For the first time in its history, the Royal Exchange Theatre has announced a year-long season – which sees the return of creative duo Sarah Frankcom and Mazine Peake

Rebecca Rommen reviews Pink Lemonade at the recently refurbished Contact Theatre – just after Trans Awareness Week

After last year’s pantomime was cancelled, the Opera House returns with Aladdin – starring Alexandra Burke

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is the Royal Exchange Theatre’s annual musical of 2021

We talk to Mancunian theatre maker Nathaniel Hall about his show First Time, TV drama It’s a Sin, and personal experiences with HIV

This Christmas, Hope Mill Theatre is staging The Wiz – a musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – a decade after it was last performed in the UK

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy and Olivia Castagnetti review West End Live 2021

The Mormon’s are returning to Manchester! Everything you need to know ahead of their arrival at the Palace Theatre

Sophie Hicks reviews Hairspray at the Palace Theatre, starring Brenda Edwards and Norman Pace

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews The Wiz at Hope Mill Theatre – the first UK production in a decade

Alex Bikard reviews Mandla Rae’s As British as a Watermelon at Contact Theatre

Aayush Chadha reviews The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, a contemporary reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s classic, at the Lowry

The stage adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe plays at the Lowry this Christmas

A 1950s classic and a Christmas dream – White Christmas is at the Palace Theatre until December 4th

Joe McFadden reviews The Lemon Table, starring Tony and Olivier winner Ian MCDiarmid, at HOME

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Opera North’s adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen at the Lowry

Based on the iconic film of the same name, the musical adaptation of White Christmas plays at the Palace Theatre later this month