Manchester was brought back to the swinging sixties as hit West End and Broadway musical Hairspray arrived at the Opera House.

A show better be worth the hype if it’s to run for two consecutive months in Manchester.

Vancouver-based dance company British Ballet Columbia, on their first UK tour, left a lasting impression during a sparsely-packed show at The Lowry.

An ITV drama turned touring musical doesn’t exactly have ‘classic’ written all over it.

On the day the world lost Stephen Hawking and Jim Bowen, it seemed appropriate to spend the evening enjoying the work of a man known for both his transcendent genius and razor-sharp wit.

It’s never a given that a movie-turned-musical will find any degree of success.

Shrek the Musical is back in Manchester for two weeks and it is the feel-good lift needed by anyone who returned to work and school after Christmas.

Written by Ella Hickson and directed by Chris Lawson, Eight is a unique theatre experience which lets the audience choose which four out of eight tales will be told.

An alluring tale of adolescent unpredictability, Rubber Ring is the debut play by Norfolk playwright James McDermott

Brought to life on stage by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and long-time collaborator Nick Newman it’s an absolute triumph.

Superposition seeks to solve what are life-long and often unanswered questions for most people.