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The Birthday Party
19:30 – 21:30, From £10Royal Exchange Theatre, St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DHThe first full length play by Nobel Prize-winner, Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party is a jaunt into the absurd, set in a seedy boarding house on the English coast. Two sinister strangers visit, and Stanley has no choice but to celebrate his birthday.
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Ghost
19:30 – 22:00, From £10Opera House, Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3HPTheatrical production based on the 90s movie of the same name, where yer man Swayze got all excited with the pottery kiln.
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The Old Woman
19:30 – 23:00, From £23Palace Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6FTAn adaptation of the Russian novel of the same name by Daniil Kharms, directed by pioneer Robert Wilson and starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe. Part of Manchester International Festival.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
19:30 – 22:00, From £6.50The King's Theatre, 297 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JNSix all-singing, all-dancing performers, belt out some Queen classics, including the legendary Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Three Phantoms
19:30 – 22:00, From £9Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 3DQThree 'phantoms' (Earl Carpenter, Matthew Cammelle and Stephen John Davis) perform excerpts from various musicals, including Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables.
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Cannibal Women Of Mars
19:45 – 21:45, From £8Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HBMusical tale set in 2113, with two Martian princesses eating their way through the male population to a specially-composed soundtrack by Belle and Sebastian's Mick Cooke. A-mazing.
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20:00
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A Thousand Murdered Girls
20:00 – 22:00, £10 (£7)Unity Theatre, 1 Hope Place, Liverpool, L1 9BGA beautiful and harrowing play written by Darren Guy and directed by Mikyla Durkan, exploring the world of Women Resistance Fighters in Greece from 1944 through to 1949, challenging perceptions of WW2 and Britain's involvement in Greece. Intense.
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Quarantine: The Dyas Sister
20:00 – 22:00, £10 (£6)Contact, Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6ERThe world premier of the latest work from Quarantine – each night will see five different performers audition to play the roles of Grace and Veronica Dyas, two sisters writing a book about their lives.
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Macbeth
20:30 – 23:00, £sold outSecret Location, ManchesterKenneth Branagh returns to the stage as Macbeth – under the direction of Rob Ashford – in what will be his first Shakespeare performance for more than a decade. Part of Manchester International Festival.
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21:00
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Manchester Sound: The Massacre
21:00 – 23:00, £26Secret Location, ManchesterThe frenzy of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre will collide with Manchester's late 80s acid house scene in an immersive theatrical experience, taking the audience deep into the world of underground raves.
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13:00
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High School Musical
13:00 – 17:00, £12.50 (£9)Epstein Theatre, Hanover House, 85 Hanover Street, Liverpool, L1 3DZThe LHK Theatre Group deliver their take on the all-singing all-dancing Disney Channel musical – tweens and Glee fans unite!
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14:00
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The Kite Runner
14:00 – 17:00, £12The Playhouse, Williamson Square, Liverpool, L1 1ELMatthew Spangler presents a re-working of the epic novel by Khaled Hosseini – a tale spanning cultures and continents, telling the story of two motherless boys in Kabul and an event that will tear their worlds apart.
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14:30
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Ghost
14:30 – 17:00, From £10Opera House, Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3HPTheatrical production based on the 90s movie of the same name, where yer man Swayze got all excited with the pottery kiln.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
14:30 – 17:00, From £6.50The King's Theatre, 297 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JNSix all-singing, all-dancing performers, belt out some Queen classics, including the legendary Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Three Phantoms
14:30 – 17:00, From £9Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 3DQThree 'phantoms' (Earl Carpenter, Matthew Cammelle and Stephen John Davis) perform excerpts from various musicals, including Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables.
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15:30
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The Birthday Party
15:30 – 16:30, From £10Royal Exchange Theatre, St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DHThe first full length play by Nobel Prize-winner, Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party is a jaunt into the absurd, set in a seedy boarding house on the English coast. Two sinister strangers visit, and Stanley has no choice but to celebrate his birthday.
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16:30
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Siegfried
16:30 – 23:00, From £17The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3AZWagner's epic 384 minute drama – split into three parts so you don't starve – following the plight of Siegfried in his quest to rescue Brünnhilde.
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18:00
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Manchester Sound: The Massacre
18:00 – 20:30, £24Secret Location, ManchesterThe frenzy of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre will collide with Manchester's late 80s acid house scene in an immersive theatrical experience, taking the audience deep into the world of underground raves.
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High School Musical
18:00 – 22:00, £12.50 (£9)Epstein Theatre, Hanover House, 85 Hanover Street, Liverpool, L1 3DZThe LHK Theatre Group deliver their take on the all-singing all-dancing Disney Channel musical – tweens and Glee fans unite!
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19:30
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The Kite Runner
19:30 – 22:00, £12The Playhouse, Williamson Square, Liverpool, L1 1ELMatthew Spangler presents a re-working of the epic novel by Khaled Hosseini – a tale spanning cultures and continents, telling the story of two motherless boys in Kabul and an event that will tear their worlds apart.
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