a magnetic solo performer in this transformed myth - but Wright&Grainger's 'Selene' seems insufficiently polished in its current state, says Grace Robinson. Read her review

Oldham Coliseum is one of 49 beneficiaries of a three-year funding deal from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

The team that brought us the 'more or less' versions of Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost' and 'Comedy of Errors' are at it again, this time with 'As You Like It'

Emma Rice offers a brilliant revival of Kneehigh Theatre's much-admired production of Tristan and Yseult, first seen in 2003, and not performed in Britain for a decade.

Cole Porter's High Society is as glossy and brilliant today as it was in the 1950s - and this augmented version of the musical is a delight, says Robert Beale. See his review

Popular Manchester comedian and panto star Ben Nickless has Trouble With Kids in his new play, premiered with himself in the leading role, at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester next February

A rare staging next week of Ewan MacColl's play Landscape with Chimneys will help to mark the 50th anniversary of Salford Arts Theatre and the 100th anniversary of Salford's city-status

Strictly Come Dancing star and judge Anton Du Beke will star in the National Theatre's production of Ballet Shoes at Salford's Lowry this Christmas, before dates in Sunderland and Liverpool

Blaze FM cuts through the noise like pirate radio with a power boost. Grace Robinson is stunned by this five-star example of gig theatre. Read her review

Salford's Lowry is looking for four special youngsters to play the role of Tiny Tim Cratchit in its production of A Christmas Carol this December

Northern Ballet reunites with a former member, Michael Pink - now director of Milwaukee Ballet in the USA - for a sparkling production of CInderella

Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre picks its cast and creative team for 50th anniversary production of Sondheim's 'A Little Night Music'

Manchester's Aviva Studios podcast presenter Gemma Cairney goes from internet radio to live performance at Aviva with a group of women celebrating "The Immortal Sisterhood"

Willy Russell's evergreen musical Blood Brothers sets out on a new tour from the autumn into 2027.

The cast of The Archers - the venerable BBC radio series now in its 75th year - are on a multi-date theatre tour to celebrate with fans

The new tour of music and dance musical Billy Elliot gets underway with an announcement of the full cast

The Other Side of Murder, the third episode in Torben Betts' comedy thriller trilogy, is a wry mix of silliness and social commentary, says Richard Evans. Read his review

Ayub Khan Din's famously northern tragi-comedy East is East surfaces in a 30th anniversary co-production from four companies, and is still very enjoyable despite its flaws, says Robert Beale. Read his...

Lottie Burns' first play, for Rebel Roots Theatre in Leeds, discusses the prevalence of drink-spiking in nightclubs and pubs, and the dangers faced by young women

Romantic comedy Peanut Butter and Blueberries, in October, is a key component of the autumn season at Leeds Playhouse

Barrowland Ballet's work "Chunky Jewellery" tells serious stories about modern life with a mix of dance, theatre and comedy

Writer and director duo Liam High and James Cave follow their successful runs of comedy 'Some Masterchef Sh*t' with a new gay relationships farce, 'Eric vs The Beaver'

Skedaddle Theatre's award-winning comedy A Brief Case of Crazy will be seen around the country and in several northern venues this September and October

Liverpool Everyman is to mount a new production of one of Martin McDonagh's early hits, "A Skull in Connemara", next February

Emma Rice revives her company's highly successful production of 'Tristan & Yseult', which will tour the UK and visit New York

Writer Elizabeth Godber collected some extraordinary stories of pregnancy and birth during the Covid pandemic and turned them into this show, An Unprecedented Birth

Unity Theatre in Liverpool prepares a dynamic season of plays for the autumn 2026 season

Dukes Lancaster returns to Cinderella this Christmas, for Ian Kershaw's warm-hearted play (rather than panto) version - which has a silver boot, not a glass slipper!

Hope Mill Theatre and Salford's Lowry give us a slam-dunk, five-star winner in this vibrant new production of Disney's High School Musical, says Jenny Daniel. Read her review

Grosvenor Park open air theatre in Chester scores another summer hit with Jessica Swale's entertaining story of Nell Gwynn. Read Richard Evans' review

Mark Darnford-May's County Durham based theatre company, Ensemble 84, draws strong parallels between exploited workers in pre-WWI Britain and today.

Sir Alan Ayckbourn takes his Scarborough audience on a virtual tour of his favourite fictional town Pendon, as part of the Stephen Joseph Theatre's fund-raising weekend