It is easy to lose yourself in Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning novel as she masterfully injects colour, humour and connection into see Celie’s lifeless world.

Northern Ballet has isolated pieces of Casanova’s epic mythology to showcase an intimate look at the religious, gambling lothario’s life.

Alcina exposes the Lowry audience to the endlessly empty and haunting reality behind its unloved antihero.

The tried and tested plot from playwright Fredrick Knott is a sinister, preplanned crime thriller served by pensive performers and heightened by its suspenseful dialogue.