Theatre and Comedy

Due to phenomenal demand, Take That fans favourite The Band will be returning to Sheffield’s Lyceum this week.

Get ready to do the time warp with Joanne Clifton, Ben Adams and Stephen Webb in a new tour of The Rocky Horror Show.

Comedian Rhod Gilbert’s latest tour The Book of John will be coming to Derby Arena on May 19.

Nostalgia classic Fame The Musical will be showing audiences at Sheffield’s Lyceum how to fly this week.

Audiences are invited to dress up Fifties-style for Hathersage Players’ latest presentation, The Thrill of Love.

The time-travelling magicians Morgan & West are back on the road with their brand new magic show for kids (and of course any childish grown-ups who happen to be there).

Good Companions Stage Society will return to the stage for a production of the sparkling musical Guy And Dolls next month.

Marde Hen Productions will be performing their latest show, Donor, from November 8-10, at Belper’s Strutts Centre.

A new production at the Crucible Theatre of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays is a delight, writes Alan Payne.

Academy Award nominee and TONY and Olivier award winner Ian McKellen stars in King Lear which will be beamed live to Derbyshire cinemas from London’s West End.

Theatre can open us up to deep emotions in a way few other mediums manage, and this Hasland Theatre Company production of Falling brilliantly illustrates the point, writes Roger Green.

Former Manchester City, Wrexham and Northern Ireland midfielder Jim Whitley has exchanged his football boots for tap shoes in comedy musical Crooners.

A spooky thriller has launched the Summer Play Season in Chesterfield.

Theatre fans have a triple treat in store as Chesterfield Pomegranate Theatre hosts its Summer Play Season.

Gaslight, Relatively Speaking and Jamaica Inn will be staged in a summer play season in Chesterfield.

Nothing is predictable about Javaad Alipoor’s award-winning show The Believers Are But Brothers, writes Alan Payne.

A summer festival of fresh and thrilling theatre returns to Derbyshire this month.

Production chiefs have been inundated with requests from young people wishing to audition for this year’s festive offering at Derby Theatre.

The regional premiere of a play by Caryl Churchill continues a long association between the celebrated playwright and Sheffield Theatres.