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Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear - the Musical

Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear - the Musical

Open Date: 25 Jul 19 to 31 Aug 19

Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear - the Musical Who likes bears? Everyone likes bears! Well, not quite everyone... Mr Gum is a complete horror who hates children, animals and fun of any kind – so when a big bear called Padlock strolls into town, trouble can’t be far off. Can nine-year-old Polly and her band of misfit friends help Padlock escape the vill...

Follies

Follies

Open Date: 14 Feb 19 to 11 May 19

Follies Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies", a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies), that played in that theatre between the world wars. Creat...

Hadestown

Hadestown

Open Date: 2 Nov 18 to 26 Jan 19

Hadestown In the warmth of summertime, songwriter Orpheus and his muse Eurydice are living it up and falling in love. But as winter approaches, reality sets in: these young dreamers can’t survive on songs alone. Tempted by the promise of plenty, Eurydice is lured to the depths of industrial Hadestown. On a quest to save her, Orpheus journeys to th...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Open Date: 1 Dec 17 to 7 Apr 18

Pinocchio On a quest to be truly alive, Pinocchio leaves Geppetto’s workshop with Jiminy Cricket in tow. Their electrifying adventure takes them from alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom of the ocean. This spectacular new production brings together the director of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the writer of Matilda the Musical. ...

Follies

Follies

Open Date: 22 Aug 17 to 3 Jan 18

Follies Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies", a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies), that played in that theatre between the world wars. Creat...

A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer

A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer

Open Date: 14 Oct 16 to 29 Nov 16

A PACIFIST'S GUIDE TO THE WAR ON CANCER A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer is an all-singing, all-dancing examination of life with a cancer diagnosis.  This brand new musical takes you on a whistle-stop tour through five unconventional stories about cancer, confronting the highs and lows of the scariest word we know. Bryony Kimmings creates ...

The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera

Open Date: 18 May 16 to 2 Oct 16

London scrubs up for the coronation. The thieves are on the make, the whores on the pull, the police cutting deals to keep it all out of sight. Mr and Mrs Peachum are looking forward to a bumper day in the beggary business, but their daughter didn’t come home last night. Mack the Knife is back in town. A landmark of twentieth century musical the...

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

Open Date: 10 Aug 16 to 1 Oct 16

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour From the creator of Billy Elliot (Lee Hall) comes the uplifting and moving story of six Catholic school girls from Oban, let loose in Edinburgh for the day. Funny, raucous and heart-breaking, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour is adapted from Alan Warner’s brilliant novel about six young friends on the cusp of change. ...

wonder.land

wonder.land

Open Date: 23 Nov 15 to 30 Apr 16

A new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s iconic story,wonder.land is a coming-of-age adventure that explores the blurred boundaries between our online and offline lives. Aly is struggling with all the pressures of being a teenager: family, school, friends and her own insecurities. Then she discovers wonder.land – a mysterious online world where, ...

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