From dance to comedy, drama, music, and juggling, the Lowry announces its contemporary season for early 2025.
Featuring shows from national and international companies the season includes array of new theatre to kick off the New Year.
Until We Sleep: Sat 18 Jan 2025
Choreographer Botis Seva’s latest Hip Hop theatre production Until We Sleep, is a journey underlined with a resistance to change.
Theatre Ad Infinitum - Last Rites : Tue 18 – Wed 19 Feb 2025
Internationally acclaimed theatre makers Ramesh Meyyappan and George Mann collaborate for the first time in multi-award-winning Ad Infinitum’s moving new performance celebrating the transformative power of grief and parenthood
emilyn claid, UNTITLE: Fri 21 Feb 2025
In this performance emilyn welcomes the fears of endings, teasing with what it means to bow out, the irony of living in an old body and what’s real and what’s imagined.
All Blood Runs Red: Tue 4 Mar 2025
The extraordinary true-life story of Eugene Bullard. Runaway, circus entertainer, boxer, night club owner, World War One fighter pilot, jazz drummer, spy, civil rights activist – Eugene Bullard’s extraordinary life story traces many of the twentieth century’s most important moments.
Tones: A Hip Hop Opera: Wed 5 - Sat 8 March
Combines the gritty underground sounds of hip-hop, grime and drill with the melodrama of opera to tell the story of a treacherous path to self-discovery.
Driftwood: Thu 20 - Fri 21 Mar 2025
ThickSkin and Pentabus presents Driftwood by Tim Foley. An inspiring story about hope, love and belonging.
The Alice Project: Wed 9 Apr 2025
Who are you? asks the Caterpillar. Alice is not sure... Acclaimed performance company Platform 4 take you on a sonic journey through the Wonderland of Alice. Expect twisting melodies, smiling cats, percussive teacups and surreal storytelling.
Toxic: Wed 16 - Sat 19 Apr 2025
The hotly anticipated explosive new show from award-winning theatremaker Nathaniel J Hall (First Time, It’s A Sin), celebrating the survival and resilience of the queer spirit.
Trygve Wakenshaw - Silly Little Things: Thu 8 May 2025
A sort of autobiographical, introspective look at all the silly little things that can make or break a friendship. a masterclass of mime from the man who paved the way for so many contemporary clowns.
Heka: Everything is not as it seems. Sun 11 May 2025
Heka transports audiences into a mesmerising realm where reality blurs with illusion. Heka transcends boundaries, inviting spectators on a journey where objects materialise and vanish, levitate, and transform before their eyes.
Further Information: New Contemporary Season | Lowry