In true Stone/Trey fashion, a musical focusing on the secretive Mormon religion, based within an exploited region of Uganda promises to be a salacious production made to produce shudders of laughter and winces of shame.

Suspending audiences in a world of fantasy and awe, Leeds Playhouse production has compressed C.S. Lewis’s sprawling novels into a finely tuned, 130-minute, minimalist live creation.

The Bridgewater Hall’s yuletide festivities are kicking off with the classic holiday fable, A Christmas Carol, seen through the prism of puppets.

The Nutcracker is the original Toy Story narrative, bringing toys to life on Christmas Eve as their younger owner, Clara journeys through a winter wonderland of two acts. Displaying challenging choreography, an iconic score and the stunning costumes of its multiple fairies and their foes, the show has the ability to bring childlike wonderment through the magic of Tchaikovsky's music.