With Coronation Street favourites Channique Sterling Brown, Hannah Ellis-Ryan and Beth Vyse joining an all-female and non-binary cast, HER Productions’ latest Unseemly Shakespeare tour brings love, disguise and romantic chaos to Lancaster, Manchester, Rochdale and Huddersfield

A century after Fritz Lang imagined a city divided between workers, machines and those who profit from both, Vox Lumiere is bringing Metropolis to UK stages - with northern dates in Lytham St Annes, Liverpool, Sunderland, Ilkley, Whitley Bay and Stockport

Inspired by the 80th anniversary of the Tweed Salmon Queen, Our Wic turns Berwick-upon-Tweed’s old rituals of crowning into something new: a celebration of the people, work and quiet civic pride that keep a border town alive

Greater Manchester’s Festival of Libraries returns with family trails, comic workshops, literary exhibitions and a celebration of community

'Forged By Migration' takes centre stage in South Yorkshire this June

Victorian Society names endangered buildings that helped shape modern Britain

Two of the North East’s most recognisable arts venues are coming together this summer for a full-day celebration of music, visual art, markets, food, performance and late-night culture on the NewcastleGateshead quayside.

In the sound of the curlew lies the spirit of the uplands - and this spring, Nidderdale is answering that call with music, walking and a shared commitment to conservation.

Melanie Macharia on Soul Safari, belonging and bringing Kenya to Manchester