Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack, named after the well-known drama and inspired by the life and diaries of Anne Lister, will run at Norwich Theatre Royal from May 27 to 30 this year as part of a nationwide tour.

Its artistic team includes Sally Wainwright who wrote the BBC TV show (Image: Tristram Kenton)

Her diaries were discovered and decoded after her death, revealing a life lived in defiance of 19th century social norms.

Anne Lister, sometimes described as the "first modern lesbian," was a 19th century landowner,........

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