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Derby Theatre

Last chance to hear tale of violin

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Sam Sweeney, BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year 2015 and fiddle player in folk super-band Bellowhead, […]

June 4, 2017 Uncategorized

Edge of your seat fun with Super Sunday

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Super Sunday is the newest super-fun creation from Race Horse Company, an award-winning troupe of Finnish circus artists. […]

May 12, 2017 Dance, Drama

Review: Waves, Derby Theatre

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Waves is a beautiful piece of theatre that tells the story of Elizabeth Moncello, Australian Olympic swimmer and […]

May 9, 2017 Drama, Reviews, Uncategorized

Hubbub Theatre is on tour

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Derby-based Hubbub Theatre Company is starting a three-date regional tour later this month to showcase the organisation’s exciting […]

May 5, 2017 Drama

Company needs women to join show

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Coal by Gary Clarke Company, with its drama, tragedy and the unbreakable spirit of a working community fighting for […]

April 12, 2017 Dance, Drama

Review: Betrayal, Derby Theatre

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Director Lekan Lawal has made Harold Pinter’s classic Betrayal his own with a visionary contemporary production at Derby […]

March 22, 2017 Drama

Lekan at the helm as director for Betrayal

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Derby Theatre’s apprentice director Lekan Lawal will be at the helm for the March production of Harold Pinter’s […]

March 13, 2017 Drama

Honest and raw story by Conrad Murray

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A combination of hip-hop and theatre, Conrad Murray’s honest, raw and humour-tingled show DenMarked, which is coming to Derby Theatre […]

March 11, 2017 Drama

Review: Educating Rita, Derby Theatre

A stuffy, old-fashioned study, with book-lined walls, comfy chairs, pot plants and the sound of classical music melodies, […]

February 22, 2017 Drama, Reviews

An Evening with Inua Ellam

Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes An Evening With An Immigrant is Inua Ellam’s fantastic, poignant, story of […]

February 20, 2017 Comedy, Drama, talks

Solo show explodes myths about autism

Cian Binchy has autism. He likes to spin tin openers. He’s taught all the actors in The Curious […]

February 6, 2017 Drama, Uncategorized

Critically acclaimed drama on stage at Derby

The critically acclaimed Invincible by Torben Betts, will be presented by The Original Theatre Company, at Derby Theatre […]

January 12, 2017 Drama

Jack is a perfect festive show for youngsters

  Jack, a fee fi fo fun and feisty tale based on the classic story Jack and the […]

December 15, 2016 Drama, Magic, Shows

Review: Alice In Wonderland, Derby Theatre

Actor Abby Wain was so enchanted by Lewis Carroll’s magical world as a child that her parents thought […]

December 7, 2016 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Hogwallops on stage in Derby

Meet The Hogwallops, a family like no other. Every day activities are extreme – dressing is a game […]

November 7, 2016 Dance, Drama

Double take for King Lear

A radical reworking of Shakespeare’s King Lear and Cordelia, a new play from the perspective of Lear’s youngest daughter […]

November 4, 2016 Drama, Uncategorized

Review: 9 to 5, Derby Theatre

In the 1970s ‘the boys’ ruled the roost in the office and ‘the women’ were expected to make […]

November 2, 2016 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Theatre to host grand charity gala

Derby Theatre and BBC Radio Derby presenter Andy Potter will play host to Limelight, a grand charity gala, […]

October 26, 2016 Music, Shows, Uncategorized

Review: Sweeney Todd, Derby Theatre

You’ll be left grasping for superlatives if you are lucky enough to be in the audience at Derby […]

October 12, 2016 Drama, Reviews, Uncategorized

Derby Theatre to stage Shawshank Redemption

  Originally a 1982 Stephen King novella and then a major film, Shawshank Redemption examines desperation, injustice, friendship […]

October 12, 2016 Drama

Review: This Might Hurt, Derby Theatre

The mix of care and chaos you find in NHS wards across the country is unveiled with jaw-dropping […]

September 21, 2016 Drama, Reviews

Chance for young people to be in theatre’s festive show

Derby Theatre is looking for young people aged between eight and 16 to be in its Christmas production of […]

August 24, 2016 Drama, Shows, Uncategorized

Comedian Miles Jupp on stage at Derby

Comedian Miles Jupp describes his new show, Songs of Freedom, as “a rant about me, you, domestic imprisonment, […]

August 23, 2016 Comedy

Vote for your most welcoming theatre

Local theatres are looking for your vote so they can be crowned with the 2016 UK’s Most Welcoming […]

August 22, 2016 News, Uncategorized

Your chance to join the cast of Sweeney Todd

This autumn, Derby Theatre and the Mercury Theatre Colchester will present Stephen Sondheim’s multi award-winning musical thriller, Sweeney […]

August 8, 2016 Drama

Youth Theatre present a double bill

Derby Youth Theatre is staging a double bill at the city’s theatre from July 28-30. The 14-16 year […]

July 7, 2016 Drama, Theatre

Eagle Award nominations announced

The nominations for the 2016 Eagle Awards which celebrate excellent in amateur dramatics in the Derby area have […]

June 16, 2016 Drama, Musicals, Pantomimes

Theatre to be transformed for festival

Derby Theatre’s summer festival of fresh, new and exciting performance –DEparture Lounge returns for a fourth year next […]

June 12, 2016 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Festivals

Derwent Brass return to Derby Theatre

Following its highly acclaimed performances in the hit Derby Theatre production of Brassed Off last year, Derwent Brass returns to […]

May 29, 2016 Classical, Music, Musicals, Opera, Rock/Pop

Shakespeare double bill at city’s theatre

Marking four centuries since the great playwright died, Shakespeare at the  Tobacco Factory brings a double bill of […]

May 23, 2016 Drama

Culture Czar seek’s city’s collaboration

Derby-born composer, actor and singer-songwriter David Chabeaux wants the world to sit up and take notice of the […]

April 27, 2016 News

Review: The Damned United, Derby Theatre

There’s no doubting Brian Clough is a Derby hero. We have a bronze statue and a road named […]

April 8, 2016 Drama, Reviews

Brian Clough drama being staged at Derby

Down the stairs, along the corridor, round the corner, into the dressing room, HIS dressing room. Hateful, hateful […]

April 4, 2016 Drama

Look Back in Anger & Jinny, Derby Theatre

It was like having your dessert (or should I say pudding) ahead of your Sunday roast. By the […]

March 9, 2016 Drama

Derby Theatre to stage new play Jinny

Jinny, a new play which responds to John Osborne’s iconic Look Back in Anger from a female perspective, […]

March 5, 2016 Drama

Look Back in Anger on stage next week

The 60th anniversary of John Osborne’s seminal play, is being celebrated by Derby Theatre with a revival directed […]

February 26, 2016 Drama
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Flare Path: Rattigan’s play arrives in Buxton

Terence Rattigan’s evocative portrait of life during The Second World War comes to Derbyshire this year as part […]

February 9, 2016 Drama

Review: The Hour… and Dna, Derby Theatre

They wanted to reveal what they were capable of on stage and the Theatre Arts students at the […]

February 6, 2016 Drama, Reviews

Producer appointed for Derby’s Cultural Campus

Derby-born award-winning composer, singer-songwriter and actor David Chabeaux has been appointed as producer of the Derby City Cultural Campus […]

January 19, 2016 News

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