Upcoming Shows
Hopes, hurdles and halfpipes.Fatima and Salima are the closest, coolest, hijabi-wearing step-sisters in all of Bradford – and nothing is going to stop them from winning the Tiny is...
Don't miss this unforgettable performance celebrating the 40th Anniversary of That’ll Be The Day and Trevor’s farewell tour.Experience a unique blend of Rock ‘n’ Roll,...
Following his show-stopping partnerships on Strictly Come Dancing, Nikita Kuzmin will take centre stage in the high-octane new dance spectacular Burn the Floor: Supernova touring...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 11, 2026
Christy Lefteri’s 2019 bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo is both a powerful and poetic story about the refugee experience. Her story of Nuri and his wife Afra's escape from Syria to England was inspired by time Lefteri spent working in a refugee camp in Athens. Syria may currently be seen as le...
by Jo Caruana - March 03, 2026
The filter-like haze hits you first. Then the occasional lighting, the tiled ceiling, and the faint whiff of the 80s. But it's the arrival of two extraordinary performances – Madelyn Smedley's fizzing, fearless Rita and Julius D'Silva's weary, cynical Frank – that makes Reading Rep Theatre's Edu...
by Caroline Cronin - February 24, 2026
Adapted by Olivier Award-winner Laura Wade from Somerset Maugham’s original play, The Constant Wife, this new version is directed by Co-Artistic Director of the RSC Tamara Harvey and is now embarking on a UK Tour which, delightfully, opened in Brighton this week. It may not have played to a f...
by Cheryl Markosky - March 01, 2026
What did our critic think of LA BOHEME IN CINEMAS at Cinemas Across The UK?...
by Gary Naylor - February 19, 2026
Innovative take on familiar comedy proves hit and miss as lovers and fairies fight...
by Laura Lott - February 18, 2026
Before Taylor Swift versus Charli XCX - but after The Beatles versus The Rolling Stones - came Blur versus Oasis. David Niven's debut comedy at Birmingham Rep takes us back to the summer of 1995, when temperatures and egos both soared and the nation was gripped by the chart battle between Oasis’ �...
by Christiana Rose - February 16, 2026
Set beneath a vibrant circus tent filled with sparkling multicoloured lights and fluttering flags, the production opens with a jovial instrumental atmosphere that immediately invites children into the world of the show....
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 12, 2026
Today we are wearily familiar with the terms 'Stop the Boats' and the narrative that all refugees are coming to Britain to take 'our' jobs, scam us for benefits and prey upon young girls. Nick Ahad's adaptation of Onjali Q. Raúf's beautiful book, The Boy at the Back of the Class, takes much of th...
by Caroline Cronin - February 12, 2026
Three years ago, I sat in this same auditorium reviewing Blood Brothers for this publication, and I wondered then what gives this show its extraordinary staying power. Returning now to see the very same production - with the same creative team and even some returning cast members - the answer is cle...
by Gary Naylor - February 05, 2026
If it's not quite as slick as it might be, this oldies show can still push a lot of the right nostalgia buttons...
Past Shows
Is it better to have a pig’s heart that works … than a human heart that doesn’t? Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is to...
SQUIRRELS GET READY! Everyone’s big lovable dog HEY DUGGEE is touring for the first time EVER and here’s your chance to see him!Hey Duggee the...
Large in size and keen in nature, Zog is eager to win a golden star at Madam Dragon’s school, where dragons learn all the things...
Rise and Shine Motherlovers!Hot Brown Honey are back with The Remix – “Fierce! Femme! Global First Nations! Everything you love about the smash hit show, with extra sweet...
Based on the Sunday Times bestseller which inspired one of this century’s most treasured films, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel takes us on a journey...
Mog is a very forgetful cat. She forgets that she has a cat flap, she forgets that she’s already eaten her supper, and she forgets...
‘I was scared of the bees at first, but now, they make me feel alive. They are like a society in complete harmony with itself....
Big Aunty’s dead. Her funeral’s back in Jamaica, where she returned some years ago. The children she brought up together long ago, but have lost...
Arrive. Divide. Hunt. Survive.A Leeds Playhouse and Belgrade Theatre Coventry co-production, presented in association with Rose Theatre.In the midst of a raging war, a group...
The world-renowned international touring company Complicité presents a new work for the theatre, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, directed by Simon...
Unexpected Twist is the re-telling of the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist, by one of the best-loved figures in the children's book world, Michael Rosen.Combining...
Unexpected Twist is the re-telling of the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist, by one of the best-loved figures in the children's book world, Michael Rosen.Combining...
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