Monday 20th July 2026 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Richard O’Brien’s iconic, crowd-pleasing (and teasing, for that matter) manic musical is back in York, dishing up irreverent, bonkers fun. Christopher Luscombe directs the madness, corralling an energetic cast playing wild characters into various musical numbers to tell the tale of Janet... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 30th June 2026 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From creators Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay comes a music-lover’s haven: The Choir of Man. Set in a classic pub where regular guys meet and shoot the breeze, nine blokes sing their way through a brilliant catalogue of hits - tear-jerkers and... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love it when I can see a show and say this most definitely lives up to the hype. So, I went to see Operation Mincemeat, and let me tell you: it lives up to the hype! It’s so blummin’ delicious, this... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 24th February 2026 at the Grand Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Barnum, with book by Mark Bramble and direction from Jonathan O’Boyle, approaches the P.T. Barnum story in the same vein as the man himself went about his business: loudly, brashly and unapologetically. It’s all bells and whistles here, with singing, dancing, magic and circus... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 10th February 2026 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️ It’s so, so tricky to get a jukebox musical to work smoothly. Getting the songs to match a fresh plot; squeezing the right dialogue around each musical number, aiming for the bull’s-eye of segues; balancing humour, heart and bops… it’s a tall... Continue Reading →
Thursday 3rd December 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Miss Saigon is celebrated as a modern classic, and with a powerful story of love, resilience, survival and inevitable tragedy at its core, it certainly carries a timeless quality. Set in wartime amidst conflict that tears lovers apart, the story is a stone’s throw from Romeo... Continue Reading →
Thursday 27th November 2025 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Leeds Playhouse have returned to the land of Ebeneezer Scrooge with their latest production of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. This time, in Deborah McAndrew’s adaptation, the tale is set firmly in Yorkshire, with Scrooge as the clutching, covetous owner of a West Yorkshire woollen mill. ... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 16th September 2025 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The story of the Military Wives choirs is a pretty inspiring one. Driven by a desire to connect and support one another in a distinctly challenging walk of life, the original wives brought the first choir together and found their project blossoming to 71 choirs with... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 20th May 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kinky Boots is back! This latest production from director Nikolai Foster delivers on all the fun-loving, sassy wholesomeness we’ve come to love about this show, and offers some refreshing takes on central characters. In brief: the show covers a failing small town shoe factory and a... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 29th May 2025 at the Grand Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Carrie Hope Fletcher stars as the wayward Calamity in this affectionate touring production of the classic musical. Adapted from James O’Hanlon’s screenplay by Charles K Freeman, the show, with Nikolai Foster directing (and Nick Winston co-directing and choreographing), takes an understated approach, bringing warmth... Continue Reading →
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