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re:play Festival 18 to 29 January Contact Theatre
The full programme is confirmed for the Library Theatre Company and Contact’s new collaboration to present Manchester’s fourth re:play Festival - the event that brings together the most exciting new theatre from the past 12 months on Manchester’s fringe for an exclusive second chance to see. Go to www.librarytheatre.com or www.contact-theatre.org for tickets and information.
Mogadishu 26 January to 19 February Royal Exchange Theatre
This is the world premiere of Bruntwood-winner Vivienne Franzmann’s urgent and gripping new play about a secondary school teacher and pupils caught up in a vortex of lies.
Private Lives 29 January to 19 February Oldham Coliseum
Noël Coward’s fabulous comedy of manners tells of a couple who discover they are honeymooning in the same hotel as their previous spouses.
Spamalot 7 to 12 February Palace Theatre
Starring Phil Jupitus as King Arthur and Todd Carty as Pasty, this very silly and very funny musical by Eric idle and John DuPrez is of course the musical version of the Monty Python & The Holy Grail film and was the winner of a Tony Award in 2005.
Hamlet 8 to 12 February The Lowry
Olivier award-winner Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in this new production by The National Theatre, which arrives at The Lowry direct from its London run.
Winterlong 17 to 19 February Royal Exchange Studio
World premiere of Bruntwood award-winner Andrew Sheridan’s heartbreaking and shattering play – can a bird with a broken wing ever learn to fly?
Calendar Girls 21 to 26 February Palace Theatre
A whole host of popular actresses and well known celebrities regularly star in this well-loved play – this time the cast includes Jennifer Ellison, Gwen Taylor and Lynda Bellingham. As always it is a heartwarming play based on an inspiring and uplifting true story.
A Doll’s House 24 February to 12 March Library Theatre at The Lowry
Leading TV actor Emma Cunliffe, who has starred in The Lakes, Clocking Off and many other well-known TV shows, will take the lead role of Nora in The Library Theatre’s production of Ibsen’s play directed here by Chris Honer and adapted by Bryony Lavery.
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