NTLIVE: NYE
2024-05-09 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | SpArC Theatre
National Theatre Live Nye
A new play by Tim Price
Directed by Rufus Norris
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and
legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a
mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground,
Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh
fantasia will be broadcast live from the National Theatre.

The Royal Ballet: THE WINTER’S TALE
2024-05-26 14:00 - 17:20
Via Satellite
Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss, artfully adapted into a contemporary three-act narrative ballet by Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, celebrates its tenth anniversary.
King Leontes of Sicilia is crippled with an all-consuming jealousy when his friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia, stays with him and his wife Hermione. What follows is a tale where a marriage is destroyed, a child is abandoned and all hope is seemingly lost for two lovers.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Winter’s Tale is an award-winning modern ballet classic, packed with emotional turmoil heightened by Joby Talbot’s compelling score and Bob Crowley’s atmospheric designs.
Running time 200 minutes (including two intervals)
Choreography Christopher Wheeldon
Scenario Christopher Wheeldon and Joby Talbot
Music Joby Talbot
Designer Bob Crowley
Lighting Designer Natasha Katz
Projection Designer Daniel Brodie
Silk Effects Designer Basil Twist
Conductor Koen Kessels
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
A co-production between The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada

The Royal Ballet: Message in a Bottle (15)
2024-05-30 19:20 - 21:00
A Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK production
Directed and choreographed by Kate Prince
Based on the songs of Sting
Screening Via Satellite
Message In A Bottle is a spectacular new dance-theatre show from five-time Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince, inspired by and set to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, including Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Walking On The Moon and more. With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, high-energy footwork and breath-taking athleticism, Message In A Bottle tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope.
The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings, Leto, Mati and Tana, must embark on perilous journeys in order to survive.
Message In A Bottle is the latest masterpiece from the ground-breaking creator behind West End hits Some Like it Hip Hop, Into the Hoods, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (choreography) and SYLVIA (Old Vic), and features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse,
ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company.
Special Screening: Thursday 30 May 2024, 7:20pm BST
We’ve been made aware by the ROH that the running time for this is now 1 hour and 30 mins with no interval.

Director & Choreographer Kate Prince
Music & Lyrics Sting
Music Supervisor & New Arrangements Alex Lacamoire
Music Producer & Arranger Martin Terefe
Music Co-Producer & Mixer Oskar Winberg
Set Designer Ben Stones
Video Designer Andrzej Goulding
Costume Designer Anna Fleischle
Lighting Designer Natasha Chivers
Sound Designer David McEwan
Dramaturg Lolita Chakrabarti
Associate Choreographer Lukas McFarlane
Music Associate & Additional Arrangements D.J. Walde
Assistant Choreographers Tommy Franzen and Lizzie Gough
Cast
Oliver Andrews
Melissa Bravo
Nafisah Baba
Lindon Barr
Deavion Brown
David Cottle
Harrison Dowzell
Onyemachi Ejimofor
Nestor Garcia Gonzalez
Anna Holmström
Megan Ingram
Ajani Johnson-goffe
Daniella May
Lukas Mcfarlane
Robbie Ordona
Portia Oti
Kaycee Rice
Hannah Sandilands
Alexzandra Sarmiento
Stephen Thompson
Gavin L Vincent
A Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK production co-produced with Birmingham Hippodrome and The Lowry, Salford
The iconic songs of Sting. The electrifying choreography of Kate Prince. This is a tale of hope.

The Royal Opera: Andrea Chénier ( Giordano)
2024-06-16 14:00 - 17:15
At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the man who could destroy him…
Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano – who conducts Giordano’s epic historical drama of revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.
Running time 195 minutes (including one interval)
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Music Umberto Giordano
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Director David McVicar
Set Designer Robert Jones
Costume Designer Jenny Tiramani
Lighting Designer Adam Silverman
Movement Director Andrew George
Andrea Chénier Jonas Kaufmann
Maddalena Di Coigny Sondra Radvanovsky
Carlo Gérard Carlos Álvarez
Bersi Katia Ledoux
The Incredibile Alexander Kravets
Roucher Ashley Riches
Contessa Di Coigny Rosalind Plowright
Pietro Fléville William Dazeley
The Abbé Aled Hall
Madelon Elena Zilio
Major-Domo Simon Thorpe
Mathieu James Cleverton
Fouquier-Tinville Eddie Wade
Dumas Jamie Woollard
Schmidt Jeremy White
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Co-production with China National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing and San Francisco Opera

The Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
2024-09-15 14:00 - 18:00
The Royal Opera THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO [Revival]
It’s Figaro’s wedding, and you’re invited to join the Almaviva household for an uproarious day of revelation and scandal. Mozart’s comic opera is packed with plot twists, forbidden desires and unforgettable melodies, combining laugh-out-loud comedy with moments of breathtaking beauty.
Count Almaviva lives with his Countess on their estate near Seville. The Count has his eye on his wife’s maid Susanna, who is about to marry the Count’s servant, Figaro. Much to Figaro’s dismay, the Count plans to seduce Susanna on the night of the wedding. Meanwhile, Cherubino, the Count’s young page, has a crush on the Countess, but has just been dismissed after being discovered with Barbarina, the gardener Antonio’s daughter.
Figaro decides he must foil the Count’s attempt to seduce his wife-to-be and enlists the help of the Countess, Susanna and Cherubino – the latter disguising himself as a woman. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and thwarted plans ensue, with all members of the household participating as each tries to get what – and who – they want.

Running time: 240 minutes, One interval
Sung in Italian with subtitles
CAST: FIGARO Luca Micheletti, SUSANNA Ying Fang, COUNT ALMAVIVA Huw Montague Rendall, COUNTESS ALMAVIVA Jacquelyn Stucker, CHERUBINO Ginger Costa-Jackson, BARTOLO Peter Kálmán, MARCELLINA Rebecca Evans, DON BASILIO Adrian Thompson, ANTONIO Jeremy White, DON CURZIO Alasdair Elliott, BARBARINA Isabela Díaz, ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, CONCERT MASTER Vasko Vassilev, CHORUS DIRECTOR William Spaulding, CHORUS Royal Opera Chorus
Creatives: DIRECTOR David McVicar, CONDUCTOR Julia Jones, MUSIC Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, LIBRETTO Lorenzo da Ponte, DESIGNER Tanya McCallin, LIGHTING DESIGNER Paule Constable, MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Leah Hausman

NTLIVE: Present Laughter (PG)
2024-09-19 19:00 - 22:00
Present Laughter
by Noël Coward
★★★★★‘Andrew Scott’s revelatory performance shows why Noël Coward is hailed a genius’ Telegraph
★★★★★ ‘Andrew Scott is wondrous in this revelatory refresh of Noël Coward’s classic comedy’
Time Out
The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.
★★★★★ ‘The show belongs to Scott’ The Times
★★★★★ ‘illuminating and luminously funny’ WhatsOnStage
★★★★★ ‘A treat of a production’ Financial Times
Filmed live from The Old Vic in London during a sold out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.
We screen this in 2019 but it was so good we thought there might be people who didn’t catch it last time or want to see it again!

ROB: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
2024-10-20 14:00 - 17:20
The Royal Ballet: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND [Revival]
Screening Via Satellite
Family Ticket Available : £35 ( 2 ADULTS AND UP TO 3 CHILDREN)
Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story. Journey through Wonderland with Alice and encounter a host of curious characters in Christopher Wheeldon’s unique theatrical interpretation.
At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouser and curiouser…As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts. Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream?
ENCORE: Sunday 20 October 2024, 14:00 BST
Running time: 205 minutes, Two intervals
Creatives: CHOREOGRAPHY Christopher Wheeldon; CONDUCTOR Koen Kessels; MUSIC Joby Talbot; ORCHESTRATION Christopher Austin and Joby Talbot; DESIGNER Bob Crowley; SCENARIO Nicholas Wright; LIGHTING DESIGNER Natasha Katz; PROJECTION DESIGNERS Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carrington; ORIGINAL SOUND DESIGNER Andrew Bruce

LIVE Theatre: : Early Weaves-Ascension Dance Company
2024-10-24 11:00 - 14:30
11am show
1.30pm show
Fun. Playful. Heart-warming, beautiful , a wonderful introduction to dance
theatre for early years children and everyone else .
Using movement in this non-verbal show with a set and props made almost entirely
from willow.
” My children,4 & 2, were transfixed from the moment we entered
the room, sat in silence and stillness throughout apart from the occasional
appropriate laughs”
Meet Willow and Weave as they explore the possibilities of this versatile material as inspire each other to dive deep into their own sense of imagination. See the endless possibilities they unpick and if you and your young person can be entertained by what they discover with a little bit of creativity. Performances for primary schools and public
All Welcome : Discounts for schools nurseries, homes and groups

LIVE THEATRE: Make Good- PENTABUS
2024-11-28 19:30 - 21:20
Post-office. Scandal. Musical.

A Pentabus and New Perspectives co-production
Make Good: The Post Office Scandal
A new musical by Jeanie O’Hare (book) & Jim Fortune (music & lyrics)
Directed by Elle While
A vibrant & compassionate new musical, inspired by the Post Office Scandal which tore communities apart & jailed innocent people.
Maxine Peake on Instagram  – ’It’s chuffin’ marvellous!! Go and see it you won’t be disappointed!… ♥️‘
“If we knew that this was going to happen to us, that we were going to become criminals by buying a Post Office, we would never, ever have done it.” Subpostmaster
For twenty years Subpostmasters all over the UK were jailed for stealing money that never existed. Directly informed by conversations with affected Subpostmasters, Make Good dives into these most local of stories, capturing the raw emotion, the betrayals, and the collective disbelief that this could be happening to innocent people.
A new musical, three years in the making, tells the story of the resilience of the Sub-Postmasters and their families, in what is now recognised as the gravest miscarriage of justice in British history. Can the Post Office ever make good the damage they have done?
“The musical is full of feeling. And that’s what we need to portray to people now, so that they can feel and understand what we felt, all the heartache that we went through. The songs bring so much to the story, they’re heartfelt and there’s humour in it too, it’s funny. It made me smile as well as being touching.” Subpostmaster
Touring Autumn 2024 – Celebrating 100 years of rural touring, and marking the 50th anniversary of leading rural theatre companies Pentabus and New Perspectives.
Make Good is accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences, with Audio Description integrated into every performance.
Suitable for ages 11+
90 minutes (approx.), plus interval

Produced by two of Rural Touring’s leading theatre companies, with a team of notable theatre makers. Directly informed by conversations with affected sub-postmasters, Make Good dives into this most local of stories, capturing the raw emotions, the bewilderment and the unbreakable bond of faith and family that were put to the test.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms – Preview Performance
‘Full of energy and vitality – fantastic performance’
‘Heart rending – lost for words’
‘Enthralled, Outraged, Entertained – Always love Pentabus’
‘Fantastic, Emotional, Memorable – a really brilliant production from start to finish’
‘Exciting, moving, full of community – the additional of the community choirs is lush – more of this!’
‘Masterpiece, best thing we’ve seen this year.’
CONTENT WARNINGS
The following is a list of specific content that may impact audience members. This may include actions and themes as well as technical triggers. The content warnings are updated as a production evolves through the rehearsal process. Make Good includes the following:
Thematic Triggers

Suicide
Some strong language

Technical triggers

Haze (at some venues)

Pentabus are champions of rural touring and are ‘one of British theatre’s unsung treasures.’ The Guardian

ROB: Cinderella
2024-12-15 14:00 - 17:15
The Royal Ballet CINDERELLA [Revival]
Screening Via Satellite
Family Ticket Available : £35 ( 2 ADULTS AND UP TO 3 CHILDREN)
This Christmas, The Royal Ballet invites you to the ball with Frederick Ashton’s spectacular Cinderella. A fairytale like no other, this magical ballet boasts astonishing stagecraft, enchanting design and exquisite dance. This much-loved ballet is a masterpiece for all the family to enjoy this festive period .
Ashton’s adaptation of Cinderella received its premiere on 23rd December 1948 with Royal Ballet dancers Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles. The production was received rapturously with Ashton’s reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story proving a compelling showcase for the choreographer’s musicality and the beauty of Sergey Prokofiev’s transcendent score.
Cinderella made a welcome return to the stage in 2023 after an absence of over 10 years in a new production with an award-winning creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera, bringing new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages. Set design is by Tom Pye (My Neighbour Totoro, Olivier award for Best Set Design), costume designs by Alexandra Byrne (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Academy Award for Best Costume Design), lighting design by David Finn (Brokeback Mountain), video design by Finn Ross (Les Miserables, Frozen) and illusions by Chris Fisher (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child).
This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.
Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out…With a little bit of magic, she is transported into an ethereal new world – one where fairies bring the gifts of the seasons, where pumpkins turn into carriages, and where true love awaits.
Creatives: CHOREOGRAPHY Frederick Ashton; MUSIC Sergey Prokofiev; SET DESIGNER Tom Pye; COSTUME DESIGNER Alexandra Byrne; LIGHTING DESIGNER David Finn; VIDEO DESIGNER Finn Ross; ILLUSIONS Chris Fisher; CONDUCTOR Jonathan Lo
Sunday 15 December 2024, 14.00 GMT
Running time: 195 minutes, Two intervals

ROB / Little Bulb Theatre :Wolf, Witch, Giant, Fairy
2025-01-05 14:00 - 15:10
Do not miss this ‘enchantingly staged’ family folk opera, following the triumphant, Olivier Award-winning run in 2021.
Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.

ROB: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (Offenbach)
2025-01-19 14:00 - 18:00
The Royal Opera THE TALES OF HOFFMANN
[New Production]
Four women: four curious love stories. Juan Diego Flórez leads a fantastic cast in Offenbach’s dream-like opera.
Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing is as it seems. Particularly when the devil himself is involved…

Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model student in every sense. Doomed love follows him into adulthood, where the dancer, Antonia, is taken from him too soon. Meanwhile, the sensual courtesan Giulietta has her own secret agenda. As memory and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, will Hoffmann find the enigmatic Stella before it is too late?

Running time: 245 minutes, Two intervals
Sung in French with subtitles
Captured live November 2024

Cast:

HOFFMANN Juan Diego Flórez
LINDORF/COPPÉLIUS/DR MIRACLE/DAPERTUTTO Alex Esposito
OLYMPIA Olga Pudova
ANTONIA Ermonela Jaho
GIULIETTA Marina Costa-Jackson
NICKLAUSSE Julie Boulianne
ANDRÈS/COCHENILLE/FRANTZ/PITICHINACCIO Christophe Mortagne
SPALANZANI Vincent Ordonneau
CRESPEL Alastair Miles
MUSE OF POETRY/SPIRIT OF ANTONIA’S MOTHER Christine Rice
LUTHER Jeremy White
HERMANN/SCHLEMIL Grisha Martirosyan
NATHANAEL Ryan Vaughan Davies
ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONCERT MASTER Sergey Levitin
CHORUS DIRECTOR William Spaulding
CHORUS Royal Opera Chorus

Creatives:

DIRECTOR Damiano Michieletto
CONDUCTOR Antonello Manacorda
MUSIC Jacques Offenbach
LIBRETTO Jules Barbier
SET DESIGNER Paolo Fantin
COSTUME DESIGNER Carla Teti
LIGHTING DESIGNER Alessandro Carletti
CHOREOGRAPHER Chiara Vecchi

LIVE : The Castle Players Panto: The Wicked Witches of Oz
2025-02-14 19:00 - 2025-02-15 20:30
Friday 14th Feb 7pm

Saturday 15th Feb 2pm

Saturday 15th Feb 7pm

Castle Players’ award winning* pantomime “The Wicked Witches of Oz” will be hitting the SPARC theatre on 14th and 15th February 2025 in what can only be described as a “once in a lifetime performance”.
Watch in awe as the Wicked witches of Wales, ‘Oop North, Craven Arms and Stoke wreak havoc amongst the good folks of Oz, revel in the excitement of Drip’s multi-sausage and puzzle why anyone would eat ten thousand Brussel sprouts.

NTLIVE: The Importance of Being Earnest
2025-02-20 19:00 - 21:50
National Theatre Live 2025
The Importance of being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Max Webster
Screening

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

LIVE COMEDY: GEORGE EGG- SET MENU: The Best of George Egg
2025-03-15 19:30 - 21:00
Comedy. With. Cooking.
George offers a unique performance experience combining a mixture of comedy, theatre, live cookery demonstration, and an educational and inspiring lecture (in the most fun and interesting sense!).
“I cook three genuinely tasty plates of food which the audience has the opportunity to try at the end if they like, but I do it all without kitchen appliances instead using power tools, irons, a laptop and other non-culinary equipment.
“It’s a multi-sensory experience involving the expected sight and sound but also smell and taste. It’s absurd, interesting and above all funny.”
“A culinary Bill Bailey with chopping boards
SET MENU The Best of George Egg Showreel 2024

The Royal Ballet: Romeo & Juliet
2025-03-23 14:00 - 17:30
Satellite Screening
The greatest love story ever told – through ballet all set to the incredible Prokofiev score
The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married. The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor. In order to be together, Romeo and Juliet must risk it all.
Running time 210 minutes, Two intervals
CHOREOGRAPHY Kenneth MacMillan
MUSIC Sergey Prokofiev
DESIGNER Nicholas Georgiadis
LIGHTING DESIGNER John B. Rea

NTLIVE: DR STRANGELOVE
2025-03-27 19:00 - 21:30
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.
This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley.

ROB: Turandot ( Puccini)
2025-04-06 14:00 - 17:25
The Royal Opera TURANDOT [Revival]
ENCORE: Sunday 6 April 2025, 14:00 BST
Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor. Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.
The beautiful but icy Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who fail are brutally beheaded. But when an unknown prince arrives, the balance of power in Turandot’s court is forever shaken, as the mysterious stranger does what no other has been able to.
Running time: 205 minutes, Two intervals
Sung in Italian with subtitles
Cast: PRINCESS TURANDOT Sondra Radvanovsky, CALAF SeokJong Baek, LIÙ Anna Princeva, TIMUR Adam Palka, PING Hansung Yoo, PANG Aled Hall, PONG Michael Gibson, EMPEROR ALTOUM Paul Hopwood, MANDARIN Ossian Huskinson
ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONCERT MASTER Sergey Levitin, CHORUS DIRECTOR William Spaulding
CHORUS Royal Opera Chorus
DIRECTOR Andrei Șerban, CONDUCTOR Rafael Payare
LIBRETTO Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni,
MUSIC Giacomo Puccini
DESIGNER Sally Jacobs, LIGHTING DESIGNER F. Mitchell Dana, CHOREOGRAPHER Kate Flatt, CHOREOLOGIST Tatiana Novaes Coelho

LIVE THEATRE: Stories in Dust
2025-04-16 15:00 - 16:00
‘Elegant, engaging eco-fable.’– The Reviews Hub –
‘What a captivating and heart warming production, every detail, every lyric, every word used was simply wonderful.’ Audience feedback
The sun beats down on two travellers, journeying across a mysterious land in a contraption they’ve built themselves. They sing, play games, and tell stories inspired by a collection of precious things they’ve gathered from a time gone by. With live music and puppetry, Stories in the Dust is a funny, heartfelt and hopeful eco-fable that takes you to another world. A world where an ancient book guides your way, a drop of rain changes everything and a mighty lion holds its secrets in an old clay pot. Will our intrepid explorers make it? They’re full of ideas and full of hope but dangerously low on baked beans.Stories in the Dust was originally created with support from MAST Mayflower Studios and shared at their Emergency Festival. It was developed thanks to public funding from National Lottery through Arts Council England in partnership with Pound Arts and Wiltshire Creative.The storyline and accompanying education pack were developed with support from Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science at Southampton University.
Led by Wiltshire based performers and theatre makers Iona Johnson and Anna Harriott,
Stories in the Dust is a play made with and for young people with the climate emergency at its core.
Ideal for ages 5-12 but suitable for all the family.

The Royal Opera: DIE WALKÜRE
2025-05-18 14:00 - 19:20
The Royal Opera: DIE WALKÜRE – New Production
Via Satellite
We will have extra refreshments to keep us going !
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023.
On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.
Cast:
WOTAN Christopher Maltman, BRÜNNHILDE Elisabet Strid, SIEGLINDE Lise Davidsen, SIEGMUND Stanislas de Barbeyrac, HUNDING Soloman Howard, FRICKA Marina Prudenskaya, HELMWIGE Maida Hundeling, ORTLINDE Katie Lowe, GERHILDE Lee Bisset, WALTRAUTE Claire Barnett-Jones, SIEGRUNE Catherine Carby, ROSSWEISSE Alison Kettlewell, GRIMGERDE Monika-Evelin Liiv, SCHWERTLEITE Rhonda Browne
Creatives:
DIRECTOR Barrie Kosky, CONDUCTOR Antonio Pappano, MUSIC Richard Wagner, LIBRETTO Richard Wagner, SET DESIGNER Rufus Didwiszus, COSTUME DESIGNER Victoria Behr, LIGHTING DESIGNER Alessandro Carletti
Running time 365 minutes
Sung in German with subtitles

The Royal Ballet: BALLET TO BROADWAY: WHEELDON WORKS
2025-05-22 19:15 - 22:00
The Royal Ballet: BALLET TO BROADWAY: WHEELDON WORKS
Mixed Programme; 1 Revival, 3 New Productions
LIVE Via Satellite : Thursday 22 May 2025, 19:15 BST

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.
FOOL’S PARADISE
Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with composer Joby Talbot. It was created in 2007 for Wheeldon’s own company, Morphoses, and first performed in 2012 by The Royal Ballet.

THE TWO OF US
The wistful songs of Joni Mitchell set the scene for the UK premiere of The Two of Us, a duet of deep intimacy and yearning. It was created in 2020 for the Fall for Dance Festival in New York, and had American ballet dancers Sarah Mearns and David Hallberg in its original cast.

US (DUET)
Us is a tender duet danced by two men. It was created in 2017 for BalletBoyz and is set to Keaten Henson’s music.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (BALLET)
The Royal Ballet celebrates Wheeldon’s extraordinary success in musical theatre by performing the ballet scene from his Tony Award-winning musical An American in Paris. Set to Gershwin’s jazzy melodies, the musical is inspired by the 1951 film of the same name starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. The musical went on to win four Tony awards. The full musical depicts a blossoming romance between the American G.I. Jerry Mulligan and a French ballerina, Lise Dassin. The ballet excerpt was Wheeldon’s take on one of the most memorable scenes from the film – an extended sequence in which the two central characters dance through Paris.
HOREOGRAPHY Christopher Wheeldon
CONDUCTOR Koen Kessels
ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
MUSIC:
Joby Talbot
Joni Mitchell
Keaton Henson
George Gershwhin
Running time 180 minutes

LIVE: Richard Durrant: The Guitar Whisperer
2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:00
One of the world’s most inventive, virtuoso guitarists with the strongest green credentials is back on tour and he’s pedalling to SpArC Theatre
Richard has been training hard on his guitar, ukulele and bicycle ready for his summer gigs.
Sit back and relax to the sound of Richard’s beautiful, acoustic music; then sit up and take notice of one of the world’s great guitarists.
A solo concert of jaw dropping musicianship from the man dubbed The Guitar Whisperer. A thousand and one notes interspersed with tales from the road.
To include: Bach Prelude in E, Barrios La Catedral and music from Spain, South America and the British Isles.
“One of the world’s most accomplished players…” – Guitarist Magazine
Suitable for All ages
The show will feature guitar music from Paraguay including this piece “Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios”.

NTLIVE: A Street Car Named Desire (15)
2025-06-05 19:00 - 22:00
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas.

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.

From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Michelangelo - Love and Death
2025-07-03 19:00 - 20:30
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN : Michelangelo – Love and Death
We will explore the life and work of renowned sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo. Michelangelo – Love and Death offers a cinematic journey through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican, to the print and drawing rooms of Europe, to explore Michelangelo’s tempestuous life.
The film goes in search of a greater understanding of this charismatic and enigmatic figure, both through his relationships with his contemporaries and his ongoing artistic legacy.
The film invites audiences to intimately examine Michelangelo’s art and artistic process – from the Carrara quarries where Michelangelo sourced his marble, to the new technology being used to attribute works. The film also offers a rare chance to get up close to the mesmerising
Rothschild Bronzes, which, following an extensive research project carried out by
Academics in Cambridge in 2015, were positively attributed to Michelangelo after over a century
of debate.
Key contributors to the film include art critics Martin Gayford and Jonathan Jones, Deputy
Director of the Vatican Museums Professor Arnold Nesselrath and contemporary artist
Tania Kovats.
Filming locations include Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Carrara marble mines, the Medici Chapel and the Vatican. These beautiful locations, combined with high-resolution views of Michelangelo’s greatest works, convene to create a staggering visual experience.

NTLIVE: Inter Alia (15)
2025-09-04 19:00 - 20:50
Inter Alia
a new play by Suzie Miller
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.
Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?
Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
Suitability:
Please note: Recommended for ages 14+
This production contains references to sensitive subject matter including to sex, violence, rape and other criminal activity.

LIVE THEATRE: Gobbess
2025-10-02 19:30 - 20:45
A mesmerising one-creature spectacle that defies the ordinary.
‘Hilarious, wholesome, powerful’
‘A mic drop on women’s experiences in a patriarchal world, a call to action’
‘We laughed,we cried, I was covered in goosebumps the entire show. Such a raw, beautiful, poetic masterpiece.’
Prepare to be enchanted by a kaleidoscopic fusion of circus, spoken word, and storytelling. This show explores lightness & depth amid curiosity, creativity & cat-calling, blending circus skills with powerful spoken word to tell a story of rage, resilience, & transformation.
Visually stunning, Gobbess seamlessly transitions from commanding on-stage performance to poetic storytelling while performing aerial hoop. It’s a captivating experience that promises to leave you spellbound and uplifted.
Gobbess is a hilarious and heart-warming kaleidoscopic one-creature spoken word show. It’s a story about creativity and identity, of queerness & self-expression & one person’s rage and resilience, amongst existential curiosity, mental chaos and cat-calling.
Ages 12+
Audience Quotes:
“charismatic, beautiful and bewildering journey”
“Inspirational, interesting, intriguing, important”
“Naomi’s evolution has been stratospheric. What a raw, powerful, incisive and authentic talent. Loved every minute. Will continue following her around and being delighted we share the same ground. Brilliant woman. Gobbess is a triumph for every woman, every identity, that breaks free of the chains we were born in. Thank you.”

ROYAL OPERA & BALLET : TOSCA (Puccini)
2025-10-05 14:00 - 17:00
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But whenCavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia,Chief of Police.
At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain:
sleeping with the man she hates in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
A star-studded cast includes soprano Anna Netrebko performing the role of Tosca, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley as Scarpia, with Music Director of The Royal Opera Jakub Hrůša conducting his first new production in the role. An alternative, modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mears’ unmissable, gripping new production of Puccini’s thriller.

LIVE COMEDY: Box of Frogs
2025-10-18 19:30 - 21:30
LIVE IMPROV COMEDY
High-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based on your suggestions from this award winning group . Expect the unexpected as quick-witted players conjure up hilarious spontaneous songs, sketches and scenes !
Box of Frogs is Birmingham’s premier improvised comedy group, making up sketches, scenes and songs based entirely on suggestions from the audience!
After a whole summer run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival they are back in the Midlands !
★★★★★ “A Box of Stars here” Derek Awards
★★★★★ “Hilariously funny” Moreish TV
14 + but it is improvised so content varies

NTLIVE: Mrs. Warren’s Profession (12A)
2025-10-23 19:00 - 21:00
Mrs. Warren’s Profession by Bernard Shaw
Directed by Dominic Cooke
★★★★ Radio Time ★★★★ WhatsOnStage ★★★★ London Theatre
“Imelda Staunton is magnificent” Independent
“An extraordinary tour de force” WhatsOnStage
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life
daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in
Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old
patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic
Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions
and progress.
“Imelda Staunton in formidable form”Guardian
“Startlingly fresh” Time Out
“Carter gleams with candour and intelligence” Observer
“Imelda Staunton and real-life daughter Bessie Carter are both forces to be reckoned with”Radio Times

LIVE THEATRE: Grandad Anansi
2025-11-01 15:00 - 16:00
An uplifting tale of love, courage and letting go.
“A colourful, amazing production” The Guardian

Abi and her Grandad tell each other Anansi folktales. They play games as they work together in the garden among the beautiful flowers and tasty vegetables. As they plant memories, they share secrets and develop a bond that nothing can break. Grandad is as smart and mischievous as the wily Anansi legend. Can he find a way to tell his granddaughter about his plans to return to Jamaica, his beloved homeland?

★★★★”Storytelling, and its extraordinary power, is at the centre of the piece” Sardines
Join our intrepid characters in this humorous and heartfelt intergenerational adventure, as they step into the unexpected. With evocative live music, Grandad Anansi is an uplifting tale of love, courage and letting go.
Written by award-winning children’s author Elayne Ogbeta, Grandad Anansi is a Half Moon and Z-arts co-production: an exciting collaboration by the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company and Manchester’s award-winning venue for children and families.
“Half Moon are creating important, beautiful and powerful work for young people” Children’s Theatre Reviews
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