A play inspired by the 1996 Manchester bomb will be staged on its 20th anniversary.

Cristiano Ronaldo may have mastered the art of play-acting on the field, but that’s where the similarities between football and theatre usually stop.

Origins tells the biblical tale of brothers Cain and Abel, and the world’s first murder.

A co-operative coffee shop in Salford is aiming to become the ‘counterculture’ to modern society by creating a community arts and social space.

The new interpretation of Don Quijote, brought to HOME by Emma Frankland and Keir Cooper, uses Cervantes’ classic novel to explore the importance of standing up for what you believe in.

The women of Women’s Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) are united by a common past.

The classic Greek play The Odyssey has been modernised to show a woman’s point of view of the ‘macho’ Greek world by a Manchester-based theatre-maker.

The crowd gathers in anticipation. Young and old take their positions in plush red seats, in a theatre which removes all barriers between the actors and the audience.

Adapted by David Wood and directed by Nikolai Foster, a new production of The Witches transforms Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel into a fast-paced musical with the use of special effects, impressive athleticism and, of course, magic.

A petition to save the Crown Theatre in Eccles has been started by local residents, after the historic building was left to become derelict.

The Great Hall of the Royal Exchange Theatre is set to be brought alive by a new set of artistic commissions designed to respond to the historic space.