A fter a two-year hiatus, Vault Festival returns with 500 shows over the next two months in venues dotted around Waterloo. Here are the 12 shows you must see. All Falls Down Audiences get involved in this interactive, improvised show about a group of friends trying to get back to civilisation, and survive in the… Continue reading Vault Festival 2023 – Our pick of the top shows to book from Bloody Mary: Live to Good Grief
Month: June 2025
Derby dance centre unveils new season
“One of the leading dance organisations in the East Midlands” has revealed its spring and summer 2023 season which includes “circus, dance and fairy tales like you’ve never seen them before”. Manya Beneson, creative producer of Déda, said, “the programme has a selection of the best of international theatre and dance. There’s something for everyone,… Continue reading Derby dance centre unveils new season
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
A bit of Gothic drama seems especially fitting on a cold, wintery night and Mark Stratford obligingly delivers with The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde which visits the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre as part of a tour running until mid-year. Stratford’s is a neat adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic 1886 novella… Continue reading The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Saint Jude at 100 Petty France review: this half-baked ‘immersive’ dystopian fantasy is hilariously awful
I f you’ve ever wasted an hour on the phone battling the computer-generated voice of your bank or internet provider, Swamp Motel’s new show will feel horribly familiar. A half-baked dystopian fantasy about data harvesting, it claims to be immersive, site-specific and “cutting-edge”. Reader, it is none of these: it is you, seated in a cubicle in… Continue reading Saint Jude at 100 Petty France review: this half-baked ‘immersive’ dystopian fantasy is hilariously awful
Bodyguard for Blackpool
The Bodyguard will arrive at Winter Gardens Blackpool November 6–11 as part of the UK and Ireland tour. Casting to be announced soon. Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard Frank Farmer is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. The romantic thriller features a host of classics including “Queen of the Night”, “So… Continue reading Bodyguard for Blackpool
Wizard start to panto season
St Helens Theatre Royal stages the first of four pantomimes in 2023, with The Wizard Of Oz from February 14–19. Join Dorothy and Toto on their epic adventure to the Emerald City and follow their journey as they meet a cast of characters including Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion along the way. The full cast are Maddie… Continue reading Wizard start to panto season
The Good Women
The Good Woman takes us back to 1967 Switzerland where women still don’t have the right to vote in elections and husbands can refuse to allow wives to have a bank account or get a job. Since women are expected to concentrate on their home duties, television broadcasts regular cooking programmes fronted by Bette (Faith McCune),… Continue reading The Good Women
Craig is strictly Miss Hannigan
Craig Revel Horwood will star as Miss Hannigan in the tour of Annie arriving at Winter Gardens Blackpool September 6–9. Best known as a judge on all 20 series of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, he returns to the part having played the role in both the West End and on tour. Set in 1930s New York during The… Continue reading Craig is strictly Miss Hannigan
Royle Variety Show
Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre sees Ricky Tomlinson host Ricky’s Royle Variety Show February 5. The afternoon of variety talent—including cabaret performers, comedians and musicians—is presented in collaboration with Asa Murphy Productions. The stage version of Andrea Dunbar’s cult classic Rita, Sue and Bob Too comes to the Epstein February 11–19 while RuPaul’s Drag Race ‘breakout’ stars Ginny Lemon & Sister Sister arrive… Continue reading Royle Variety Show
Gilbert and Sullivan Festival returns to Buxton
The International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival is to return to its “spiritual home” in Derbyshire, the 2023 event being staged at Buxton Opera House where it all began in 1994. It had been held in Harrogate but in October 2022, because of increased costs, the festival announced it was moving back to Buxton. Festival director… Continue reading Gilbert and Sullivan Festival returns to Buxton