Moulin Rouge!, the stage adaptation of the film of the same name, is the most spectacular production I’ve ever seen – and I’ve seen just about everything

George Takei’s Allegiance, which stars Takei alongside Telly Leung, is an imperfect but powerful retelling of Japanese-American internment

Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of), a fun, feminist retelling of Jane Austen’s seminal novel, is welcoming in the new year at The Lowry

Mamma Mia!, the jukebox musical based on the songs of ABBA, is holidaying at Manchester Opera House

Head Over Heels, a jukebox musical using the music of Belinda Carlisle and The Go-Gos, with a book based on Arcadia, is having its European premiere at Hope Mill Theatre

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this January!

Claus, a brand-new musical based on L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, is a sweet story but it is unlikely to become a staple of the season

Curve’s revival of The Wizard of Oz, a stage adaptation of the iconic film, is a technicoloured, sociopolitical, musical masterpiece

Bourgeois & Maurice return to HOME this Christmas with their brand-new show Pleasure Seekers

Mandela, a new musical starring Michael Luwoye as Nelson Mandela at the Young Vic, is brilliantly performed but blandly written

Newsies, based on the Disney film of the same name, is having its European premiere at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre – an Off West End space that allows this roaring musical to truly seize the day

Cages is a multimedia rock musical, set in a dystopian society where love is prohibited, but the reliance on state-of-the-art technology results in the story lacking heart

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, currently having its European premiere at Southbank Centre, is a warm, Appalachian reimagining of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Cursed musical Hex returns to the National Theatre, after its original run ended without a press night (amidst numerous other problems), starring Victoria Hamilton-Barritt

This year’s festive musical at the Royal Exchange Theatre is Betty: A sort of Musical, which (sort of) tells the story of Baroness Betty Boothroyd, who is (sort of) played by Maxine Peake

Made at Curve’s revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz, an adaptation of the iconic film, is having its regional premiere at Curve, ahead of a West End transfer

Cages, a rock musical with state-of-the-art technology and a hologram for a leading lady, ends its run at Waterside in a fortnight

Claus the Musical, a brand-new musical based on L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, has its World Premiere at The Lowry this Christmas

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this December!

The European premiere of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, starring Grace Mouat and Jacob Fowler, is tantalising audiences at Hope Mill Theatre