Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster, a beatbox recreation of the classic story, plays at Contact Theatre

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds at First Direct Arena, starring Jeff Haywards, Kevin Clifton, Anna-Marie Wayne, Duncan James, Nathan James and Claire Richards.

Adapted by controversial theatre director Emma Rice, Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights plays at the Lowry Theatre

Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity bring their latest tour, Connected, to Manchester Opera House

HOME and Leeds Playhouse’s new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is coming to HOME

Electric Rosary, written by Bruntwood Prize Judges’ Award winner Tim Foley, plays at the Royal Exchange Theatre

Stratagem, starring Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, plays at Manchester’s AO Arena as part of its UK tour

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Remembering The Oscars, starring Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara, at the Bridgewater Hall

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews The Addams Family at Manchester Opera House, starring Joanne Clifton, Cameron Blakely and Scott Paige

Whilst Chicago has long been known for its stunt casting, Gemma Collins’ casting has attracted considerable controversy and criticism

The Three Degrees’ Sheila Ferguson will be stepping into the role of Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago at Manchester Opera House

The Addams Family musical returns to Manchester as part of its second UK tour, playing at the Palace Theatre and starring Joanna Clifton

Everyone’s favourite Strictly Come Dancing couple, Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara, are bringing their brand-new show, Remembering the Oscars, to Bridgewater Hall

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Giovanni Pernice’s This Is Me at Bridgewater Hall

Roxanne Perron explains how Beauty and the Beast, currently playing at the Palace Theatre, honours the original film whilst offering something new

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Beauty and the Beast at the Palace Theatre, starring Gavin Lee, Sam Bailey, Nigel Richards and Martin Ball

Head of Culture Michal Wasilewski interviews Tim Foley, the playwright behind Electric Rosary

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World at the Lowry

Robert L. Gyorgyi reviews Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)

Head of Culture Michal Wasilewski reviews Rice at HOME