Opera North is turning the tables on the Lowry audience with an outwitting opera filled with frivolity, passion and cheek. Based on the Shakespeare comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor’s larger-than-life character Falstaff, this charming production infuses the timeless tale of misadventures into Opera North’s Green Season, which packages the production as sustainably as possible.   

Celebrating The Matrix’s revolutionary visual effects, mind-blowing storyline and iconic action sequences, Free Your Mind is a sprawling adaptation with its own iconic imagery that flows through the three-room Aviva Studios space.

Extending his joy to the Lowry audience and promising to send all the feel-good vibes you can handle, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is a teen bop musical that injects a fusion of self-reflection and self-confidence into its storyline.

You don’t need a magic mirror to predict the delight that Shrek the Musical’s live adaptation will bring to younger audiences, but its humdrum soundtrack may dim its shine for the big kids amongst them.