Mother Goose comes to The Lowry for the penultimate stop of its UK tour, starring Sir Ian McKellen, John Bishop, and Anna-Jane Casey

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this April!

Manchester International Festival is back, with a play starring Maxine Peake, a residency by Janelle Monáe, a new exhibition by Yayoi Kusama, and much more!

The Bodyguard visits Palace Theatre Manchester as part of its third UK tour, starring Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton

My Fair Lady, which bows out at Palace Theatre Manchester, attempts to ‘correct’ the sexism in a sumptuous delight

My Fair Lady at the Palace Theatre made me want to dance, dance, dance all night

Following on from the success of The Glass Menagerie, the Royal Exchange is staging another Tennessee Williams classic: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner, is a thought-provoking domestic dystopia

My Fair Lady visits the Palace Theatre for the final stop of its UK tour – starring Adam Woodyatt, Michael D. Xavier, Lesley Garret, and John Middleton

Danny Lee Wynter’s debut play, Black Superhero, has its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre – starring Wynter and Dyllón Burnside

The Merchant of Venice 1936 is a powerful, poignant, and radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s most problematic play, with Tracy-Ann Oberman successfully reclaiming Shylock

Rock of Ages’ press night at Manchester Opera House was plagued by technical difficulties and saved by an understudy

Bend It Like Bollywood, a film from the mind of our Theatre Editor, Jay Darcy, comes to the BBC

Welcome to the forest: Opera North’s performance of Janáček’s political opera The Cunning Little Vixen was nothing short of brilliant

Opera North’s stunning adaptation of Puccini’s Tosca was tense and thrilling

Firedance: Reignite 2023, starring Gorka Márquez and Karen Hauer, was a fun, fierce, and yes, fiery extravaganza

Opera North’s adaptation of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos had moments of brilliance whilst falling prey to the familiar trope of trying to do everything everywhere all at once

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons comes to Manchester Opera House as part of a two-city tour, following a hit run in the West End – starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner

Rock of Ages comes to Manchester Opera House as part of its farewell tour – starring local legend Kevin Kennedy

Death Drop: Back in the Habit is an hilarious, daring and surprisingly sociopolitical play starring drag icons Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer