What's On

The Kite Runner

Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini. Adapted by Matthew Spangler

EUROPEAN PREMIERE. Kabul. Two motherless boys learn to crawl, walk and kite-fight side by side. But neither Hassan nor Amir can foresee a terrible incident that will rip their lives apart.
**** The Telegraph   **** Daily Mail   9/10 Liverpool ECHO

Melody Loses Her Mojo

Written and Directed by Keith Saha

Melody is in care and has been separated from her little sister Harmony. She’s got to keep hold of her toy monster Mojo to keep her on the straight and narrow.

Crime and Punishment

Based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in a new adaptation by Chris Hannan

One of the most extraordinary novels of all time, Crime and Punishment gets inside the mind of a starving, destitute student who commits a brutal double murder.

Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Dissent

Mark Thomas is well versed in the art of creative mayhem and over the years his troublemaking has changed laws, cost companies millions and annoyed those who most deserved to be. Now he returns to what he does best, mischief- joyously bad behaviour with a purpose.

The Snail and the Whale

Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Storytelling, live music and lots of laughs, in a show for children aged 4 and up.

Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures

Star of BBC’s Live at the Apollo, QI, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and HBO’s Family Tree, groundbreaking ventriloquist and BAFTA nominated filmmaker Nina Conti brings a thoughtful meditation on love, life and the edge of existence.

1984

A new adaptation created by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan

April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is watching him - and the door to Room 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye.

The Grand Gesture

By Deborah McAndrew

Northern Broadsides return with this brilliantly insane comedy about a man on the edge. Conrad Nelson directs a riotous evening of exquisite farce.

Aladdin

The legendary Rock 'n' Roll Panto

A great night out for all ages, this year’s Rock 'n' Roll panto promises music, mayhem and a sprinkling of water!
With Adam Keast & Francis Tucker.