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Productions for December 2012

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Chicago 2012
26 November - 1 December 2012
Theatre Royal

Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with Cell Block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.

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Thirsty
27 November - 1 December 2012
Drum Theatre

Multi-award winning company The Paper Birds present their critically acclaimed, sell-out show Thirsty.

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Radio Times The Musical
3 - 8 December 2012
Theatre Royal

Gary Wilmot (Chicago, Me and My Girl) and Olivier Award winner Sara Crowe (Private Lives, Four Weddings and a Funeral) lead a cast of fifteen actor-musicians from the acclaimed Tony and Olivier Award winning Watermill Theatre in this gloriously funny musical comedy.

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The Hare and the Tortoise
4 December 2012 - 19 January 2013
Drum Theatre

Following the sell-out success of last year's The Elves and the Shoemaker, Stuff & Nonsense return this Christmas with their unswerving energy and inventive charm to retell the classic Aesop fable, The Hare and the Tortoise.

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Barbershopera The Three Musketeers 2012
5 - 23 December 2012
Drum Theatre

Barbershopera are back. And this time they have swords. Reinventing Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure story with some fresh four-part harmonies, the three guys and a girl sing you through the epic adventure of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Blackadder meets Gilbert & Sullivan.

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Dick Whittington 2012
14 December 2012 - 19 January 2013
Theatre Royal

The ultimate pantomime Dame, Christopher Biggins, returns to the Theatre Royal pantomime by popular demand, joined by the foxy TV-star Basil Brush.