Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Pantomimes are delighted to announce Coronation Street's Wendi Peters, children's favourite Phil Gallagher (CBeebies' Mister Maker) and Sheffield legend Damian Williams will star in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs at the Lyceum Theatre this Christmas.
TOP television presenter Stephen Mulhern is the star of Dick Whittington, this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime.
Daniel Evans today announces his final season as Sheffield Theatres' Artistic Director, including the eagerly anticipated news of the Crucible's Christmas show, Irving Berlin's whip-cracking musical Annie Get Your Gun. The season also includes two world premieres on the Crucible stage - an adaptation of a classic novel and an exciting new musical set in Sheffield. A poignant moment in the city's history is told on the Studio stage along with a heart-warming family tale for the festive period.
A RECORD number of people saw Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. The venue played to more than 99 per cent capacity.
As the curtain falls on the 2015-16 pantomime season, Evolution Productions announce record-breaking figures, demonstrating beyond doubt that the pantomime renaissance has come of age. With The Marlowe Theatre leading the way with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs playing at 99.06% capacity with the number of tickets sold a stunning 95,685 (nearly double the city's population), box office figures over their seven shows across the country came in at 91% attendance, an increase across the board of 10.3% in financial terms on the previous year.
This Christmas, hold on tight as Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Pantomimes take audiences on a spectacular magic carpet ride in Aladdin, at the Lyceum Theatre from Friday 4 December to Sunday 3 January.
TV stars Rita Simons and Phil Gallagher were in Canterbury yesterday (Sunday) to launch this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime.
RITA Simons, best known as Roxie Mitchell from EastEnders, stars in this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime.
THE MARLOWE Theatre's next pantomime is Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
Aladdin will open on the Lyceum stage tonight 5 December 2015 and runs until Sunday 3 January 2016.
Sheffield Theatres, in association with Evolution Productions, is delighted to announce that next year's magical family pantomime adventure in the Lyceum Theatre will be Aladdin, with tickets for the production going on sale at 10.00am on today 5 December 2014.
The UK's most successful family run pantomime production company, Evolution Productions has announced its line up of bespoke high quality Christmas shows for 2014. The company, which is run by husband and wife team, former TV presenter Paul Hendy and Oxford graduate and former cinema commercial production manager Emily Wood, will be presenting a lucky seven of the best pantomimes across the country from then end of November 2014 to mid-January 2015.
Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Pantomimes have announced the cast of this year's much-anticipated family pantomime, Dick Whittington, ahead of its arrival on the Lyceum stage from Friday 5 December 2014 until Sunday 4 January 2015.
Dick Whittington, the story of the boy who set off for London to seek his fortune in the big city, opens in the Lyceum Theatre on Friday 5 December 2014 and runs until Sunday 4 January 2015. East Midlands Trains, who run regular services to London St Pancras from Sheffield Train Station, will sponsor this year's pantomime in a partnership that will include a specially created costume for the pantomime Dame, played by Damian Williams.
CLASSIC comedy and songs come to The Marlowe Theatre later this month.
CLASSIC comedy and songs come to The Marlowe Theatre later this month.
Coming to Sheffield Theatres as part of its UK tour, Morecambe, a brand new production of the Olivier award-winning West End play about the man who brought sunshine into millions of British homes, comes to the Lyceum Theatre from Tuesday 8 - Wednesday 9 April.
On the night of 28th May 1984 the best-loved comedian this country has ever produced died suddenly from a heart attack. Four years previously on Christmas Day 1977 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special attracted 28 million viewers - half the entire population of the UK at the time. In the thirty years since Eric Morecambe's untimely death his popularity has not waned. With numerous tribute programmes, TV re-runs and DVD releases, his work, as one half of Britain's most popular double act ever, has been kept alive and introduced to a whole new generation of fans. In 2014 to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Morecambe's passing a brand new production of the Olivier award winning West End play that celebrates the life of the man who played all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order, embarks on a major national tour.
Phil "Mister Maker" Gallagher and Ben Roddy will be returning to the venue for Aladdin; both were big successes in the 2013/14 production of Jack And The Beanstalk, which was seen by more than 90,000 people.
JACK And The Beanstalk, which ended its run at The Marlowe Theatre yesterday (Sunday), was seen by a record-breaking number of people.
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