The world premiere production of Salman Rushdie's new play Midnight's Children, which comes to The Lowry from June 3 to 7.

Rushdie's Booker prize winning classic story of the magic, myth making and mischief of modern India is brought to the stage for the first time by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Matthew Kelly appears as you have never seen him before starring in the John Steinbeck American drama Of Mice and Men, from April 8 to 12, while Olivier and Tony Award winning Janet McTeer, (of television's The Governor fame) stars in a National Theatre production of the classic story The Duchess of Malfi (March 18 to 22).

And the action is not going to be strictly confined to the stage. The Lowry will be using its dramatic surroundings with a tent on the Plaza for the drama Ladyboys of Bangkok, and a boat will be moored on the Ship Canal for a family version of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.

Comedy nights at The Lowry will include Julian Clary, Harry Hill and John Shuttleworth, while music will be diverse ranging from Dionne Warwick to Fairport Convention.

Opera North productions will include Puccini's Tosca and Mozart's The Magic Flute.

Full details and tickets are available from the box office on 0870 111 2000.