You might have seen him on Strictly come Dacing, Would I Lie to You, Have I Got News for You, The Royal Variety, QI, Blankety Blank, The Last Leg, and tons more as well.
He's been called an "overnight success" - even though he's been doing this for bloody yonks!

Chris McCausland is hitting the road again with another masterclass in stand-up comedy that has literally been yonks in the making - the last tour was a sell-out, so get your tickets now!

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket Prices: £26.50 (23 May), £33 (7 November), £38 (4 February 2026)
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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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.

Duration: 2 hours (TBC)
Venue: Cinema
Ticket prices: £19.50 (£17.50)
Ticket prices (Under 26s & Students): £10.50
Cast: Rosamund Pike
Recommended Age: Cert TBC, 15 'as live'
Accessible performances available
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Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee and Best Show nominee, Emmanuel?Sonubi is back on tour after sold-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, his European Tour, and his hit New York Soho Theatre run.
Emmanuel’s hilarious and heartfelt show explores his life after surviving heart failure, facing the cause of the trauma, and the strange and funny ways we all find to keep going when life gets hard. It’s about turning life’s toughest moments into comedy gold, finding the laughs in survival and the punchlines in perseverance.

One of the UK’s most in-demand comedians, Sonubi is a powerhouse on stage, delivering unstoppable energy, razor-sharp wit, and stories that hit hard as he can and still land even harder. Come and see for yourself… (and bring your glasses)

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Studio
Ticket prices: £21 / £19
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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To mark its 25th anniversary, BBC Radio 4’s legendary, multi-award-winning topical satire show takes to the road with a full UK tour for the first time.
Starring long-standing cast members Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, and Duncan Wisbey the show will take you on a trip through a quarter century of classic sketches & unrivalled impressions, alongside the razor-sharp topical humour which has become the series’ trademark.

Created by Bill Dare.

4 star review
Gorgeously Funny
The Times
4 star review
Thoroughly entertaining
Theatre Weekly
4 star review
Hilarious, clever and inventive
Broadway World

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sat 27 Sep 2025
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £35 / £33 / £31
This show may contain some strong language.
Please note, the 3pm performance was added after booking fees increased on Monday 2 June 2025 so the ticket price is higher than the original performance.
Recommended Age: 14+
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It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Travel back in time to the heart of the Acid House scene with the UK's biggest VR experience.

This ground-breaking experience was created for, and about, Coventry and is coming home bigger and better than ever!

Using technology to create a truly collective experience, groups of four people can share the same virtual space and interact together as rave culture pioneers.

The rave scene has always been about organic, energised communities creating shared experiences in physical and spiritual spaces. With the newest version of this virtual reality adventure, In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats honours that spirit and unifies us all in a new and transformative way.

Following the VR experience, there is a small exhibition containing archive and other audio-visual materials exploring the British Acid House scene to enjoy at your leisure.

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats was created by immersive artist Darren Emerson and produced by East City Films, with the original version funded by the BFI awarding National Lottery funding and Coventry City of Culture Trust. The tour is jointly supported by Arts Council England and BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund.  East City Films also received funding from Innovate UK, which is all about helping innovative ideas to flourish.

East City Films is creating 'experiences of the future'. Experiences that take audiences on incredible journeys to the past to reconnect with our shared history and humanity. Experiences that are leading the convergence of theatre, film, music, gaming and visual art to create epic adventures that audiences will never forget.

"Put your hands in the air for an euphoric experience"
The List
"I feel nostalgic for something I never actually knew"
The Guardian
"10/10, 5 stars, everything, absolutely phenomenal"
Mixmag

Duration: 1 hour
Date: Mon 29 Sep - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Venue: Mead Gallery
Tickets: £24.50 / Under 26: £16
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats is an experience designed for groups of 1-4 people. If you book fewer than 4 tickets, other visitors may join your group.
Please arrive 10 minutes before your time slot.
VR experiences may be unsuitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy or a history of seizures. They may also be unsuitable for those who are pregnant or wear pacemakers.
Recommended Age: 14+, Under 16s to be accompanied by an adult aged 18+
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The quest for a magical object, the ship for an impossible journey, the crew for a remarkable story…
The Argonauts and their search for the Golden Fleece has been one of the most enduring myths in history, told and retold for well over 2500 years. But what did the Greeks themselves make of this tale? Where did the fleece come from, how did you find it, who guarded it, and how could you steal it?

Join Natalie Haynes, star of Radio 4's Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics - now in its 11th series - to find out.

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Tue 30 Sep 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £24
Under 26: £18
Students: £10
Recommended Age: 14+
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Experience an unforgettable and intimate evening celebrating the legacy of John Lennon, brought to life by the internationally acclaimed Tyson Kelly as John Lennon.
Renowned for his striking portrayal of Lennon in Broadway’s Let It Be and in the UK & World’s #1 Beatles Tribute The Bootleg Beatles for seven years.

With over 15 years of dedication to the role, Kelly’s uncanny look and sound-a-like embodies Lennon’s voice, presence, and artistry with remarkable authenticity having the rare combination of the natural vocal timbre and vocal talent with the youthfulness and visual appearance of John Lennon - backed by a five-piece powerhouse band he presents an elegant journey through the brilliant music of Lennon (&McCartney), witness first-hand stories about Lennon’s catalogue all the way from Please Please Me to Double Fantasy with ten years of solo hits and a carefully selected collection of the undeniable B side favourites fans will love to hear.

A gifted musician with a longstanding background in drama and musical theatre, Kelly’s performance is deeply personal, shaped by a lifelong passion for The Beatles and a deep connection to Lennon and his songwriting. Talent is in the blood, hailing from a rich musical heritage his father, Tom Kelly, co-wrote iconic hits including, including Like a Virgin (Madonna), True Colors (Cyndi Lauper) amongst others.

This captivating production is a sophisticated homage to one of music’s most enduring icons, making it a must-see event for all John Lennon and discerning Beatles fans alike and lovers of timeless songwriting.

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £32
This event may contain strong language.
Recommended Age: 12+
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Curated and hosted by renowned saxophonist, broadcaster, and long-time collaborator Leo Green, the evening promises to be a masterclass in musical excellence.
Green, who has performed on seven of Van Morrison’s albums and toured with him around the globe, brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the music that will resonate with both lifelong fans and new listeners alike.

The project carries Sir Van Morrison’s personal endorsement, underscoring its authenticity and significance. Reflecting on this project, Sir Van shared: “These songs are meant to be sung and heard, and I am really happy that Leo is carrying the torch.”

Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £37/£33/£28
Recommended Age: 14+
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The virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner is back on tour!
Nina presents an unparalleled, unscripted brand new show that delves deep into who we are, hijacking faces to spark a bold, hysterical reality warp.

Nina Conti (and Monkey) has regularly sold out shows all over the world with her widely acclaimed performances: in London’s West End, off-Broadway in New York, at Sydney’s Opera House, across the UK on tour and more – all without moving her lips!

As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo and many more. Her clips, live show special and In Therapy web series, have amassed several million views online.

Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices:£39/£35.50/£30
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age:14+
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Les Egarés more than a record. It's play space, a locus of musical life, a poetic asylum inhabited by two twosomes who for years have excelled in the art of cross-fertilising sounds and transcending genres.
They are Ballaké Sissoko (kora) and Vincent Segal (cello) on the one hand and Vincent Peirani (accordion) and Émile Parisien (sax) on the other.

Duration:1 hour and 25 minutes (no interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices:£29/Student Saver £15/Under 26s £15
Recommended Age:7+
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New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised singer and trans-disciplinarian ganavya is an improviser, scholar, dancer and multi-instrumentalist.
Nilam, is ganavya’s much-anticipated second album on Nils Frahm’s LEITER label, released on 23 May 2025. It follows last year’s Daughter Of A Temple which was named Gilles Peterson’s BBC 6 Music Album of the Year and was also recognized as one of 2024’s Top 10 Best Global Albums by The Guardian.

On Nilam, ganavya's vocals, deeply personal and resonant, convey both stillness and movement, offering a quiet, tender expression of gratitude and connection.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval)
Date: Sun 5 Oct 2025 2pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £24.50 (£17)
Students: £17
Doors open at 1.30pm
Recommended Age: Suitable for all
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All household names, all Strictly favourites, all kings of the ballroom, and all re-uniting again in the Return of The Legends!
Brendan, James, Pasha, Vincent and Ian.

The boys return, following the incredible success of last year’s sold-out Legends of The Dancefloor tour, described by Strictly Head Judge, Shirley Ballas as ‘by far one of the funniest shows that I’ve ever seen in my life. A great evening out’!

Brendan Cole, James Jordan, Pasha Kovalev, Vincent Simone and Ian Waite, together with a supporting cast are back to create another evening of spectacular dancing, hilarious camaraderie, great music and a huge amount of laughter! They have all headlined their own solo tours but together they create what one journalist described as “a show that was nothing short of spectacular.”

All five thoroughly enjoyed their reunion last year and feel that they still have stories to tell, secrets to reveal and more dances to perform

Performing latin, ballroom, tango, rumba and so much more…our Legends are back with new routines and more hilarious strictly and life stories.

It is showbusiness at its very best!

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £58/£48/£45
Recommended Age:7+
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It’s 1985 - Wham are topping charts and everyone has enormous hair. The first ever mobile phone (the size of a brick) is on sale and scientists locate the site of the sunken Titanic.
Microsoft Windows is launched, and Bob Geldof persuades just about everyone to appear in the biggest line up we’ve ever seen to raise millions for Live Aid. Back to the Future is on our screens, the first episode of Eastenders is beamed into British homes, and what’s THAT coming over the hill? Why, it’s the sixteen-handed, all-singing, all-plucking Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, and they’re coming this way…

Four decades (and 400,000,000 plucks) later they’re still thrilling audiences with their off-beat humour and four-stringed virtuosity from Tasmania to the Arctic Circle, Windsor Castle to Carnegie Hall.

Formed as the antidote to mindless pop, egocentric rock, and the indulgent, bluster of the music business, what is the secret of their longevity? Perhaps it’s the menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe-tapping classics? Or the fact that there are no drums, pianos, backing tracks, guitars, or banjos, no pitch shifters or electronic trickery - just an astonishing revelation of the rich palette of orchestration afforded by ukuleles plus fulsome vocals.

Come and celebrate the 40th anniversary of this much-loved institution, on a white-knuckle shopping-trolley dash through every kind of musical genre. From ABBA to ZZ Top, Tchaikovsky to Nirvana, Bluegrass to Broadway with maybe a Spaghetti Western thrown in.

The Ukulele Orchestra proudly present their 40th Year Anniversary World Tour “with only hand luggage”; a witty, quirky, irreverent, awesome, foot-stomping obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment, all played on the "bonsai guitar”.

Catch them whilst you can.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth
Ticket prices: £33
Ticket prices (Under 26): £25
Recommended Age: Suitable for 5+
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The Persian Comedy Powerhouse performs his critically acclaimed new show NAMASTE where Omid peacefully bows to his inner anger and unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of this dangerously messed up planet.
No government gets a green card. No tyrant avoids a take down. No audience member leaves the theatre with an ounce of laughter left in them. You have been warned.

“So hysterically funny and at the same time so poignant and powerful that calling it stand-up barely does it justice.”

Michael Levin, Huffington Post.

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket Prices: £33
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+

Following her killer debut tour, Riawakening (Top Ten Best Stand-up Shows of 2024 - Telegraph), the wickedly funny Ria Lina realised she wasn’t just awake, she was ready to rebel.
Expect a relentless stream of hilarity as Ria explores the state of the world, the eternal battle of the sexes, and the delight of throwing life up in the air after years of following the rules.

Much loved in the industry, this multi-award winner commands the stage with a whirlwind of energy and leaves audiences breathless with laughter. Her extensive list of credits includes Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You?, Mock the Week, cohosting Pointless, Lovestruck High, Richard Osman’s House of Games, The Last Leg and Celebrity Mastermind.

“Fearless, provocative, and very funny” (The Scotsman), Ria Lina is a highly accomplished comedian, writer and actor. After a critically acclaimed stand-out debut on Mock The Week (BBC), Ria has quickly become a household name. A hugely admired act on the UK comedy circuit, this multi-award-winning artist commands respect from the moment she walks onstage and delivers with natural ease, energy and fierceness. Ria is the most prominent Filipina comedian in British stand-up. She has a BSc in Experimental Pathology, an MSc in Forensic Science and a PhD in Virology under her belt, so it’s not only Ria’s comedy that’s highly intelligent.

Little Wander present...

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Studio
Ticket Prices: £20 (£18)
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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The electrifying celebration of a timeless legend is back for 2025!
The hugely acclaimed singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pace and his incredible band are set to thrill audiences once more with the smash-hit award-winning show The Billy Joel Songbook after a sell out tour in 2024.

This exciting live show pays homage to one of the most iconic musicians, singer-songwriters and composers of the 20th Century, transporting the audience through a catalogue of Joel’s music. Elio and his band will perform more than 30 hits, including The Longest Time, She’s Always A Woman, An Innocent Man, Uptown Girl, Tell Her About It, The River of Dreams, We Didn’t Start The Fire and Piano Man.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket Prices: £31.50/£25.50
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Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Watching him perform is an opportunity to see a living legend at the top of his game.
Known as the "Godfather of Punk Poetry” and the original people’s poet, John’s cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion: from creating some of the most iconic poetry of the modern era, including the world's most popular wedding poem I Wanna Be Yours (recently celebrating over a billion streams in its incarnation as a hit record by the Arctic Monkeys) to sharing his life story through his 120K selling memoir of the same name and the recent release of his new best-selling poetry collection WHAT which is full of John’s much-loved sardonic wit and hilarious ponderings on modern life.

Doctor John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s. Captivating audiences with his unique poetry and delivery style, he clawed his way up from working men's' clubs and cabaret venues in his native Salford and Manchester, to become one of the most prolific figures in punk.

His sense of humour resounds throughout his career, and his latest live show is a mix of classic verse, new material, hilarious ponderings on modern life, good honest gags, riffs and chat. It’s a chance to see one of the world’s most important and entertaining spoken word artists at his bold and brilliant best.

Duration: 2 hours and 25 minutes (including special guests and interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £29.50/£27
Ticket prices (Under 26s): £21.50
Recommended Age: 14+, Under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult
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John Grant has had an illustrious musical career both as a member of his band The Czars and latterly as a critically acclaimed solo performer.
As well as releasing and touring his 2024 album, The Art Of The Lie, the past year has seen him duet with the brilliant CMAT and provide guest vocals on a track with Big Special. Meanwhile he is embarking on one of his most ambitious projects to date writing the music for, and starring in, the ballet production of A Single Man premiering at the Manchester International Festival and then London’s Opera House.

Whilst forging his own records, Grant’s adventures in mood and sound has featured numerous collaborators, including Sinead O’Connor, Tracey Thorne, Elbow, David Arnold, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams amongst others.

If Grant’s records are beautifully cut jewels, his star shines even brighter on stage. Typically backed by an empathic band of musicians, this endearing character’s deeply personal sagas trigger a rapturous response from his audiences.

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £44/£38/£34
Recommended Age: 14+ Under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult
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The Trailblazing Live Vocal Drag Sensation!
Direct from London’s West End and their Las Vegas debut, join the fearless and fabulous Queenz for an electrifying live vocal drag-stravaganza, where Dancing Queenz and Disco Dreams collide for the ultimate celebration of pop royalty through the decades.

Packed full of powerhouse talent and undeniable heart - Drag Me To The Disco is a dazzling spectacle that will have you singing, laughing, and even shedding a tear. With more sequins, surprises, and show-stopping vocals than ever before, Queenz are ready to drag you to the dance floor and serve up an unforgettable fusion of fun, glamour and Disco Divas!

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £33
Haze, flashing lights, and moderate language
Recommended Age: 14+
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After a barnstorming 2024 which saw Myra sell-out venues across the UK and Ireland with her critically acclaimed show ‘Be Well’, registered empath Myra Dubois returns to the stage with a brand-new show 'Cosmic Empath'.
The empath strikes back! Boldly caring where compassion has never cared before. An adventure giving you time (and space) to heal. When questioned on her upcoming tour, Ms DuBois stated:

“Most people would spend some time idling on the shores of some far off semi-private island after enduring the workload 2024 dumped on my plate, but not me! How could I desert my public, right as I need them most? I’ve consulted my own wellness guide, the very Reverend Dr Guru Malcolm, and he tells me that right now every star of the cosmos is looking at me with expectation. I don’t think my new show 'Cosmic Empath' shall let them down!”

Cosmic Empath sees Myra DuBois questioning where her great gift for compassion comes from. Her up-bringing? Her ancestors? The cosmos? Who can say?

All we know is that with Myra’s trademark killer wit and a singing voice that’s truly like no-one else’s, it’s going to be out of this world!

Directed by John-Luke Roberts

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £27
Recommended Age: 18+
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Culture Wars, The Environment, British Foreign Policy and Social Justice: these are just a few of the topics that Jack spectacularly fails to address (or even mention for that matter) in his brand new show.
Instead, for reasons known only to him, he doubles down on his fascination with the meaningless small things of life like Zoom protocol, what’s new in the world of radiators and the worst careers advice office in the world.

Join Jack as he guides you through his varied life and career with his customary charm and well known gift for talking absolute rubbish on any given subject.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £33
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: Strictly 14+
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Direct from her critically acclaimed, triple-extended New York, Chicago and London solo performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Akin to the original performances of Hamlet, Eddie will perform on the blank canvas of a bare stage, letting Shakespeare’s words and pure storytelling take the spotlight.

Nominated for New York’s: Drama League’s Distinguished Performance Award and Outer Critic’s Circle Outstanding Solo Performance Award.

Adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell.

Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £47/£35
Recommended Age: All ages welcome, but under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult
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Stand up sensation and social media star Kae Kurd returns with his highly anticipated brand new tour: What’s O’Kurd.
Co-host of the hit podcast Aint Got a Clue, voice of ITV’s Loaded in Paradise and star of Live at the Apollo (BBC), Mock the Week (BBC Two), Celebrity Masterchef (BBC One) and The Apprentice: You’re Fired (BBC Two).

As a hugely in-demand writer, his credits include Cunk & Other Humans (BBC Two), Have I Got News For You (BBC Two) and A League of Their Own (Sky One).

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue Studio
Ticket prices: £21
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+

Josh Widdicombe is back on tour, not again!
By now he has almost certainly mastered the art of stand-up, either that or he has wasted the last 15 years of his life.

Come along and decide for yourself. Expect it to be shorter and with lower production values than Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, but funnier and with more references to tea.

Josh co-hosts the hugely popular podcast Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett, which has somehow become so popular that they undertook a live arena tour in 2023 and released a book which topped the Sunday Times Bestseller Charts.

He’s co-hosted in over 30 series of the multi-award-winning Channel 4 series The Last Leg, is a team captain on Sky Max’s Rob Beckett’s Smart TV and co-hosts Sky’s Hold The Front Page. And he has an almost complete collection of Panini football sticker books.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £33
There's likely to be swearing and adult content. Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: Strictly 14+
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I’VE LOST MY BOBBLE HAT! A new Nick Cope family show for 2025!
Help Nick find his beloved bobble hat in this fun filled musical hour with all your favourite Nick Cope hits and more.

Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and stunning animations to sell-out crowds all over the country.

His fanatical following of little and not so little fans has grown immeasurably over the last couple of years due to the phenomenal success of the CBeebies show ‘Nick Cope’s Popcast’, now in its third series.

Nick has a magical way of reaching into people’s hearts, igniting children’s imagination in an organic, unpatronizing, educational and fun way.

With his charming songs and humour Nick engages, entertains, and enthrals all generations.

Nick’s live performances are legendary. If you haven’t heard his songs or seen his shows before, come along and find out what you’ve been missing.

Duration: 1 hour (no interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £18
Recommended Age: 3+
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Following critically acclaimed performances at Wilderness and Glastonbury Festival this summer, Björn Again announces a brand-new UK and Ireland tour for 2025.
The Internationally acclaimed Björn Again show was created and founded in 1988 in Melbourne, by Australian musician/manager Rod Stephen.

Since then, Björn Again has been hailed as the most successful tribute show of all time, and is the only ABBA show globally to have been endorsed by the original members of ABBA.

Designed as a tongue-in-cheek rocked-up light-hearted ABBA satire, the show rapidly achieved worldwide cult status with critical acclaim and was acknowledged for singlehandedly initiating the ABBA revival, which brought about ABBA Gold, Muriel’s wedding and Mamma Mia!

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £43/£38/£28/£23
Recommended Age: Under 16s to be accompanied by an adult
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Legendary Irish folk music band Dervish, are one of Ireland's best known traditional bands and are described by the BBC as an icon of Irish music.
Dervish received a prestigious lifetime achievement award from the BBC in 2019, a fitting tribute to the band after over 30 years of recording and performing all over the world, playing at festivals from Rio to Glastonbury.

Dervish have a line-up which includes some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians, fronted by one of the country’s best-known singers, Cathy Jordan. Regarded by many as the most distinctive voice and finest front-woman in Irish traditional music today - the instrumental line-up of fiddle, flute, bouzouki, mandola, bodhran and accordion draw from seemingly limitless depths of talent, finesse, subtlety and fiery energy. Exceptional musicianship, breath-taking vocals, vibrant sets of tunes and instantly compelling songs all come together to make Dervish as complete a band as are to be found anywhere in the tradition.

Dervish are regular visitors to the US, performing sell out shows from coast to coast. However, their fan base stretches across several continents, including Europe, Asia, and South America. They were the first Irish band to play the world’s biggest music festival, Rock in Rio, performing to an estimated 250,000 people. Over the years they’ve been on the same bill as artists such as James Brown, Neil Young, Sting and even Iron Maiden!

All six members of Dervish are steeped in the musical traditions of counties Sligo and Leitrim in north-west Ireland. It’s an area which matches Atlantic coastline with storied mountains and rural landscapes. It has inspired a host of musicians, artists and writers, including the Nobel Prize-winning poet W. B. Yeats.

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sun 19 Oct 2025 7:45pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £27
Under 26: £17
Students: £15
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Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore has written too many jokes again.

Expect a fast-paced whirlwind of punchlines from one of the greatest joke-writers of his generation. As seen on Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, Cats Does Countdown. As heard on The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, The News Quiz, Just A Minute, and his own Radio 4 series Glenn Moore's Almanac.

5 star review
'An absolutely brilliantly-crafted joy from start to finish'
Mail On Sunday

5 star review
'This is classy, gag-driven comedy at its most intense and funniest'
Chortle

Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sun 19 Oct 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £18.50
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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From the mother of an extraordinary family, comes an extraordinary book, where author Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason asks what it means - and how it feels - to grow up as a Black artist today.
When Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason’s eldest daughter, Isata, made her solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2023, she could not have been prouder. Watching years of hard work transform into a transcendent performance was profoundly moving, both as music-lover and parent. But the subsequent online abuse that Isata experienced brought into question how you prepare your child for the fact that no matter their talent, technique or dedication, they will be told they do not belong?

In this conversation, Kadiatu explores her family’s journey and what it’s like to come of age in these turbulent times, when Black artistic self-expression is so often met with abuse online – and offers a hopeful, powerful way through. As well as being an author and former lecturer, Kadiatu has won numerous accolades and awards including a Lifetime Award for Contribution to Children’s Arts at the 2018 J.M. Barrie Awards, She was also made an Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Academy of Music in 2022.

‘This exceptional book, written with a mother’s love for her seven creative children, sensitively offers profound and original insights and perspectives that enrich our culture. I feel so much wiser for reading it.’ Bernardine Evaristo

Part of a series of exciting events taking place throughout 2025 to celebrate the University of Warwick's landmark 60th Anniversary.

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: To Be Young, Gifted and Black is part of our Handle with Care! season.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval)
Date: Tue 21 Oct 2025 7:45pm
Venue: Studio
Accessible performances available
Tickets: £18.50 (£16.50)
Includes Q&A
Recommended Age: 16+

What do arseholes, America, apostrophes, and ageing all have in common? In Miriam Margolyes’ world, they’re the perfect material for wit, wisdom, and unfiltered stories.
Off the back of her sold-out 2024 tour and Edinburgh show, Miriam returns, this time spinning her A-Z wheel, diving headfirst into an eclectic alphabetised mix of life’s standout moments. Miriam will invite us deeper into her world, sharing new cherished memories and razor-sharp observations – and of course, a little bit of smut. Every letter reveals a new gem from her 84 extraordinary years.

Whether sharing daring declarations, behind-the-scenes antics, or the indignities of ageing, Miriam’s insights will touch your heart, provoke your thoughts, and leave you in stitches.

With her signature candour, unpredictability, and unvarnished truth, the irreplaceable Miriam Margolyes will deliver an experience as unique and extraordinary as she is.

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £63.50/£56.50/£48/£38.50/ Students £23
Accessibility: BSL Interpreted Performance - we have reserved seats with the best view of the BSL interpreter, please get in touch with the Box Office to book these tickets.
May contain strong language and share themes of an adult nature. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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Get up close and personal with Ocean Colour Scene’s Simon Fowler and Oscar Harrison.
Intimate acoustic performances of big hits, anthems, deep cuts and choice picks from the Ocean Colour Scene song book. “A real tonic - a great chance to look the audience in the eye and interact with them on a more personal basis than ever before”.

Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £34.50
Recommended Age: Suitable for All - Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+ years
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The man for all seasons. England’s greatest ever fast bowler. The Jimmy Anderson is returning to the stage in 2025 for an unrivalled evening of never-before stories from inside the changing room.
With 188 Tests and 700+ wickets to his name, Jimmy remains one of cricket’s most legendary figures - who’s certainly aged like a fine wine. Join him as he reflects on the soaring highs: from facing international greats such as Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar and winning the Ashes four times, to the tough lows of crushing defeats and the shock of being dropped. Jimmy will detail the highlights of this time, his final resurgence under Brendon McCullum, and ending his career with his 700th wicket, all alongside his teammates and lifelong friends on the England team.

Sharing the stage alongside Tailenders co-host and musician Felix White, the duo will also unpack some of their favourite cricketing moments in their usual alternative fashion.

Together they’ll bring sharp(ish) insights, humour and wit to untold stories, recounting their greatest (and most ridiculous) moments together. With the opportunity to ask your own questions, this is a night of cricket, camaraderie, and chaos you won’t want to miss.

VIP Meet & Greet Add On info. Limited number of Add-ons available at checkout stage. Includes photo & autograph opportunity with Jimmy Anderson, pre-show at 7pm.

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £53/£43/£38
VIP Package: £63
Recommended Age: 12+
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From the author of My Name is Leon comes an unforgettable story of found family and the love that steals into our lives… in spite of our best laid plans.
Join international bestselling author Kit De Waal as she talks to Jonathan Davidson about her new book, The Best of Everything.

Paulette’s the kind of woman who likes the future all mapped out: the wedding to Denton, the Caribbean honeymoon, the gingham quilt on the baby’s crib. But life has a way of surprising us and an unexpected encounter gives her Bird, her son, the best of everything is what gives Paulette’s life meaning.

So why is it another little boy, Nellie, who keeps Paulette awake at night? Nellie who is being raised a few streets away, with no sign of a mum. Surely Paulette is the last person who should be getting tangled up in any of that?

A tender celebration of kindness and its power to change lives, The Best of Everything is one of the most beautiful and uplifting novels you’ll read this year.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval)
Date: Fri 24 Oct 2025 7:45pm
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £16.50 (£14.50)
Recommended Age: 16+
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What can we learn from fungi? How might we work with them to adapt to the radical change of our times? What secrets lie beneath our feet?
Join renowned biologist and bestselling author Merlin Sheldrake for a mind-expanding journey into the extraordinary world of fungi.

Selecting jaw-dropping time-lapse sequences from Fungi: The Web of Life, the award-winning breath-taking IMAX documentary narrated by iconic composer and singer Björk, Merlin will guide us beyond the screen — exploring the science, drawing on his research and his award-winning book Entangled Life, he will share insights into how fungi shape our understanding of life on Earth.

Blending live discussion and audience-led exploration, this unique event features never-before-seen footage and ground-breaking new research, revealing the latest discoveries in the world of fungi...how they sustain life on Earth, change our minds, heal our bodies and help us avoid environmental disaster.

Expect a dynamic, immersive experience where science meets storytelling, ask Merlin your own probing questions and prepare to see life on Earth in a completely new way. Step into the mycelial web and discover the unseen!

“Thinking about fungi makes the world look different. These remarkable organisms have shaped life on Earth for over a billion years and continue to do so. There are so many ways that fungi can help us as we move forwards on this changing planet." Merlin Sheldrake

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices:£45/£39/£33/£30
Recommended Age: 14+
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He has outsold the likes of Beyonce in Ireland, performed for the Pope, sold out venues across the world; and is one of the most prolific touring artists in the UK. Now, as he releases his new album Music Man, Ireland’s top entertainer Nathan Carter has announced a brand new UK tour for 2024!
Born in Liverpool to Irish parents from County Down, Nathan Carter has released 13 studio albums and 6 live albums, with a sound that traverses pop, Irish folk, country music and timeless ballads.

With tracks such as Wagon Wheel and I Wanna Dance becoming huge hits, he is one of Ireland’s biggest artists, who has outsold One Direction, Pharrell Williams and Michael Bublé. He also became the first Irish country act to reach number 1 in the Irish charts in 2013 after Garth Brooks, six years before.

His new album Music Man features 11 tracks including the hugely successful single Dance With Everybody and the new song Dear Elizabeth.

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £36
Recommended Age: Suitable for all (under 14's to be accompanied by a responsible adult)
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Be prepared to visit distant galaxies, meet iconic superheroes and witness the magic of wizards, as Cory - the world's number one brass band, presents a musically mouth-watering line-up of John Williams' most thrilling film themes.
The programme will include music from Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and ET as they pay tribute to one of cinema's true greats.

Cory is proud to be ranked number one brass band in the world ten years running, winning many brass band competitions over the years and leading this traditional form of amateur music-making into a new era. The band won an unprecedented Grand Slam of the four ‘major’ tournaments in 2016, and also in 2019, but this time with the inclusion of the inaugural BrassPass.tv Band of the Year title.

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sun 26 Oct 2025 3pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £27
Under 26s: £20
Students: £15
Recommended Age: Suitable for all. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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The award-winning Indefinite Articles present their work for the very young: Claytime, a play with clay, where the audience are invited to participate.
Come to a place where the earth’s natural material meets with children’s imaginations: a world of fabulous forms, amazing animals and morphing monsters.

Each Claytime is totally unique - creating its own world, its own characters and its own stories drawn directly from its young audience. Truly, interactive theatre at its most engaging.

This show is made with and for 3 to 6 year olds.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Date: Sun 26 Oct 2025
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £15.50 (£13.50)
Show will be 55 minutes plus a 20 minute workshop after the show
Recommended Age: Ages 3-6. All children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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These pirates SO love underpants!
Based on the beloved book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Join our swashbuckling party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for the Captain’s Treasure chest!

Dodge hungry crocs beneath Long-John Bridge, bob upon the waves of Big Knickers Bay, spot sharks in fancy underpants and trek across Three Pants Ridge.

Filled with music, puppetry and glittering pants of gold, arrr you ready to set sail for a family adventure?

Duration: 1 hour
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £19.50/£17.50
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The Good, The Bad & The Rugby is a weekly podcast starring England legends James Haskell and Mike Tindall, alongside noted broadcaster Alex Payne, that debuted at No. 1 in the Apple charts before releasing its first episode.
Featuring some of the biggest names across rugby, as well as the wider sporting and pop-cultural realms, it has attracted a cult following due to its rare ability to draw in the core rugby fan while cutting through and engaging a wider audience too.

Such success is due to the show’s USP: the special connection between Alex (Good), James (Bad) and Mike (Rugby), as well as their guests. These relationships allow the guys to capture the personalities and characters of guests, inside and outside rugby, digging beneath the veneer to unearth real, raw stories. There is no defining an episode, no silly gimmicks; it’s an intoxicating cocktail of humour, sadness, anger. A rollercoaster of emotions slotted into an hour and a half.

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Wed 29 Oct 2025 8pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £49 / £41.50
VIP: £114 (includes Meet and Greet)
Recommended Age: 16+
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Are You Good? A question that I think is fundamental to our humanity.
In this show I will be helping you, the audience, find out if you really are thoroughly good or maybe quite evil, but in a fun way.

I always start out with the assumption that people are born good and then life happens. So, let’s pull back the curtain and see where your morals truly lie. Are you as virtuous as you think? With lots of audience participation (don’t worry, no one leaves unscathed) and a few silly songs we’ll have an entertaining evening and come out with our core values completely in tatters. Is it more important to be good or to be right?

It’s time to update what is a virtue and what is a sin. No biggie.

Yours truly,

Grayson Perry

Duration: 2 hours and 5 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £53/£43/£38/£33
This show may contain strong language.
Recommended Age: 18+
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Celebrating The Best of Toyah will see Toyah perform hits from across her career, treating audiences to her signature powerhouse vocals, infectious energy and commanding presence.
A pioneering figure in the UK’s new wave and post-punk movement, Toyah has made an indelible mark on the entertainment industry with her unique voice, electrifying stage presence, and artistic versatility.

Toyah’s groundbreaking career includes eight Top 40 singles, including It’s a Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want to Be Free, and 28 albums, such as the Gold-selling Anthem and 2021’s Top 30 album Posh Pop.

Her music, which blends theatricality with powerful rock energy, has earned her a devoted fan base and critical acclaim, with Toyah receiving four Brit Awards nominations including British Breakthrough Act and Best Female Solo Artist in 1982.

Toyah’s influence extends far beyond music, having starred in numerous TV, film and theatre productions, including Jubilee (1978), Quadrophenia (1979), and The Tempest (1979), and of course appearing on the most recent series of BBC Strictly Come Dancing.

Consistently selling out venues, Toyah is a must-see performer. Audiences will be treated to a vibrant performance delivered with her signature theatrical flair.

Date: Thu 30 Oct 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £102 / £40 / £35
VIP offer includes one of the best seats in the house, Hits Tour Exclusive Q&A, Signed Poster, Tote Bag, and Lanyard
Recommended Age: 14+
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Cirque - The Greatest Show has been Reimagined and is back for 2025—bigger, bolder, and more electrifying than ever!
Get ready for a dazzling fusion of musical theatre and jaw-dropping circus acts, taking the original Circus meets Musical Theatre spectacle to thrilling new heights.

Experience iconic West End showstoppers paired with awe-inspiring circus acts showcasing their breathtaking feats of agility.

This all-new production promises to transport you on a vibrant, kaleidoscopic journey bursting with colour, energy, and excitement.

Featuring stunning vocalists and world-class circus performers, this family-friendly extravaganza is a must-see for 2025!

Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £37/£33/£31
Concessions are available
Recommended Age: 6+
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Join Dr. Richard Shepherd, the UK's leading forensic pathologist, as he returns to the stage this Autumn with his captivating new tour, Unnatural Causes – Time of Death.
Following his successful 2021 and 2022 tours, Dr. Shepherd invites audiences into the world of forensic investigation, where time is crucial in uncovering the truth behind accidents, murders, and unexplained deaths.

With over 23,000 autopsies to his name, Dr. Shepherd’s career has seen him investigate some of the world’s most high-profile cases, from the Hungerford Massacre to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Unnatural Causes – Time of Death offers an insightful look into the vital role time plays in solving mysteries of life and death. This is not just a lecture on forensic science, but a deeply personal account of how a career spent in the darkest corners of humanity has shaped Dr. Shepherd’s view on life.

Don’t miss this unforgettable, deeply moving experience.

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £31.50
This event contains content that some may find disturbing.
Recommended Age: 14+ Under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Oh, it’s all there! All the trademarks are in evidence in Ardal’s latest show. Beautifully crafted stand-up comedy? Yes. Celebrated use of language? Tick. Lateral thinking, surreal flourishes, sharp observations? Of course. As for the occasional profundity? Maybe.
Despite his best attempts over many decades to put the world to rights, it is still a colossal mess. And so, Ardal has no choice but to go out on the road again.

Like the good comedy doctor he is, he fearlessly diagnoses the various pathologies and neuroses that are currently ravaging humanity. Disclaimer: No solutions provided.

After an alarming experience at the supermarket, Ardal reflects on who he is as a man and a comedian. He examines his own ethnic and religious background. And thinks twice about the very core of his identity as a voice of reason.

Is everything a big lie? With no major trauma of his own to draw on for material, apart from the drag of getting older, he also turns his gaze outwards at the joys and follies of contemporary life.

Towel Animals? A.I.? Chair Yoga? Cauliflower as a main course? Yes. Yes. Yes. And Yes. No current idiocy is left unexamined. With a highly developed sense of the ridiculous, and proper comedy bones, Not Himself, is a testament to the healing power of humour. And the joy of jokes.

Ardal is not only an acclaimed stand-up comedian who has performed world-wide. He will be familiar to many from his appearances in TV shows such as Taskmaster and Would I Lie To You?, leading roles in Death in Paradise, Father Ted and My Hero.

As well as cameos in Derry Girls, The Woman in the Wall, and Rosie Mallow Gives Up Everything. He will soon be seen in the feature film, Fran The Man, and the new Netflix series, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, as well as the CW drama, Sherlock and Daughter.

Duration: 2 hours (including support & interval)
Venue: Theatre
Show warnings: Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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After the success of her record-breaking tour The Prosecco Express, Joanne McNally returns with her hotly anticipated new stand-up show Pinotphile.
Hailed by Variety as One to Watch, McNally has been keeping herself busy by ruining men's lives (and her own) and now she's back; still single, still unfertilised, and laden with irreverent, ridiculous and hilarious war stories.

Join Joanne for a wild ride as she navigates situationships, revenge, frenemies and rejection in her 'Terrifyingly funny' (London Evening Standard) and 'Joyously nuts’ (Irish Examiner) trademark style.

With her last stand-up show crowned Ticketmaster IE’s Comedy Event of the Year, Pinotphile is destined for a similar future.

She's the co-host of award-winning podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me, and with riotous appearances on Taskmaster, The Jonathan Ross Show and The Big Fat Quiz of Everything, Joanne also hosts the hugely successful BBC Sounds series Joanne McNally Investigates: Who Replaced Avril Lavigne and Do Furbys Spy On Us?

Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including interval and support act)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £33
Recommended Age: 14+ Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+ years
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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.

Duration: 1 hour (no interval)
Date: Sun 2 Nov 2025
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £16.50 / £12.50 / £3.50
Recommended Age: Age guidance: Ideal for ages 5-12 but suitable for all the family.
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In this very special event, touching on grief and compassion, humour and love, we hear from Mina Smallman, an activist who has lived through the unimaginable.
On Saturday 6 June 2020, her daughters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, were killed in a park by a male stranger as they celebrated Bibaa's birthday.

Mina has been fighting for justice ever since - for her daughters, and for the rest of us, by challenging the toxic culture in the Metropolitan Police and calling out the wider institutional misogyny, racism and classism in Britain. In her memoir, A Better Tomorrow, she tells her story for the first time. Starting from her childhood in foster care and arriving at the present day, Mina looks back on her time as a schoolteacher, and then as the first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England, before sharing her experience of losing her two daughters, Bibaa and Nicole.

Mina talks to Doreen Foster, Warwick Arts Centre’s Director, her words a beacon of hope, which call for all of us to step up, collectively, and work together for a better future.

Part of a series of exciting events taking place throughout 2025 to celebrate the University of Warwick's landmark 60th Anniversary.

Mina Smallman: A Better Tomorrow, Life Lessons in Hope and Strength is part of our Handle with Care! season.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval)
Date: Tue 4 Nov 2025 7:30pm
Venue Theatre
Accessible performances available
Tickets: £20 (£18)
Includes Q&A
Recommended Age: 16+

Dara O'Briain is back with a brand new live show!
After the huge international success of his last tour, 'So, Where Were We?' which sold out 173 venues across 20 countries and was named UK Comedy Tour of the Year 2023 (Chortle), Dara's new show 'Re:Creation' sees one of Ireland's finest live comedians back doing his favourite thing: standing in a theatre, telling stories and creating madness with the audience.

It's guaranteed to be a very, very, funny night.

Duration: 2 hours and 10 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £33
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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One of the most exciting names to breakout in UK comedy, viral comedy star Josh James presents his highly anticipated debut tour Doin’ Alright.
Join Josh as he guides audiences through the life of an ‘Essex Man’, the uniqueness of English culture and trying to do well for himself.

As seen on The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, Big Brother's Late & Live (ITV), The Big Breakfast (Channel 4), Mo Gilligan’s Spotlight (Audible), Fighting Talk (Radio 5) and co-host of cult hit podcast The Josh James Show.

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Studio
Ticket prices: £19
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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A powerful reflection on race, racism and writing from the Orwell Prize-winning journalist, Gary Younge, an honorary graduate of the University of Warwick.
‘Responsible but not beholden; substantial as well as symbolic; sympathetic but not pandering; political but not proscriptive: there’s not an awful lot of wiggle room there, but it’s the space in which I feel I need to both operate and expand.’

In this event, we hear from one of the nation’s leading political voices, as he delivers his incisive, moving and personal essay live, exploring the ‘burden of representation’.

Gary Younge analyses the pressures exerted upon the relatively small group of people from underrepresented communities, who break through into elite spaces and the expectations that may come from above, below, within and outwith, from those with power and those without. These are issues that have framed, frustrated, inspired, and inflected his entire working life as a writer.

Younge offers reflections on how to navigate representation, power and responsibility while keeping your job, your sanity and your freedom both as a human being and as a writer.

Part of a series of exciting events taking place throughout 2025 to celebrate the University of Warwick's landmark 60th Anniversary.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval)
Date: Thu 6 Nov 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Accessible performances available
Tickets: £20 (£18)
Includes Q&A
Recommended Age: 16+

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of thrilling adventure on the big screen!
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is back with a brand-new line-up of captivating short films packed with extreme journeys, intriguing characters and stunning cinematography. Join the world's top outdoor filmmakers and adventurers as they climb, ski, paddle, run and ride through the wildest corners of the planet!

With exciting nightly prize giveaways and a theatre packed with adventure lovers, this is an unmissable event from the world's most prestigious mountain festival. Spark your passion for adventure, action and travel at the Banff Mountain Film Festival!

Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £19 (£17.50)
Recommended Age: 12+

Featuring stars of the West End show The Rat Pack, Live From Las Vegas, this stylish, fully-choreographed show has something for everyone.
Including all your favourites such as ‘Fly Me To The Moon’, ‘Mr Bojangles’ and ‘That’s Amore’, not to mention the songs you simply cannot help singing along to, such as ‘New York, New York’ and “My Way’. Truly emulating the ‘Kings of Cool’, The Rat Pack, Swingin’ at the Sands, will bring flair and class that only Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr could.

So take 3 outstanding singers, add perfectly timed comedy, rousing camaraderie with a pinch of the greatest songs ever written and what do you get? The perfect night’s entertainment with The Rat Pack , Swingin’ at the Sands.

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £38/£33/£28
Recommended Age: Suitable for all - Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+ years
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Keeping the Faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the Nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits.
Expect to hear:

Dobie Gray - “Out On The Floor”, R Dean Taylor - “There’s A Ghost In My House”, Frank Wilson - “Do I love You - Indeed I Do”, Gloria Jones - “Tainted Love”, Al Wilson - “The Snake”, Yvonne Baker - “You Didn’t Say A Word”, Jimmy Radcliffe - “Long After Tonight Is Over”, Garnet Mimms - “Looking For You”, Dean Parrish - “I’m On My Way” and many, many more.

Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £29
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Gareth Malone – the man who got the nation singing – returns to stages across the UK this autumn with Sing-Along-A-Gareth: 50 Years of Song.
After decades spent inspiring choirs in schools, workplaces and communities, Gareth now invites audiences to join him in a live, immersive celebration of the music that’s shaped his life – and been the soundtrack to so many of ours.

Backed by his stellar live band and singers, Gareth, with his signature infectious energy and joy for music, will lead the audience through a setlist of iconic songs from the ‘60s to today. Full of uplifting pop hits, anthems we all know by heart, and a few personal surprises, Sing-Along-A-Gareth: 50 Years of Song is more than just a concert, it’s a shared experience. And just when you think there couldn’t be room for any more hit the show will culminate in a super-medley of increasing intensity and joy which has everyone dancing in the aisles.

Date: Sun 9 Nov 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £36.50
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A story of oppression and resilience.
Bad Lads tells the gripping and devastating true story of the boys held at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre in County Durham in the 1980s— sold to the public as a "short, sharp shock" for wayward youth, the reality hid something much darker.

The system has failed these working-class men. At a time when the cry for accountability is louder than ever, Bad Lads demands remembrance and calls for justice.

A Graeae production in association with Live Theatre. A new play by Mike Kenny, created from the testimonies of the Medomsley boys. Directed by Jenny Sealey.

Date: Tue 11 - Wed 12 Nov 2025
Venue: Studio
Accessible performances available
Tickets: £20 (£18)
Under 26s: £15
All performances will be audio described, creatively captioned and presented in a relaxed environment.
Recommended Age: 16+
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Helen is back and is struggling. She has spent the last year being forced to hang out with someone she doesn’t like and who honestly does not like her. It’s tense, it’s uncomfortable, they won’t leave.
A brand new show from award-winning comedian Helen Bauer. Star of Live at the Apollo (BBC2), 8 Out Of 10 Cats (C4), Am I Being Unreasonable (BBC One) and Extraordinary (Disney+). She also co-hosts the extremely popular and award-winning podcast Trusty Hogs.

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £17.50
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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They have two series of their own Channel 4 TV show, an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they’re tuning up their instruments once more to tour the country: it’s the Horne Section’s Hit Show!
"Britain's Funniest Band" (The Guardian) have made appearances on The Last Leg (Channel 4), Peter Crouch’s Year- Late Euros (BBC One), they are Dictionary Corner regulars on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the only band to ever host Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Separately, members of The Horne Section have performed with recording artists including Robbie Williams, Madness, Florence and the Machine, Amy Winehouse, George Ezra, Basement Jaxx, Disclosure and Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds.

Unruly, ridiculous, and surprisingly satisfying, the six-headed comedy band includes five outstanding musicians and one non-musical stand-up. There’ll be comedy, songs, enthusiastic dancing, and a lot of mucking about. A brand-new show from the hugely talented band and Alex Horne, the creator and co-host of the BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning Taskmaster.

Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £30.50
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 12+
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Griff Rhys Jones is back on the road with the second tour of his much-anticipated brand-new stand-up show, following a hugely successful run last year.
Join Griff as he shares more funny observations and comic stories.

The show always varies as Griff rambles on the developing national permacrisis. Age. Family. Fraud. Nostalgia. The TikTok generation. Crocodile smuggling and noodling in Australia. Travel, dogs, hotels, drink and midnight trains. He takes questions from the audience and lets rip as his associations wander.

The Cat's Pyjamas follows Griff's last hugely successful international tour, All Over The Place, which saw him play to capacity crowds across the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Away from the stage, Griff is best known for his countless TV appearances, including as the star of ten series of Smith & Jones and one quarter of the ground-breaking Not The Nine O'Clock News, whilst his multiple documentary series have been critically acclaimed ratings hits.

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Thu 13 Nov 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £30
Students: £10
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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A full band show featuring the Nosferatu album in full, Stranglers choice cuts and solo delicacies.
Golden Brown, Strange Little Girl, Always The Sun, Peaches, No More Heroes, Nice & Sleazy...sound familiar ? All big hits, all great songs, all written and sung by Hugh Cornwell, the songwriter behind The Stranglers.

When future historians of music draw up a list of the movers and shakers who changed the modern musical landscape, there will be no doubt that Hugh Cornwell’s name will be prominent amongst them. As a pioneering musician, songwriter, and performer his pervasive influence persists in the record collections of music aficionados, across this spinning globe’s radio waves and on stages around the world. Hugh’s presence is unquestionable.

As leader of The Stranglers, Hugh was the main songwriter of all the band’s most memorable songs across ten stellar albums. After their 1977 debut Rattus Norvegicus, follow up albums No More Heroes, Black and White, The Raven and The Gospel According to The MenInBlack consolidated Cornwell’s stature as a unique songwriter and musician. His lyrics to Golden Brown, from the La Folie album, and their multiple meanings, is a songwriting masterclass.

The Courettes is an explosive Wall of Sound group from Denmark and Brazil. With Flavia Couri on vocals and guitar and Martin on loud drums, together they are the perfect blend of Wall of Sound, Girl Group Heartbreaks, Motown and R&B. Imagine The Ronettes meeting The Ramones at a wild party at the Hitsville echo chamber. The new album The Soul Of The Fabulous Courettes is out on legendary Damaged Goods Records, London and Rough Trade, London.

Duration: 3 hours and 10 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £34.50
Recommended Age: Suitable for all. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Celebrating the early 2025 release of her new album, “Hallelujah on Desolation Row,” acclaimed singer and writer Barb Jungr, “Our greatest interpreter of Dylan’s songs,” brings her award winning interpretations and challenging new arrangements to this all-new collection of Dylan and Cohen’s iconic songs.
“Barb Jungr interprets Dylan and Cohen’s work with a ferocity and truthfulness that demolishes every cover version you’ve ever heard” - The New York Times

Having curated the first ever UK festival of Bob Dylan -- Visions of Dylan, at Farnham Maltings -- Barb now embarks on an album release and series of shows celebrating two of the most legendary contemporary songwriters of the western world.

One of the most extraordinary British performers of her generation, Barb Jungr’s formidable talent as a singer, composer and lyricist is only outshone by her ability to reinterpret familiar songs and reveal new depths of meaning and beauty. Internationally acclaimed, Jungr continues to evolve her signature style while her transcendent artistry both live and recorded continues to delight audiences.

“The brilliant jazz singer on world-beating form. Barb Jungr proves she's a genuine jazz marvel... A true musical alchemist” - The Telegraph

Working with her longstanding pianist and collaborator Simon Wallace, and a double bass, Barb will include her groundbreaking arrangements of two of the most important songwriters of this and last century. Songs include Hallelujah, Desolation Row, Tonight Will Be Fine, Tower of Song, Mississippi, and more.

"Bob Dylan, jazz, northern soul, Nina Simone and continental Europe’s cabaret music perform a subtle dance in Jungr’s consciousness” - The Guardian.

In 2014, Barb followed her award-winning, internationally acclaimed collection of Dylan songs, “Every Grain Of Sand,” with “Hard Rain”, laying herself bare to Dylan’s and Cohen’s political and philosophical songs. “Hard Rain” gained a plethora of 4- and 5-star reviews for its uncompromising and powerful renditions. Bob Dylan’s manager called it “some heavy music.” Praise indeed. She performed this repertoire in a 3-week, sold-out, rave reviewed run at New York's 59E59 Theatre. Jungr’s dedication to reinventing Dylan’s and Cohen’s repertoire has contributed to her formidable reputation as perhaps the best performer of their songs in the world.

Please note, this event has been rescheduled from Saturday 26 April 2025.

Venue: Studio
Ticket prices: £23
Recommended Age:16+
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Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so smart and astute that you couldn’t wait for the world to wake up so you could tell them?
THIS SHOW IS THAT THOUGHT.

In that it doesn’t make much sense and is a bit weird on reflection.

Sara Pascoe is a comedian and her children don’t sleep and her kitchen won’t clean itself and her husband “doesn’t want to be in it”.

As seen and heard on Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, The Great British Sewing Bee, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Mock the Week and co-host of Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club podcast.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £29
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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It’s hard to be good all the time. A good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good friend, a good person.
To be ambitious but not ruthless; a success but not a sell-out. A gentle parent but not a pushover. To be smashing life and make it look easy.

The juggle. Suzi is exhausted and she hasn't even started. This is a stand-up show and a support group! The Juggle is a brand new tour from confessional multi-award winning comedian Suzi Ruffell.

Suzi has appeared on Live at the Apollo, The Jonathan Ross Show, The Last Leg and QI. Suzi co-hosts smash-hit podcasts Big Kick Energy with Maisie Adam and Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen, as well as having her own podcast, OUT with Suzi Ruffell. She even finds time to host on Virgin Radio. Suzi's debut book, Am I Having Fun Now? is released in June 2025.

Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £21
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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Level 42 are delighted to announce that they will embark upon The World Machine Anniversary Tour in 2025, which will visit 28 UK venues.
All of the shows will feature Special Guests Roachford. The tour will celebrate this landmark – and indeed breakthrough – album for Level 42, and the band will also, of course, be breaking out many of their classic era-defining hits.

‘World Machine’ was the album that changed everything for Level 42, and set them on the path to true super-stardom. Released in 1985, it was a hit both here and in the States, and has now been certified double Platinum. It was on this album, the band’s sixth, that arguably they nailed down the sound and the style that made them one of the biggest groups in the world. On this album they refined the funky pop fusion that had grown from their jazz roots - and had already brought them serious success - and truly made it their own. ‘World Machine’ features the singles ‘Something About You’ (the band's only American top 10 hit) and ‘Leaving Me Now’, and it showed the band’s progression in style and confidence that would lead to their massive ‘Running In The Family’ album the following year.

Mark King said, “I am so excited to be able to announce The ‘World Machine’ 40th Anniversary Tour for 2025. As our amazing fans will know, ‘World Machine’ marked a turning point in the band’s career, not least in the international success the album gave us. So, I am looking forward to seeing you all out there next Autumn when we can romp through all those songs again together. Love to all, Mark X”

Four decades on from the release of ‘World Machine’, Level 42 are still in demand the world over. This UK tour celebrates a great album, but is also an opportunity simply to witness one of the most popular and enduring British bands doing what they do best.

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £43/£39
Recommended Age: 14+, Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+ years. Under 14's not permitted.
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Professor David Olusoga OBE speaks to Kwame Kwei-Armah, Chair of Warwick Arts Centre’s Advisory Board in an event exploring Black British History, as we look back at 60 years since the UK's first Race Relations Act.
Where do we find ourselves, as a nation, socially, culturally and politically, in 2025? How far have we come and how far do we still have to go?

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and a columnist for The Observer. He writes also for The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine.

Part of a series of exciting events taking place throughout 2025 to celebrate the University of Warwick's landmark 60th Anniversary.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (with no interval)
Date: Mon 17 Nov 2025 8pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £26 (£23)
Recommended Age: 16+
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Direct from the West End, Queen Of The Night – A Tribute to Whitney Houston returns with its 10th anniversary tour, celebrating the music and life of one of the greatest singers of all time with sensational vocalists and a full live band.
Prepare to be blown away by an extraordinary journey through three decades of all-time hits such as I Wanna Dance With Somebody, I’m Every Woman, I Will Always Love You, So Emotional, and many more.

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £38/£34/£30/£23/£13
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Yes! Bobby Beckles is back on tour. Smashing the life out of the M25, M1, M5 and any other road that’s in my way. From Bromley to Brisbane, my new show Giraffe is going worldwide.
Expectations on me: put on 3 stone from takeaways and post-show drinking.

Expectations of you: leave the gig happier than when you arrived.

My wife thinks it’s going to be tough for me to be away from the family and don’t get me wrong, I do love my children/podcast content providers… but I also enjoy a lie-in and a hotel buffet breakfast. I think I’ll cope.

What else is there to do? Sit next to your partner on the sofa scrolling TikTok in silence again? You did that the last three nights. See you there!

Host of Sky’s Rob Beckett’s Smart TV and Rob & Romesh Vs. He’s also the unmistakable voice of Channel 4’s Celebs Go Dating and the smash-hit podcast Parenting Hell.

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £33
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared. Likely to be swearing and adult content.
Recommended Age: 14+
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In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show.
From drama school, (mostly drinking cider and eating sausage rolls), sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything, to being the first woman to win the Perrier Award, becoming a mother, author, grumpy old woman, podcaster and nana!

Still gigging to sell-out crowds forty years later, Jenny invites you to look back at what she can remember before she forgets everything. Warning, punk poetry, animal impressions and baritone nursery rhyme singing may feature.

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Date: Fri 21 Nov 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £27
May contain strong language and sexual references
Recommended Age: 14+
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Renowned Iraqi queen Glamrou, and renowned Iraqi queen, Glamrou's mother, fight for the spotlight with their competing narratives of what really happened.
Come get lost in this drag hall of mirrors, where one queen’s truth is another queen’s fiction.

Featuring live music, live comedy and live delusion, the Muslim drag sensation is here to activate your Freudian wounds. With a stiletto.

Date: Fri 21 Nov 2025 7:45pm
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £20
Recommended Age: 16+
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A brand-new tour of the joys of the English language with Britain’s best-loved wordsmith.
Following on from her hit show ‘The Secret Life of Words’, Susie Dent is back with a brand-new collection of facts and stories from the wonderful world of words. Have you ever wondered whether there’s a word for going to the fridge for the umpteenth time in search of something new? Or puzzled over the reason why a group of crows is called a ‘murder’, while owls form a ‘parliament’? Is teen slang actually designed to make us tear our hair out? And just how many words do we need for being drunk?

With the help of funny, insightful, and head-scratching examples, Susie will entertain and educate us with her pick of language’s greatest hits. Word Perfect will remind us just how unpredictable, wayward, and utterly magical our mother tongue can be.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £32
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Serenity is back! This is yet another relaxing and enjoyable evening of classical music thrill, artfully delivered by Ben Baldwin-Anyasodo and friends.
Featuring operatic arias, art songs and musicals, this event is a sublime indulgence that promises to leave you with a real positive buzz

Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Helen Martin Studio
Ticket prices: £16

What began in 1995 as a ground-breaking union of musicians and instruments, has continued as a unique musical offering through one live album, four studio albums and countless outstanding performances.
A new recording is due for release in early 2025. After 30 years Flook show no sign of letting-up in their brilliance, their dynamism, or their inventive flair.

The band early on evolved an inimitable trademark sound and hold fast to their rightful reputation as exceptional musical innovators. The whistles and flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly weaving and spinning tunes rooted in tradition over precise acoustic grooves, with a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold, adventurous musical imagination.

There is an ever present abundance of individual virtuosity amongst Flook’s four members, but there is also something wholly unique when this iconic Anglo-Irish band step on stage together. Their playing always an intuitive, almost symbiotic, exchange between the various flutes, whistles, frets and skins.

An evening and a celebration you don’t want to miss out on.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Ticket prices: £24
Recommended Age: Suitable for all - Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+ years
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With their charisma, style and harmony The Stylistics evolved into one of the best-selling Phili groups ever. Don’t miss this brilliant show packed with back to back hits and more!
The Stylistics recorded a remarkable 10 straight top ten hits during the early 1970s including the Grammy nominated hit ‘YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW’ plus ‘CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING (BUT MY LOVE)’, ‘I’M STONE IN LOVE WITH YOU’ ‘LET’S PUT IT ALL TOGETHER’ ‘SING BABY SING’ ‘ROCKIN ROLL BABY’ & more.

Their latest album ‘Falling In Love With My Girl’ features legendary artists including Ronnie Wood, Gene Simmons & Steve Lukather and their new single ‘Yes I Will’ is performed along with Shania Twain.

“We love returning to the UK and can’t wait to perform all our hits, bringing back great memories and having a great evening with you all” …..The Stylistics

Duration; 2 hours and 10 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £40/£37
Recommended Age: Suitable for all but under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award nominated smash hit show, The Tiger Who Came to Tea returns.
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!

Join the tea-guzzling tiger in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos. Don’t miss this stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem... expect to be surprised!

A musical play adapted and directed by David Wood
Based on the book by Judith Kerr

Duration: 55 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £20.50/£17.50/£13
Recommended Age: 3+
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In celebration of performing together for over 30 years across the world, Fisherman’s Friends are proud to announce their new UK tour dates for 2025 and 2026.
Having sold out every venue on their last tour, including the Royal Albert Hall, the band look forward to performing old songs and new across the UK’s most prestigious venues.

Over the last year they've reached over 100,000 followers on Facebook. They have two feature films to their name, grossing more than $15 million at the UK box office. Both of which are now featured on terrestrial and digital television.

Not to mention top ten album releases, a musical inspired by their story, a BBC Folk Award, a best-selling book, TV documentary and prestigious performances from The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations to Hyde Park Proms in the Park, the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury and 80,000 rugby fans at Twickenham... and even a performance on Strictly Come Dancing.

In January they released their 5th album ‘All Aboard’ on Island Records a relationship that has lasted for 15 years, home of Bob Marley, Amy Winehouse, as well as folk legends Fairport Convention and Cat Stevens.

This summer their song ‘Brave Volunteers’ a collaboration with Seth Lakeman, part of Radio 2’s ‘21st Century Folk’ was playlisted at Radio 2.

All the above and more has been achieved while holding down their day jobs.

The Fisherman's Friends are lobster fisherman Jeremy Brown, author and shopkeeper Jon Cleave, smallholder and engineer John ‘Lefty’ Lethbridge, builder John McDonnell (a Yorkshireman who visited Port Isaac more than 30 years ago and never left), Padstow fisherman Jason Nicholas, filmmaker Toby Lobb, electrician Simon Biddick and two very talented musicians Marcus Bonfanti and Simon Johnson.

Through rough seas and calm, the band have remained exactly what they always were when they first got together to learn a few sea shanties in somebodies living room – fishermen and their friends.

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £40/£31.50
Recommended Age: 14+
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An accomplished guitarist, producer and equally prolific film maker, Jesse Cook has evolved his talents to create experiences that delight audiences both in concert, and online.
He composed his first album, Tempest, over 25 years ago. Jesse could not imagine that such a humble recording, in which he played all of the instruments, would spark into such a musical legacy.

To date there has been thousands of concerts performed around the world, over 2 million albums sold, 5 PBS specials filmed, more than 25 million views on YouTube and over 400 million streams of his songs.

His eleventh studio album Libre was chosen as the 2021 Album of the Year by JazzTrax.

Jesse and his extraordinary band are looking forward to returning to the road, bringing The Libre Tour and their unique brand of rhythm and rhumba to audiences across North America and beyond.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Studio
Ticket prices: £29.50
Ticket prices (Students): £7.50
All ages welcome but under 14’s to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Long before the tradition of carolling, festive revellers would go house-to-house, exchanging songs for money, food and ale.
Coming from the old English waes hael, ‘wassail’ is a toast wishing good health.

This Christmas, Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden combine their considerable talents and reputations within the UK folk scene for a nationwide wassail, wishing good health to all.

Presenting seasonal material amongst a stage of illuminated Christmas trees, they will take audiences back to some of the oldest songs in the English canon, spreading good cheer and lighting up the darkest days of the year.

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Date: Mon 1 - Tue 2 Dec 2025
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £28
Recommended Age: Suitable for all. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Whirlwind, FitBit-breaking comedian, presenter, actor and author Russell Kane is out on the road again.
He's setting it on fire with his unique recipe of sharp wit and “storming physical comedy” (Mail on Sunday).

The brand-new tour for 2024 and 2025 comes with a safety warning: wear strong underwear - pants will be spoiled. Russell is high-energy, high-octane, and hyper-active!

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £33
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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A brand new stand-up show from Angela Barnes, star of Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo.
Angela is a worrier. Whatever it is, she’ll worry about it. But don’t let that worry you – she’ll worry enough for the both of you.

This hilarious show has some stories of success and sound logic, but mostly features stories of unmitigated failure, a distinct lack of wisdom, a little bit of German and loads of jokes.

Award winning comedian Angela’s last tour Hot Mess received critical acclaim and was filmed as a special available on ITVX. Angela has also appeared on Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, BBC’s House of Games and is a regular guest on Radio 4's The News Quiz. Angela also co-hosts the popular comedy history podcast We Are History.

'She's just a gloriously down-to-earth, straight talking and extremely funny comic'
The Guardian

Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sat 6 Dec 2025 7:45pm
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £19
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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The country’s best comedians are coming to Warwick Arts Centre for a spectacular all-star festive show!
Catch a huge show headlined by Taskmaster champion, Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and “the new king of alternative comedy” Sam Campbell.

Joining Sam is a dazzling line-up featuring BAFTA nominee Lucy Beaumont, Plebs and Friday Night Dinner star Tom Rosenthal, superstar in the making Sharon Wanjohi, and podcast hero and all-round vibe magnet John Robins as host.

"Campbell is a comic genius"
Herald Sun

Date: Thu 11 Dec 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £31
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+ Under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult
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A feast of festive favourites as BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night settles down to enjoy the movies that make Christmas - and the music that makes the movies!
It’s the best bit of Christmas: getting comfy on the sofa and relaxing with a classic film. And tonight, because a Christmas movie is nothing without a magical soundtrack, Katie Derham and the fabulous BBC Concert Orchestra present a special Yuletide edition of the BBC’s ever-popular radio show Friday Night is Music Night – live and larger than life!

It's a stocking full of music from the best-loved seasonal pictures of all time – a mouthwatering selection box of melodies from timeless classics like Scrooge, Miracle on 34th Street and White Christmas to modern family favourites like Love Actually and The Polar Express. No pesky adverts, no boring repeats: just good cheer, great tunes and glorious surround-sound festive spirit!

Duration: TBC
Date: Fri 12 Dec 2025 7:30pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £45.50 (£44.50) - £23.50 (£22.50)
Under 26s / Students: £18.50
Recommended Age: Suitable for all. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Embark on a dazzling journey into a festive wonderland as Strictly’s one and only Anton Du Beke brightens up your Christmas with his show - Christmas with Anton Du Beke!
The Ballroom King and Strictly Come Dancing judge joins forces with his dynamic live band, the incomparable vocalist Lance Ellington, and a troupe of extraordinary dancers, to bring you a magical evening of music, dance and laughter.

Prepare to be enchanted by the charismatic Anton who will deliver a spellbinding performance of his most cherished Christmas songs and captivating dances.

Get into the festive spirit and book your tickets to a fab-u-lous Christmas with Anton!

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £64/£62/£54/£44/£39 (restricted view)
Recommended Age: 8+ (Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+ years)
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Warwick Classics Society presents Aeschylus’ Oresteia (Libation Bearers and Eumenides), a stand-alone play continuing from 2025’s spectacular Agamemnon.
Orestes is told by Apollo there is only one way to avenge his father’s murder- to kill his mother in turn. If he doesn’t, he will be haunted by his father’s enraged spirits. Conflict abounds, and the decision reached leaves the royal house of Argos collapsing. Furies and gods flood the stage, as these plays extend from a family affair to one of cosmic importance. Clear-cut lines between living and dead, human and god, Olympian and chthonic dissolve as the play and its protagonist descends into madness.
Whether you’re familiar with Greek theatre and myth, or have no prior knowledge, The Oresteia will be an electrifying play that shows the boldness and experimental imagination of Greek dramatist Aeschylus.
Ticket prices are subsidised courtesy of the Department of Classics and Ancient History.

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes (including interval)
Date: Thu 29 - Fri 30 Jan 2026
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £9
Pre-show talk from 6.30pm
This event contains reference to murder (matricide), implied cannibalism, familial abuse, slavery and sex references, and also contains on-stage blood and stage-weapons. The performance may include flashing lights, loud sounds, and audience interaction.
Recommended Age: Age guidance 12+. All under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+

As Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, ‘Master of one-liners’ Mark Simmons had a groundbreaking 200+ date sell out debut tour lasting two years, spanning the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
WINNER Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024

Mark is back on tour in 2026 with Jest To Impress, a brand new show packed with even more expertly crafted one-liners, alongside his trademark off-the-cuff jokes based on random audience suggestions.

Mark is enjoying further success with his podcast, Jokes With Mark Simmons, where he invites a fellow comic, such as Gary Delaney, Sarah Millican, Milton Jones, and Penn & Teller to discuss jokes that they’ve written but for whatever reason couldn’t get to work.

Recipient of Victoria Wood Panel Prize Fringe 2023

UK Comics’ Comic 2022 – Best Act

RUNNER UP DAVE’s Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe 2022

Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £24
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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WiFi Wars is a live comedy game show where you all play along!
Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes!

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UKTV's hit comedy/gaming show Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer!

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sun 1 Feb 2026 2pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £18.50
This show includes flashing lights (no strobes) and haze.
Recommended Age: Age guidance 6+. All under 18s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+.

Developing artists is in our DNA. This season, we're seed funding new Midlands-based work exploring the theme of care.
Join us on Thursday 5 February for a scratch night featuring three work-in-progress pieces by local artists/companies selected via open call: Propel Dance, poet Sipho Eric Ndlovu, and deaf theatre director Mary-Jayne Russell de Clifford.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes (including intervals)
Date: Thu 5 Feb 2026 7:45pm
Venue: Helen Martin Studio
Tickets: £5.50
Recommended Age: 8+. All under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+.

Celebrating over 50 years since the formation of the legendary West Coast Country Rock band The Eagles in 1971, The Illegal Eagles make a welcome return.
This brand new production promises more of their trademark musical prowess, acute attention to detail and incredible showmanship.

This critically acclaimed show features the very best from the Eagles’ catalogue of classics including Hotel California, Desperado, Take It Easy, New Kid In Town, Life In The Fast Lane and many more…

Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)
Date: Thu 5 Feb 2026 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £43
Recommended Age: All ages welcome but under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult.

There comes a day when you look around and wonder “is the world a raging bin fire, or is it perimenopause?” The answer, my friend, is “yes”.
Authentic, curious, and gleefully irascible, storyteller and comedian Desiree Burch leads a madcap voyage through the Middle Ages - AKA the mid-life crisis, and its mandatory metamorphosis – in her new stand-up show.

Desiree brings both childlike wonder and crone-like wit to the experiences of losing sleep, relevance, knee cartilage, oestrogen, youth, and illusions in a laugh-packed show that celebrates the fury and freedom found when you’ve accepted that time has ruined your plans, but roll up your sleeves to fight it anyway.

Desiree Burch is an American comedian who has appeared across the UK’s biggest comedy shows, including Taskmaster, The Mash Report, Live At The Apollo, Travelman, The Last Leg, QI, and more. She’s also the wisecracking narrator of Netflix's iconic guilty pleasure Too Hot to Handle.

4 star review
"Near-perfect example of comedic storytelling"
The Evening Standard
5 star review
"Spectacular as it gets without costumes, props and fireworks"
Fest Mag
5 star review
"That Desiree Burch can have audiences of all demographics howling over something many would struggle to define is testament to rare comic chops"
The Age (Australia)

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Fri 13 Feb 2026 7:45pm
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £20
Students: £10
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 18+
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Brace yourselves for BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates’ revolutionary, high-tech, highly-explosive new show, packed with outrageous science stunts.
On the surface it’s a riot of disgusting experiments built to delight young audiences, but under the bonnet, it’s a brilliantly-constructed curriculum-driven adventure designed to inspire Britain’s kids with a lasting fascination for science.

Expect enormous bottoms, f*rt machines, snot cocktails, vast whoopee cushions, pee-powered fireworks and ear-wax-oozing mannequins.

Stef is the high-octane presenter of 20 TV series (five for CBBC) and award-winning author of 12 books (including Rude Science). He’s internationally renowned for his world-class science stage shows.

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes (including interval)
Date: Tue 17 Feb 2026
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £20.50 / £18.50
Each performance is followed by a meet & greet.
This show is not suitable for those with latex allergies. It also contains loud bangs, audience participation and stage fog.
Recommended Age: 6+. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Following overwhelming demand (mainly from his wife Rosie who is desperate to get him out of the house), Chris Ramsey will be back on the road in 2026 with a brand-new stand-up show.
Here Man is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Chris’ last sell-out stand-up tour ‘2020’ which saw him perform to over 100,000 people nationwide (albeit thanks to Covid, not in the year intended and with a slightly regrettable tour title!).

As seen on The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show, Strictly Come Dancing, and Taskmaster, presenting Children in Need, and co-hosting his weekly mega-hit marital podcast Shagged.Married.Annoyed, alongside (long-suffering) wife Rosie Ramsey, don’t miss Chris as he brings his trademark stand-up to a venue near you.

Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Venue:
Ticket prices: £33
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s beloved Tales from Acorn Wood stories are brought to life on stage for the first time in an enchanting lift-the-flap experience.
Poor old Fox has lost his socks! Are they in the kitchen or inside the clock? And Rat-a-tat-tat! Who’s that keeping tired Rabbit awake? You can also join in with Pig and Hen’s game of hide-and-seek and discover the special surprise Postman Bear is planning for his friends.

Packed full of toe-tapping songs, puppetry, and all the friends from Acorn Wood, this beautiful show from the team that brought you Dear Zoo Live and Dear Santa promises to be the perfect treat for children of all ages.

Duration: 55 minutes (no interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £18.50/£16.50
Recommended Age: Suitable for all
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Following critically acclaimed seasons in London and Edinburgh, Paul Merton and Suki Webster, two of the UK’s leading improvisers, present an evening of wonderfully unscripted cutting-edge comedy.
Expect a show full of fast, fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laugh out loud surrealism as these two masters of Comedy Improvisation join forces with their very special guests to create cascades of laughter and joyful silliness.

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £30
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+

The Best of Tubular Bells I, II & III, which celebrates the brilliance of these iconic and seminal musical pieces, will tour across the UK throughout February and March 2026.
This 26 date UK tour will feature an expansive live group, led and arranged by Mike Oldfield’s long-term collaborator Robin Smith, which will see extended sections of each iconic Tubular Bells album performed, as well as worldwide hit single Moonlight Shadow.

One of the most pioneering and influential musicians of all time, Oldfield’s visionary Tubular Bells series spans three albums and 17 years, with Tubular Bells created in 1971 and released in 1973, Tubular Bells II released in 1992, (the filming of the premier from Edinburgh Castle is one of the most viewed and streamed musical events ever) and Tubular Bells III released in 1998, (with the excerpt of Far above the Clouds featured in the 2012 London Olympic Opening Ceremony). With each album, Oldfield expands on the incredible themes and theatrical variations he first composed at 17 years old, continually innovating and pushing boundaries.

‘Hearing the timeless music performed with such passion and love brought tears to the eye as the audience rode on waves of Oldfield’s magic. For fans of live music this was pure joy and, for fans of Oldfield, this was perfection.’
Lancashire Evening Post
‘The whole show was huge fun, every musician was entertaining in their own way, all were massively talented and we left with enormous smiles on out faces, safe in the knowledge that we’d watched something very special indeed.’
Birmingham Live

Date: Sun 22 Feb 2026 8pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £64.50 / £49.50 / £39.50 / £29.50
Please note, Mike Oldfield does not appear at this event.
The show may contain moving lights but no strobe lightening during the production.
Recommended Age: 8+
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From the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall in the North East of England, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening reach out to the wider world, connecting threads of music, landscape and people over almost 2000 years.
Named after the old Northumbrian word for twilight, The Darkening is: Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle, vocals), Amy Thatcher (accordion, clogs, synth, vocals), Tim Bloomer (guitar), Joe Truswell (drums), and Stef Conner (vocals, lyres).

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Wed 25 Feb 2026 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £27
Recommended Age: All ages welcome but under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Horror author Nick Steen is having visions… A sinister Black Steeple; eerie lights in the sky that look like a Catherine wheel but are not remotely a Catherine wheel… Plus a giant skeleton with a moustache. Are they omens? Auguries? Portenderings of things to come? (Spoiler - yes, they are).
For Nick Steen’s imagination is bursting out of his brain and threatening to burst in turn the entirety of Stalkford.

Can Nick stop the aforesaid bursting? Or have things already slightly burst regardless? And will there ultimately be a grand finale to this three-book series (aka a trilogy) or a more open-ended conclusion in order to leave potential room for further sequels? (That, btw, will ultimately be Garth’s decision.)

From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction’s Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi, author of Sunday Times-Bestselling Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome and Garth Marenghi’s Incarcerat, come three freshly rancid tales of…

…THIS BURSTED EARTH…*

Hardback copies of This Bursted Earth will be available for purchase on the day. Be warned: signings are strictly time-limited. You’ll get no more than one minute with the world’s greatest Frighternerman, Darkscribe, Doomsage (plus Man-Shee) before you’re moved on and/or manhandled.

Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £22
The show is based on a fictional character - content may include sexism, xenophobia, extreme paranoia, or other themes which may be distressing to audience members. Come prepared!
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Following three sell-out shows, Chloe Petts (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) returns with a brand-new tour, and she's delving where she's never delved before: this is a show about sex.
The problem is that she blushes every time she says that word.

Expect routines about Page 3, lad culture and most importantly, big, fat naturals

5 star review
“hilarious... this is certainly comedy that packs a punch.”
The i

4 star review
“one of our most compelling young comics”
The Guardian

4 star review
“it’s a hoot watching her”
Time Out

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sun 1 Mar 2026 7:45pm
Venue: Studio
Tickets: £20.50
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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You may know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, Just A Minute Sue, or the Sue that gives you travel envy - but stand-up Sue is full of surprises.
In this brand-new show, she shares the unlikely happenings from a career in the spotlight.

What’s the fallout when your pituitary gland goes haywire on live TV? How do you convince the public you didn’t really fall onto that hoover attachment? And when intimate photos get splashed all over the internet, how do you switch the shame to dignity and joy?

In her first live show in over a decade, Sue delivers a hilarious treatise on stigma, humiliation, and misunderstanding.

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £32.50
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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1 in 6 adults in the UK will lose their hearing in their lifetime; two of those are Ray Bradshaw’s parents.
The multi award winning comedian is back on tour with a brand-new show all about growing up as a CODA; A Child of Deaf Adults. His upbringing was nothing like the Oscar winning film and he’s here to tell you why.

CODA is a funny, heartwarming show all about the brilliant things that happen when you grow up in a house where sign language is the first language used; whether it’s watching his dad shut his eyes to win any argument or beating his in-laws easily when they suggested playing charades against a deaf family on Christmas Day.

Ray’s previous shows Deaf Com One and Doppelginger were huge successes and sold-out theatres across the world. As this show is all about growing up with deaf parents every show of CODA will have a BSL interpreter. Ray has previously supported John Bishop on his UK arena tour after John described him as ‘one of the best comedians in the country’.

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Fri 20 Mar 2026 7:45pm
Venue: Studio
Accessible performances available
Tickets: £21 (£18)
BSL Interpreted Performance - we have reserved seats with the best view of the BSL interpreter. Please get in touch with the Box Office to book these tickets.
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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Star of Friday Night Dinner (C4) and Plebs (ITV), this is Tom’s much awaited return to stand-up following his critically-acclaimed 2019 show, Manhood.
Arctic Monkeys' album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, hit the shelves in January 2006. Tracks like I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor and When the Sun Goes Down became anthems, showcasing Alex Turner's sharp lyrics and observational storytelling.

Tom Rosenthal's show, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am, comes to Warwick Arts Centre in 2026. Jokes like 'Wimbledon', 'Daniel Radcliffe' and 'Some Weather We're Having' have the potential to become classics, showcasing Rosenthal's sharp nose and observational squawking.

Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Studio
Ticket prices: £21
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+ Under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult
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As a society we love stuff, it’s a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis.
We’re now struggling to balance these worlds, to focus on the things that bring us real connections and nourish the soul. Award-winning Comedian and Award-winning Product Designer, Scott Bennett is desperately trying to cleanse his life of stuff, but is this even possible anymore?

As heard on BBC Radio 4!

Tour support for Mickey Flanagan, Rob Brydon Jason Manford, and John Bishop. The star of Live at the Apollo, The News Quiz, The Now Show, The Ultimate Choice and Chortle Best Club Comedian Nominee 2022.

Duration: 2 hours and 10 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £23
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+
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Performing all the biggest hits from Boyzone and Westlife.
Boyband supergroup Boyzlife, comprising Boyzone’s Keith Duffy and Westlife’s Brian McFadden, celebrate the iconic hits from both defining 90s/00s groups, who sold a combined 55 million records and have 21+ #1 singles between them.
During the show, the duo nostalgically revisit their boyband legacies as they perform a mixture of hits from both of their individual supergroups, including from Boyzone: I Love The Way You Love Me, All That I Need, No Matter What and from Westlife: My Love, I Lay My Love On You and Uptown Girl.
With decades of chart-toppers, this is an unmissable night of nostalgia and hit pop perfection.

Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £153(VIP)/£45/£40/£34
Recommended Age: 14+ (under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult)
VIP Package:
Meet Brian and Keith before the show
Opportunity to have your photo taken with them using your own camera or smartphone
VIP lanyard
Signed tour poster
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Mammal Hands formed in Norwich in 2012 and quickly gained a reputation for their hypnotic fusion of jazz and electronica.
They signed to Gondwana Records in 2013 and have released five critically acclaimed albums since, the most recent being Gift from the Trees in 2023. Their unique sound has received glowing recommendations from tastemakers Tom Ravenscroft, Bonobo, Jamie Cullum and Gilles Peterson.

Their intense and mesmerising live performances have forged a strong reputation as a live band and have enabled them to tour the world extensively, performing in Japan, China, USA, Thailand and all across Europe.

Landmark live performances have included shows at The Barbican London, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Montreux Jazz Festival, Köln Philharmonie, La Cigale Paris, Montreal Jazz Festival, Athens Technopolis and Unit Tokyo.

With a broad array of influences, Mammal Hands take inspiration from jazz, Contemporary classical, electronica, folk and minimalism to create their own inimitable style that has captured the imagination of a loyal following across the globe. They are currently working on their 6th studio album and continuing to play live shows across the globe.

Line-up:
Jordan Smart – Saxophone
Nick Smart – Piano
Rob Turner – Drums

Date: Thu 30 Apr 2026 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £26
Students / Under 26: £18
Recommended Age: All ages welcome but under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult.

The Drifters are back on tour in the UK performing all their classic hits including Saturday Night at the Movies, You’re More Than A Number , Come on Over to My Place, Under the Boardwalk, Kissin’ In The Back Row and many more!
Performed by a legendary group formed under the guidance of Tina Treadwell (daughter of original founders, George & Faye Treadwell).

The band have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, performed for the President of the United States and listed among the Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine.

Under the guidance of Tina, The Drifters have enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in recent years with multiple successful UK tours including headline shows in major arenas and, most notably, the world famous Royal Albert Hall in London for the first ever time in the group’s glittering career.

“I am thrilled with the success of our recent UK tours and we invite you all to join us in continuing to celebrate this incredible and everlasting story of The Drifters” said Tina, speaking about the tour.

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (including interval)
Date: Fri 1 May 2026 8pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £36.50
Students: £25.50
Recommended Age: All ages welcome but under 16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult.

With over 4.5 million social media followers and countless TV appearances under his belt, Pete Firman is the UK's top comic magician.
Join him for an evening of 'Tricks & Giggles', as Pete brings his trademark blend of magic and comedy from the small screen to stages around the UK with this brand-new show. Expect impossible feats, sleight of hand and big laughs from one of magic's most exciting performers!

As seen on Amazon's Good Omens, ITV1's Tonight at the London Palladium and The Next Great Magician, BBC1's The John Bishop Show and The Sarah Millican Television Programme. He's probably also popped up on your social media feeds with his mind-boggling and regularly viral magic videos.

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Need to know
Ticket prices: £22
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 11+
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Jen Brister is Reactive - or so she's been told. Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you.
Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been told she needs to chill the hell out. Can Jen find her zen? It seems unlikely to be honest…

Jen is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian and writer, as seen on BBC's Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, QI and Mock The Week. Following a sold out 2022 tour, Jen is back on the road with her highly anticipated new show.

Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including interval)
Venue: Theatre
Ticket prices: £27
Ticket prices (Students): £7.50
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 18+
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Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation’s favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’, Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond!
In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy to gather solutions from the all-knowing, all-seeing Afterlife.

But who should it be?

Of course, there’s only one man for the job – Clinton Baptiste.

Receiving the audiences’ queries and earthbound dilemmas, Clinton will then reach out to spirits for answers.

Fear not. He will probe sensitively.

Spiritual connection. Mystical congress….

……Spectral Intercourse.

Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £32.50
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 14+
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Judi Love is back with a brand-new show packed with hilarious home truths about the hustle of juggling motherhood, work, and everyday life.
Known for her honesty and humour, Judi offers fresh insights into navigating a world full of surprises, struggles and transformations with a big heart. But let’s be real… adulting is no joke!

As a social worker, a mother, and now a national treasure, two things have always remained constant in Judi’s life: humour really is a life saver and it’s all about the Love.

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)
Date: Sat 23 May 2026 8pm
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Tickets: £34
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared
Recommended Age: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
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Leading political comedian Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) finds positivity in life despite all the evidence to the contrary in politics and his own health.

"The most topically incisive impersonator on the block... It's laugh-a-minute stuff, underpinned by the kind of wisdom and natural resilience our leaders could learn from"
Daily Telegraph - 5 Stars

"Flying the flag for satire... a meaty hour of impressions, gags and reflections... so much to admire here"
Mail On Sunday - 5 Stars

Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)
Date: Thu 4 Jun 2026 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £28
Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.
Recommended Age: 16+

Join Peter Bleksley, a founding member of Scotland Yard’s undercover unit and former star of Channel 4’s Hunted, as he lifts the lid on the most dangerous and hidden aspects of murder investigations.
From the gritty realities of infiltrating criminal gangs to his own terrifying experience of becoming the target of a murder plot, Peter shares the untold stories of the most high-stakes cases.

For over a decade, Peter worked undercover, posing as everything from drug dealers to contract killers. His double life gave him access to the darkest corners of humanity, uncovering secrets that would save lives - but at the cost of his own safety. Forced into witness protection by an FBI-uncovered assassination plot, his career as a detective came to an abrupt end, leaving him with chilling memories of murderers and the justice system that hunts them.

Prepare for an unforgettable evening of true crime as Peter Bleksley reveals the harrowing reality behind solving murders and battling the criminal underworld. This is crime-fighting as you’ve never seen it before.

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes (including interval)
Date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 7:30pm
Venue: Theatre
Tickets: £33.50
Recommended Age: 18+

Strictly Come Dancing star Nadiya Bychkova and the platinum-selling vocal harmony group The Overtones have announced they will star together in a brand new show for 2025 called Jukebox Idols.
From the producers of the West End smash hit Rip It Up 60s, Jukebox Idols will feature non-stop hits from the jukebox idols of the past and present, brought to life with show-stopping dance routines.

Nadiya and The Overtones will be joined throughout the tour by a stellar supporting cast of dancers as they swing, bop, jive and rock ‘n’ roll their way through a kaleidoscopic array of pop music’s greatest moments, featuring classic hits from the likes of Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Bee Gees, The Backstreet Boys, Take That and Bruno Mars, amongst many others.

Looking ahead to the tour, Nadiya said, "This is going to be amazing! I am so excited to be touring Jukebox Idols next summer with The Overtones. They are the best vocal harmony group in the UK and it’s going to be wonderful sharing the stage with them. The entire cast is at the top of their game so the show is going to be a perfect fusion of song and dance. We can’t wait for you to see it."

The Overtones added, "The Jukebox Idols tour is truly something special, and we're thrilled to be part of it! This feel-good music and dance spectacular blends the best of two worlds, delivering a fresh, high-energy spin on timeless entertainment that’s perfect for everyone. Sharing the stage every night with the incredible five-time world champion, Nadiya, alongside some of the UK’s most exceptional dancers is, to excuse the pun, 'strictly' an honour. This isn’t just a show – it’s an electrifying experience that takes entertainment to the next level.

“We’re bringing our all to this, and we know our fans are going to love every second of it. So, get ready for an unforgettable night – we can’t wait to see you there!"

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)
Venue: Butterworth Hall
Ticket prices: £45 / £41.50 / £38 / £28
Meet & Greet Package: £63
The Meet and Greet Pass is the best way to make your Jukebox Idols experience something you’ll never forget! Get up close and personal with the stars of the show.
The Meet & Greet Pass experience takes place before the show and includes:
A Limited-edition Meet and Greet VIP lanyard
A one-on-one photo* opportunity with Nadiya and The Overtones *Photo to be taken with individual’s own phone.
Complimentary Tote bag and programme
Please note this package is NOT valid without a ticket for the show.
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