Theatre listings
Saltmine Theatre Company presents 'A Christmas Carol'
Join Saltmine Theatre Company's rediscovery of Charles Dickens' classic tale; a festive, supernatural spectacular which appeals to us to 'honour Christmas in our hearts, and keep it all the year round'.
Snow White (Lyceum Theatre)
Sheffield Lyceum's 2024 spectacular, fun-packed, family pantomime is… Snow White! Starring Catherine Tyldesley as the Wicked Queen, Gladiator's Viper and Sheffield’s favourite Dame, Damian Williams, the show runs 6 December - 5 January.
Little Shop of Horrors (Crucible Theatre)
Sheffield Theatres present the hilarious killer rock musical live on the Crucible stage. Blooming with favourites including Little Shop of Horrors, Suddenly Seymour and Skid Row (Downtown), the show runs 7 December - 18 January.
Bull
A brilliantly savage play about workplace bullying, Mike Bartlett’s smash hit BULL returns to Sheffield to celebrate a decade since its Olivier-award winning transfer from Sheffield's Playhouse to London’s Young Vic in 2015.
Underneath a Magical Moon
A reimagining of Peter Pan as told by Wendy Darling, this sparkling production with exquisite music, enthralling movement, and a sprinkle of Tutti Frutti magic is for children 3+ and their families to enjoy, in the Crucible Playhouse 11 - 31 December.
A Boy was Born - Ensemble 360 & Sheffield Cathedral Choir
Intricate, evocative, utterly beautiful, ‘A Boy Was Born’ perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas and Ensemble 360 along with Sheffield Cathedral Choir, will be performing this at Sheffield Cathedral on Friday 13 December.
Mergaliyev Classical Ballet's Swan Lake
Swan Lake is arguably the world’s most popular ballet, and a timeless tale. Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette, Queen of the Swans, only to be tricked into betraying her by the wicked von Rothbart and his daughter Odile.
The Rite Of Spring
An all-Russian evening of music for two pianos, performed by two of the UK’s leading concert pianists, Tim Horton and Ivana Gavrić.
Gershwin & The Great American Songbook
Violinist Lizzie Ball has performed around the world with stars including Nigel Kennedy, Ariana Grande and Hugh Jackman. She returns to her native Sheffield with pianist James Pearson for an afternoon of timeless music for violin and piano.
Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of)
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) returns to Sheffield by public demand and is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story.
Birds And Bagatelles
This concert of playful music for wind quintet, performed by members of Ensemble 360, promises to transport you to an English meadow, the Danish countryside, and a sultry New York summer.
Room On The Broom
Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories’ fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Punk Alley
Punk Alley is loud and wild unapologetic joyride of live, original punk music and high energy dance. But don’t leave your adults at home – this is a punk show for everyone.
Sounds of Now: Quartet for Heart & Breath
Music by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry opens this concert of sumptuous, 21st century compositions for string quartet, performed by Phaedra Ensemble with Lotte Betts-Dean, a vocalist praised by The Guardian for her “unmissable, urgent musicality”.
Chicago
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her.
Does My Fanny Look Big In This?
Fresh from a northern tour and the Edinburgh Fringe, Does My Fanny Look Big in This? still tackles sex education, validates sexual anxiety, deals with sexual trauma while answering questions you’ve always been a little too embarrassed to ask and is now extended and with live (and hilarious) Q&A.
Endurance
Jenni is not an athlete. Jenni has not done enough training. Jenni wants to perform a feat of endurance in real-time. She really wants to be able to run up hills and mountains. Since her mum is Bolivian, she's banking on her DNA containing Inca genes, which she hopes will mean that she will be shit hot at running up mountains.
Death and the King's Horseman
Set in Nigeria in the late 1940’s and based on a true story, Elesin, the king's horseman, is tasked with carrying out a sacred ritual upon the death of the king, however Elesin is overtaken by the allure of earthly desires.
Murder On The Orient Express
Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. One murderer. A train full of suspects. An impossible case. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on-board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case before the train reaches its final destination?
The Girl On The Train
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ novel, this gripping new play will keep you guessing until the final moment.
Relaxed Concert: The Lark Ascending
The violin soars melodiously above the rest of the quartet in the gorgeous, pared-back arrangement of Vaughan Williams’s most popular work The Lark Ascending, which concludes this ‘Relaxed’ concert of music featuring English music for oboe and strings.
The Lark Ascending
The violin soars melodiously above the rest of the quartet in the gorgeous, pared-back arrangement of Vaughan Williams’s most popular work The Lark Ascending, which concludes this ‘Relaxed’ concert of music featuring English music for oboe and strings.
Driftwood
Two brothers on a beach need to figure out what to do with their dad - but the sea has other ideas. Mark and Tiny walk the shore of Seaton Carew in the North East. Their dad is dying, and their town is crumbling.
Viennese Masterworks: Brahms & More for Solo Piano
Tim Horton returns for the second instalment of his popular recital series exploring music from Vienna, a city famed for its history of classical music-making.
Ghost Stories
When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings – as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child – Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations.
Wrestleladswrestle
Wrestleladswrestle, a new live performance by acclaimed artist and choreographer Jenni Jackson, explosively combines theatre, dance, judo and pro-wrestling to transform the studio theatre into a battleground of joy and reclamation.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
In a brand-new production of this much-loved family favourite, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is bursting with unforgettable songs by the Sherman Brothers including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and of course the Academy Award-nominated title song, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Pig Heart Boy
Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is to be normal – have friends, go to school, and dive to the bottom of his local swimming pool. But he desperately needs a heart transplant and time is running out. When he’s finally offered a new heart, Cameron must choose how far he’ll go to get his life back.
A Streetcar Named Desire
In the sultry back streets of 1940s New Orleans, fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois seeks solace with her estranged sister Stella.
Ghost The Musical
Walking back to their apartment late one night, a tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and utterly lost. But with the help of a phony storefront psychic, Sam, trapped between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger…
Rock Of Age
Let Croft House Theatre Company’s electrifying production of Rock of Ages transport you back to the 1980s – complete with huge rock hits, epic guitar solos and even bigger hair!
Toxic
Toxic is the story of two queer people who, in their own words, ‘meet, fall in love and f*ck it up.’ Written in Nathaniel’s unmistakeable heart-breaking and hilarious style, the play is a rollercoaster ride through their tumultuous and passionate relationship as they struggle to tame the ghosts of their pasts.
Bangers
This 5 star Edinburgh smash hit is back to continue the party with an exhilarating night of original music, lyrical storytelling, and pure UK garage vibes. How do the bangers we grew up listening to, shape who we are today?
Brandenburg: Bach for Harpsichord & Strings
Ensemble 360 is joined by leading harpsichordist Steven Devine for this special evening of music by three members of the Bach family.
There's A Monster In Your Show
A group of performers are preparing to start their show, but quickly discover they are not alone on stage. Little Monster wants to be part of the fun too!
Stewart Lee Vs The Man-Wulf
In this brand new show, Lee shares his stage with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of the subconscious who hates humanity. The Man-Wulf lays down a ferocious comedy challenge to the culturally irrelevant and physically enfeebled Lee.
The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton
Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, Jarman, Howerd's End) presents his riveting, kinetic solo show portraying one of the great English writers of the inter-war years.
Bellini's The Capulets And Montagues
Bellini's The Capulets and the Montagues is a gritty re-working of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, where loyalty and love are put to the test amidst political violence, set to exquisite bel canto operatic music that brings the story’s tragedy to the fore.
Velma Celli: A Brief History of Drag
Join international, multi award-winning cabaret super-star Velma Celli for an evening of fabulous cabaret entertainment celebrating the most iconic drag moments in music, theatre, movies and popular culture.
Triple Bill: Everywhere
Fearless British African heritage theatre company tiata fahodzi have commissioned three writers to create stories on the theme of Everywhere - a timely look at what we are, and what we are becoming.
Dear Evan Hansen
Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in. The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn’t tell the whole truth. And now must give up on a life he never dreamt he’d have.
An Inspector Calls
When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman.
Northern Ballet's Jane Eyre
Swan Lake is arguably the world’s most popular ballet, and a timeless tale. Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette, Queen of the Swans, only to be tricked into betraying her by the wicked von Rothbart and his daughter Odile.
Bat Out Of Hell
Bat Out of Hell makes a triumphant return to the UK in 2025, with a thrilling spectacle of a show where the timeless music of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf reigns supreme! Get ready for an electrifying experience that will ignite your passion for rock 'n' roll.
Murder Trial Tonight 3 - The Doorstep Case
This unique theatrical experience brings true-crime stories to life. In the third season, a mother returns home in the early hours of the morning after a night out celebrating her birthday, only to find her daughter murdered on her doorstep
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was an immediate critical and commercial success. The book was inspired by Alcott’s experiences growing up and is one of the best loved novels of all time.
20 Years of Ensemble 360: Festival Launch
Schubert's rousing Octet (perhaps the piece most closely associated with Ensemble 360 over their two decades) showcases the range and breadth of the ensemble, with its jaunty, memorable tunes and high drama. It is coupled here with two works written especially for the group.
Intimate Letters
Janáček’s intricate second quartet – nicknamed ‘Intimate Letters’ – is skilfully interspersed with the Czech composer’s own writing, performed by an actor, in this specially scripted performance of the work for Ensemble 360 with actor.
Schumann & Ravel: Mother Goose
This afternoon concert begins with the ‘Mother Goose’ Suite. Ravel’s delightful, whimsical work sets fairytales to music, performed here in a chamber arrangement.
Goldberg: Bach at Breakfast
A breakfast concert of Bach’s hugely popular Goldberg Variations, at Samuel Worth Chapel. Intricate counterpoint and life-affirming spirituality are the hallmarks of this most intimate of works presented in a breath-taking, conversational arrangement for violin, viola and cello.
Goldberg: Bach at Dawn
As the day breaks and birdsong surrounds Samuel Worth Chapel, Bach’s hugely popular Goldberg Variations, will greet the dawn. Intricate counterpoint and life-affirming spirituality are the hallmarks of this most intimate of works presented in a breath-taking, conversational arrangement for violin, viola and cello.
The Nostalgic Utopian Future Distance
An electrifying and electrified evening of duets between soloists drawn from Ensemble 360, and tape or live electronics, all presented in multi-speaker, 360-degree surround-sound.
Battleship Potemkin
A technical masterpiece, and Soviet cinema at its finest, don't miss the screening of this influential and visionary piece of cinema with the original soundtrack performed live by Ensemble 360, to mark the film’s centenary year.
Appalachian Spring
Members of the celebrated Elias Quartet join forces with their friends and former colleagues in Ensemble 360 for this very special concert.
Relaxed Concert: Appalachian Spring
For this ‘Relaxed’ concert of American music featuring Barber’s much-loved Adagio and Copland’s joyful Appalachian Spring, doors will be left open, lights raised, a break-out space provided and there will be less emphasis on the audience being quiet during the performance.
The Night Overtook Us: An Evening of Scottish Folk Music
Donald Grant, Elias Quartet violinist, is also a master of the folk fiddle. Raised in the Highlands, Donald was immersed in Gaelic song and Scottish music from an early age.
& Juliet
Created by the Emmy-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asks, what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo?
Cycles & Circles
Jasdeep Singh Degun is one of the finest exponents of the sitar and one of the most exciting musicians working today. His many collaborations with players from both Indian and western classical traditions have earned him broad audiences and many prizes, including two prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society awards in 2024.
Brahms String Sextet
In a final chance to catch the members of the Elias Quartet in collaboration with Ensemble 360, this celebration of music for strings centres on Brahms’s spectacular Sextet.
Shostakovich, Mozart & More
With Ensemble 360 once again joined by members of the Elias String Quartet, this is an expansive programme of some of the most exciting writing for strings from the 20th century, interspersed with two very different, but equally glorious, works for piano and wind.
Celebrating Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Presented by Leah Broad, whose group biography of female composers Quartet (2023) won plaudits around the globe, this concert with conversation introduces us to the ground-breaking Avril Coleridge-Taylor and her world.
Sinfonietta Britten, Vaughan-Williams & More
This sumptuous exploration of an intricate musical family tree unpacks the influence of some of the 20th century’s greatest composers upon one another.
Close Up: Music For Curious Young Minds
A tour through the wondrous world of chamber music, specially created for young audiences. This concert combines some of the most well-known music ever written, alongside playful storytelling in Berio’s entertaining Opus Number Zoo.
Finale: Mozart, Beethoven & Elgar
In a nostalgic nod to Ensemble 360's beginnings, the group revisits the music from their very first concert in this 20th anniversary Festival Finale.
Goldberg: Piano at Dawn
Tim Horton performs his own spellbinding early morning concert, returning the Goldberg Variations to their original keyboard form. Once again ringing out among the dawn chorus, in the atmospheric hidden gem of Samuel Worth Chapel.
The Detective Dog
Tiny & Tall Productions accessible and imaginative adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s award winning book, The Detective Dog, features puppetry, song and magical scent technology, bringing the story alive on stage for audiences of all ages.
Peter James' Picture You Dead
Having recently been proclaimed as Her Majesty Queen Camilla’s favourite literary detective, Superintendent Roy Grace is back in a brand-new Peter James stage adaptation and world premiere of the bestselling Picture You Dead.
Calamity Jane
Meet the fearless, gun slingin' Calamity Jane – biggest mouth in Dakota territory and always up for a fight. She'll charm you hog-eyed though, especially when trying to win the heart of the dashing Lieutenant Gilmartin, or shooting insults at her best friend Wild Bill Hickock.
Dinosaur World Live
Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this roarsome interactive show for all the family!
Kinky Boots The Musical
After inheriting his family's failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Starring X-Factor winner Joe McElderry as the roof-raising Pharaoh, the smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat comes to the Lyceum!
The Elmer Adventure
Join three friends on a joyful jungle adventure in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the much-loved Elmer books by David McKee.
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
West End mega-hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, comes to the Lyceum as part of its first ever UK and Ireland tour.
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as the West End smash-hit production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes to the Lyceum.
