Theatre Reviews North
LightNews LightNews
banner
trnorth.bsky.social
Theatre Reviews North
@trnorth.bsky.social
37 followers 4 following 520 posts
Based in the north of England, covering news and reviews of professional theatre from North Wales to Newcastle and Kendal to Buxton
Posts Replies Media Videos
trnorth.bsky.social
This new revival of Opera North's superb Peter Grimes loses none of the power and musicality that has enthralled viewers since it first appeared 20 years ago
@operanorth.co.uk #LeedsGrand @thelowry.com #NewcastleTheatreRoyal #PeterGrimes
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/peter-g...
Peter Grimes
This new revival of Opera North's superb Peter Grimes loses none of the power and musicality that has enthralled viewers since it first appeared 20 years ago
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Gerry Linford's farce The Peaceful Hour was a hit at Liverpool's Royal Court last February - so he's brought the gang back, in a comedy set a year later...
@royalcourtliv.bsky.social #PeacefulHour2
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/the-pea...
The Peaceful Hour 2
Gerry Linford's farce The Peaceful Hour was a hit at Liverpool's Royal Court last February - so he's brought the gang back, in a comedy set a year later...
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Highly-acclaimed but little-seen: Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough dices with musical homicide in Murder for Two
@thesjt.bsky.social #MurderforTwo
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/musical...
Musical murder mystery mash-up in Murder For Two
Highly-acclaimed but little-seen: Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough dices with musical homicide in Murder for Two
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Phenomenal show Billy Elliot the Musical starts a new tour at the end of 2026 - its first in a decade
@palaceandopera.bsky.social #SunderlandEmpire #BillyElliottheMusical
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/billy-e...
Billy Elliot The Musical in Manchester for Christmas
Phenomenal show Billy Elliot the Musical starts a new tour at the end of 2026 for its 10th anniversary
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre gets Lottery grant to stage 50th anniversary exhibition
@rxtheatre.bsky.social #costume #Exhibition
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/costume...
Costume, craft and backstage secrets for Royal Exchange 50th
Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre gets Lottery grant to stage 50th anniversary exhibition
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:09 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Linda Isted admires the elegance, fluidity and passion of Dickson Mbi's dance work TELLUS
@thelowry.com #DicksonMbi #Tellus
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/tellus
Tellus
Linda Isted admires the elegance, fluidity and passion of Dickson Mbi's dance work TELLUS
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Actress Helen Worth will talk about her 50 years as a Coronation Street star with Julie Hesmondhalgh to raise money for Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre
#hopemilltheatre #HelenWorth #JulieHesmondhalgh
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/corrie-...
Corrie legend Helen Worth in conversation fundraiser
Actress Helen Worth will talk about her 50 years as a Coronation Street star with Julie Hesmondhalgh to raise money for Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Manchester Contact Theatre's 'Queer Contact' Festival returns this week with a huge number of festival events
@contactmcr.bsky.social #queercontactfestival
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/queer-c...
Queer Contact festival returns
Manchester Contact Theatre's 'Queer Contact Festival returns this week with a huge number of festival events
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Carlos Acosta's thrilling, Birmingham Royal Ballet version of Don Quixote returns to Salford's Lowry after a four year break.
@thelowry.com #BirminghamRoyalBallet #CarlosAcosta #DonQuixote
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/acosta-...
Acosta’s Don Quixote tilts again
Carlos Acosta's thrilling, Birmingham Royal Ballet version of Don Quixote returns to Salford's Lowry after a four year break
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Leeds' Northern School of Contemporary Dance will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a year-long festival of creativity and local community involvement
#NorthernSchool #40thanniversary
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/celebra...
Celebrate 40th anniversary of Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Leeds' Northern School of Contemporary Dance will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a year-long festival of creativity and local community involvement
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Comedians Jason Manford and Ben Nickless will return to Manchester Opera house this Christmas - for the fifth year - in Dick Whittington
@palaceandopera.bsky.social #JasonManford #DickWhittington
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/manford...
Manford and Nickless back for fifth panto, Dick Whittington
Comedians Jason Manford and Ben Nickless will return to Manchester Opera house this Christmas - for the fifth year - in DIck Whittington
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Ockham's Razor - the dance company known for ambitious productions - celebrates its 20th anniversary with an intimate work, Collaborator, featuring the two founders alone
@thelowry.com #OckhamsRazor #Collaborator
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/collabo...
Collaborator
Nathan JohnstonOckham’s Razor and Turtle Key ArtsLowry, Salford5-7 February, 2026: 55 minutesUnusually for a company celebrating 20 years of performing and whose last visit to Manchester was with the ...
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:22 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Teac Damsa's wild work MAM is a joyful, chaotic introduction to the work of Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, says Joan Davies. Read her review
#TeacDamsa @thelowry.com
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/__mam
MAM
Teac Damsa's wild work MAM is a joyful, chaotic introduction to the work of Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, says Joan Davies. Read her review
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:57 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
This American classic might seem an odd choice for the new Welsh National Theatre, but Michael Sheen's company carries all doubts before it. Read Richard Evans' five-star review
@welshnattheatre.bsky.social @venuecymru.bsky.social #TheatrClwyd #michaelsheen
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/our-town
Our Town
This American classic might seem an odd choice for the new Welsh National Theatre, but Michael Sheen's company carries all doubts before it
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Bolton Octagon's revival of Shelagh Stephenson's brilliant The Memory of Water reveals why 30 years haven't diminished the play to a homeopathic level... Read Robert Beale's five-star review
#octagontheatre @liveveryplay.bsky.social
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/the-mem...
The Memory of Water
Shelagh StephensonOctagon Theatre Bolton and Liverpool Everyman & PlayhouseOctagon Theatre Bolton29 January - 21 February, 2026: 2 hours 30 minutes(also at Liverpool Everyman Theatre, February 25 - Ma...
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Ralf Little will play spy Alec Leamas in the touring stage production of John le Carre's novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
#Spyonstage #RalfLittle #JohnLeCarre
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/ralf-li...
Ralf Little coming in from the cold for spy thriller
The Royle Family's Ralf Little will play disillusioned British intelligence officer Alec Leamas in the UK tour of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, which has northern dates at the She...
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Theatr Clwyd launches Stiwdio Clwyd - a major new, multi-agency programme to boost theatre development in Wales
@theatrclwyd.bsky.social #StiwdioClwyd
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/theatr-...
Theatr Clwyd launches national artist development initiative, Stiwdio Clwyd
Theatr Clwyd launches Stiwdio Clwyd - a major new, multi-agency programme to boost theatre development in Wales
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:03 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Lesley Joseph is the final member to join of the cast of the 40th anniversary production of Jim Cartwright's 'Road' at the Royal Exchange in Manchester
@rxtheatre.bsky.social #JimCartwright
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/lesley-...
Lesley Joseph joins Road cast at the Royal Exchange
Lesley Joseph is the final member of the cast of the 40th anniversary production of Jim Cartwright's 'Road' at the Royal Exchange in Manchester
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Opera North's new production of The Marriage of Figaro is the company's first in Italian, and it's a detailed, beautifully-sung delight, says Robert Beale. Read his review.
#OperaNorth #LeedsGrand @thelowry.com #NewTheatreHull #NewcastleTheatreRoyal
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/the-mar...
The Marriage of Figaro
Opera North's new production of The Marriage of Figaro is the company's first in Italian, and it's a detailed, beautifully-sung delight, says Robert Beale
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Writer and performer Victoria Oxley's "love letter to working men's pub, complicated families" and her grandmother at 53two follows success at Liverpool's Royal Court theatre
#53two #StayinAlive @royalcourtliv.bsky.social
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/scouse-...
Scouse Fleabag journeys to Manchester
Writer and performer Victoria Oxley's "love letter to working men's pub, complicated families" and her grandmother at 53two follows success at Liverpool's Royal Court theatre
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:02 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Aviva Studios in Manchester becomes the biggest pub in the area in February as artist Trackie McLeod and Aviva's 'Young Curators" recreate a working men's club - with free drinks - in 'Utopia'
#factoryinternational #Utopia #TrackieMcLeod
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/drop-in...
Drop in for a spot of culture and Utopia at Aviva
Aviva Studios in Manchester becomes the biggest pub in the area in February as artist Trackie McLeod and Aviva's 'Young Curators" recreate a working men's club - with free drinks - in 'Utopia'
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Leeds Playhouse collaborates once again with Headlong Theatre on a classic play by August Wilson, 'Fences'
#LeedsPlayhouse #Fences #HeadlongTheatre
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/august-...
August Wilson 'Fences' to open Leeds Playhouse autumn season
Leeds Playhouse collaborates once again with Headlong Theatre on a classic play by August Wilson, 'Fences'
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Manchester dance outfit Company Chameleon embarks on a short indoor tour of its Obscura double-bill - until now only seen in outdoor settings
#companychameleon #Obscura #HOMEmcr #edgehilluniversity
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/company...
Company Chameleon moves indoors
Manchester dance outfit Company Chameleon embarks on a short indoor tour of its Obscura double-bill - until now only seen in outdoor settings
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:12 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
Writer-director Stewart Campbell - who directed last year's successful Canal Street Lonely Hearts Club at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, returns to direct his own play, Kind of Love
@qweerdog.bsky.social #hopemilltheatre #KindofLove
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/qweerdo...
Qweerdog premieres Kind of Love at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre
Writer-director Stewart Campbell - who directed last year's successful Canal Street Lonely Hearts Club at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, returns to direct his own play, Kind of Love
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
trnorth.bsky.social
The birth of women's football as a spectator sport - during WWI - is the subject of a major new play next month from Sheffield Crucible
#crucibletheatre #football
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/the-bir...
The birth of women's football in major new drama
The birth of women's football as a spectator sport - during WWI - is the subject of a major new play next month from Sheffield Crucible
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:09 AM