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 Loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and the 1956 sci-fi classic film Forbidden Planet, the story starts with a spaceship, helmed by Captain Tempest, making an emergency landing on the uncharted planet D’Illyria. The only residents there are the mad scientist Doctor Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and their robot Ariel. They were banished into hyperspace when Miranda was just a baby, and she has known no other world than this.

Featuring rock ‘n’ roll hits of the 50s and 60s (Great Balls of Fire, The Monster Mash, Good Vibrations, to name just a few) and dialogue in iambic pentameter, Return to the Forbidden Planetis Shakespeare’s unwritten rock ‘n’ roll masterpiece. Throw in a roller-skating robot, unrequited love, and a scary space monster, and you’ve got one heck of a show!

A giant of a pantomime!

Full of family fun and frolics, fantastic costumes and stunning sets! Join Jack and a host of wonderful comedy characters as their lives are transformed by a handful of magic beans!

Colourful characters abound in this traditional panto. A magical beanstalk, a pantomime cow and a very  imposing Giant are just some of the variety of imaginary creatures you will find on this journey through ‘pantoland’.

Jack is a kind and thoughtful person who tries to help his ‘mum’ pay her rent by buying some magic beans. Unfortunately his mum was not impressed and threw them away. We all know the rest of the tale…………

Josh Baskin is twelve-years-old and hates being little, until one night at the carnival the mysterious Zoltar machine grants his wish to be big. Now trapped in an adult’s body and all alone in New York, he innocently tries to find his way around in a grown-up world where it’s all work and no play. But whilst everyone around him tries to act their age, Josh just can’t help being himself. Maybe he’s going to end up teaching the real adults a thing or two…

Big is a joyous musical spectacular that will enchant audiences of all ages as it brilliantly brings to life the magic of one of the best-loved movies of all time.

Setting off through the forest with his friend Frankie, he discovers the girl of his dreams locked in a tall tower. The only way he can reach her is to climb up her plait of long golden hair.

The evil witch Gothel, however, is determined that the path of true love will not run smoothly. She has been keeping Rapunzel captive, pretending to be her grandmother, and likes nothing more than to make Rapunzel cry, using her tears  to make a magic youth potion.  Will Gothel’s harebrained henchmen, Curly and Bob, help or hinder with her evil plans?

Meanwhile Dame Beatrix Bouffant, proprietor of the classy Pink Pompadour Hairdressing Palace, is unaware of the fate of princes and pretty girls, being too busy wondering how she is going to make ends meet, after failing to create the classy coiffure her customers desire.

Will Prince Frederick rescue his love from a life in the tower and will Rapunzel find out who her real mother is???

The weird and wonderful Addams come to life in an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare… Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. 

Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before — keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s normal boyfriend and his parents. 

Come meet the family. We'll leave the lights off for you.

Follow the legendary Robin Hood, as he battles the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, to free the land from tyranny. Robin is aided by his merry men (and women!): Friar Tuck, Little Joan, Alana Dale, Much et al. The evil Sheriff is hindered by his hilariously idiotic henchmen, Nickit and Scarper, and his malcontent Soothsayer, who fails miserably in her attempts to foretell the future in her crystal ball!

Both Robin and the Sheriff are distracted by the beauty of Maid Marian, whose nanny, Nora Tittle Tattle, adds another level of nonsense to this highly entertaining pantomime.

Robin’s force for good will surely win out in the end…?...oh yes it will…!

This all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza sees sisters Miss Babs and Miss Berta struggling to keep their antiques business open as shop after shop on the high street closes. Meanwhile, their devious sister Miss Bonnie plots to sell out to The Guilty Bean (the world’s second biggest chain of coffee shops!). With dark family secrets, life-changing acting and high-spirited musical numbers this is far more than Victoria Wood’s original, genius, TV sketches… Will the shop survive? Will Mr Clifford ever recover from his amnesia and remember who he’s engaged to? And, most worrying of all, will Mrs Overall be able to tap dance whilst holding a tray of macaroons?!?

Pirates, fairies and pantomime fun!