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The rhythm section lays down a beat so deep you’ll feel it in your bones, while the brass section blares with a force that can lift your spirits to new heights. Our four vocalists channel the spirit of Northern Soul with harmonies that send shivers down your spine and a stage presence that oozes charisma.

Teesside Musical Theatre Company proudly invites you to ‘Be Our Guest’ as the most enchanted musical of all time Disney’s Beauty & The Beast is brought to the historic Middlesbrough Town Hall.

What happens when some of the worlds strongest, fastest, meanest, friendliest and funniest showmen get together for an afternoon of explosive entertainment? You get a BIG TIME Pro Wrestling Experience!

Get ready to scream and shout, clap and cheer as the Superstars of First Class Wrestling. Whether its 1 on 1, 2 on 2 or every man for himself, be ready with your giant foam hand to scream “We want more!” As wrestling’s greatest showmen take to the ring!

The BAFTA-winning comedian, ‘national sensation’ (Evening Standard) and ‘extremely funny’ (Daily Telegraph) Iain Stirling, is bringing his intuitive razor-sharp humour back on tour with a brand new stand-up show for 2024-25.

If you had to put together a list of the top 10 symphonies ever written, Anton Dvořák’s (pronounced vor-jacques in case you wondered) Symphony No. 9, better known as the ‘New World Symphony’ would almost certainly be in it. Yes, it’s grand and powerful, but more than anything it’s just absolutely packed with great tunes. Even if you think you don’t know the symphony, you probably actually do, as music from it has been so often used in films, TV and even bread adverts…

Geoff has appeared on Live at the Apollo (BBC 2), Backstage with Katherine Ryan (Amazon), Mock the Week (BBC 2), Have I Got News For You (BBC 1), House of Games (BBC 1), The Complaints Department (Comedy Central), Question Time (BBC 1), The Last Leg (C4), A League of Their Own (Sky), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave), Pointless Celebrities (BBC 1), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC 1), Would I Lie To You? (BBC 1), The News Quiz (BBC RADIO 4), Breaking the News (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND) and as a regular correspondent on Dave’s Late Night Mash, as well as fronting his own documentary How The Middle Classes Ruined Britain for BBC 2.

Join him as he goes on an adventure to meet Cinderella at The Royal Castle, The Little Mermaid Under The Sea, Princess Rapunzel in the Tallest Tower, Belle in her little bookshop in Paris and The Snow Queen in the freezing village of Snowydale to deliver all the invitations by hand to make they all make it to The Enchanted Princess Ball.

The evening begins with the joyous Rutter Magnificat, followed by Serenade to Music, a much-loved piece with words by Shakespeare and featuring all the soloists. After the interval all the performers join together to perform the wonderful Mozart Requiem.

Sophie Iliaifar is an American Iranian mezzo-soprano, who is originally from Saltburn, England. She is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music in Vocal Studies and Opera. She performed in three opera choruses at the RNCM, Le Nozze Di Figaro (2022), Die Fledermaus (2022), The Snow Maiden (2023), and she was in the street chorus of the performance of Bernstein’s Mass at the Bridgewater Hall. She also recorded the Queen’s Coronation Anthems in Ely Cathedral (2018), and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius in Fairfield Halls (2023) both alongside the Gabrieli Consort and Paul McCreesh. She was recently awarded third prize in the Young Musician of the Year Competition in Huddersfield, and first prize in the international division of the George Shirley Competition, which is based in Michigan, USA. Sophie is currently the manager of the Somnium Chamber Choir and is the Student Union President at the RNCM.