Forget Boris Karloff’s 1930s Frankenstein Monster or any inkling of Christopher Lee. Don’t imagine those stitches on […]
Derby Theatre
Writer Rona Munro discusses her new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic Gothic novel, Frankenstein, playing at Derby Theatre […]
It’s a tale we all know well, but Derby Theatre has triumphantly infused Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with […]
Derby Theatre is staging a revival of Sarah Brigham’s hugely popular 2014 production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas […]
Agatha Christie and Margaret Rutherford, two of our greatest and most celebrated national treasures, should never have been […]
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated […]
I have just checked my past posts on this site and it seems it was just short of […]
The award-winning One Man Two Guvnors isn’t an easy play to produce. The deliberate chaos has a frenetic […]
Present Company will be staging Grand Hotel – The musical, at Buxton Opera House from Thursday August 22 […]
Star of Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo Stewart Francis is bringing his last stand-up show […]
Departure Lounge is a summer festival of fresh and thrilling contemporary theatre with a bumper line-up of innovative […]
The main house production for the autumn at Derby Theatre is Richard Bean’s smash-hit comedy, One Man, Two […]
The wealth of amateur theatre talent in Derby, and surrounding towns and villages, will be celebrated once again […]
Derbyshire based Ava Hunt Theatre, brings to the stage a new musical using the true story of internationally […]
For two dates only this month, Derby Theatre’s Artistic Director, Sarah Brigham will co-direct a stage adaptation of […]
Sam Sweeney’s first solo album The Unfinished Violin, is music inspired by his violin, which was carved by […]
It is 1840. A young governess agrees to look after two orphaned children in Bly, a seemingly idyllic […]
The Jungle Book is a superb example of Derby Theatre’s ability to create shows that appeal to children […]
A Nobel Prize winner in 2017, Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Remains of the Day, is a story for anyone […]
Why would a confident, party-loving Muslim teenager, who likes nothing more than a drink and smoke with her […]
Set in Manchester, Oldham and London, My Mother Said I Never Should is a poignant, bittersweet story about […]
The poignant political novel Noughts and Crosses is more than just another Romeo and Juliet parable – it […]
When Present Company was told last week that months of painstaking preparations and rehearsals for the world premiere […]
As I sat down to write this feature on New Year’s Eve the lead item on the 3pm […]
Caroline Mortimer is the nation’s favourite TV cook. In the glow of the studio lights, she has it […]
Derby Theatre and the University of Derby, in partnership with leading practitioners in Applied Theatre from across the […]
Derby Theatre has turned the much-loved fable Hansel and Gretel into a fiendish feast of merriment for the […]
As part of Derby Theatre’s Your Place initiative, a Clothworkers’ Award funded project to take theatre out into […]
Instinctive, curious, bold and bouncy; Sarah is a mighty proud square peg, which wouldn’t be such a problem […]
The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places is Neil Oliver’s very personal account of what makes […]
Bill Kenwright’s inaugural Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company production of Rain Man, is coming to Derby Theatre […]
It is the summer of 1978, Simon and his friends should be looking forward to leaving school, but […]
Derby County Community Trust, in partnership with Derby Cultural Education Partnership and Derby Sport Forum, have been awarded […]
Fresh from their appearance on CW Network and Netflix’s Penn & Teller: Fool Us and sell-out seasons in […]
Derby Theatre’s RETOLD series of one-woman plays is an ingenious idea by its artist director Sarah Brigham where […]
It’s been over 40 years since Mike Leigh’s gauche hostess Beverly slow-danced her way into theatrical history, but […]
New Perspectives delivered a powerful piece of theatre in this skillfully adapted version of Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen. The […]
Derby Theatre is launching a D/deaf-Friendly Youth Theatre group this autumn. The Youth Theatre will be suitable for […]
The UK Theatre Awards are on the hunt again to find the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre 2018. They […]
A powerful new play called Beyond Shame is being staged at Derby Theatre in partnership with Karma Nirvana, an […]
