The award-winning LIDOS are back as they bring you along on another ‘merry’ pantomime adventure through Sherwood Forest!

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Robin Hood

Leeds Beckett University

It’s Christmas Eve, and, having tumbled to earth through the night sky, Elva sets out on a journey to find her best friend – a little girl she hasn’t even met yet. Has the lost present got what it takes to find her way through the cold winter night? Will she arrive in time for Christmas morning? Will Elva be everything the little girl wished for?

The Lost Present… A Christmas Adventure

When a magical sorceress transforms the handsome Count into a frightening Beast, only true love will break the spell. In a tale as old as panto-time, join bookworm Belle and a whole host of colourful characters on a journey to discover that true beauty is more than just skin-deep. With plenty of audience participation and huge helpings of laughter, spectacular scenery, captivating costumes and enchanting special effects, Beauty & the Beast is the traditional family pantomime that will leave you spellbound!

Beauty & the Beast

Toxic tackles men’s mental health, masculinity, and friendship. It follows two best friends and the circumstances which have caused them to spiral. Andy’s husband has left him. Best friend James is a man’s man, who uses gags to disguise his vulnerability.

Toxic

The Carriageworks Theatre

Mike Kenny’s cheerful adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s story sets our stage in the ruins of Toad Hall on the day it is to be sold.  Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad reminisce about tales of years gone by and bring the events of this much loved story to life.

The Wind in the Willows

Craig, your friendly host, has just inherited a creepy mansion from his Great Uncle Vladimir. Join him as he explores the mansion’s secrets and meets some of its strange and spooky inhabitants.

Shivers and Shadows

The Bubble Show is a unique blend of magic, storytelling, science and bubble art! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles, and even fire bubbles!

The Bubble Show

The Windrush Secret, set in 2018, is about a young white far right racist party leader, a black Caribbean diplomat and a white Oxford educated Home Office government official who are giving speeches on the same day, at different times, in separate locations about a million people who migrated from the Caribbean to Britain between 1948 and 1973 (The Windrush Generation), and the British political scandal which began in 2018.

Windrush Secret

Atom and Luna are twins. They never break any rules and never, ever go into the deep dark wood.

The Chronicles of Atom and Luna

In this new show, Britain’s most successful Himalayan climber, Kenton Cool, takes audiences on a roller-coaster history of one of the world’s most notorious mountains; from tragic early attempts, to the highly controversial Italian first ascent, through to present day commercialisation and his own nail-biting ascent in 2021.

Kenton Cool – K2: The Savage Mountain

Cynthia, a Yorkshire factory worker and wannabe fashion designer, is desperate to be a part of the changes happening in swinging London. Wide eyed and innocent, Cynthia soon finds herself under the wing of the intriguing and glamourous Jayne and her family of collected outcasts.

68 The Musical

Waiting for Gateaux by Ed Waugh & Trevor Wood is a satirical play set in possibly the worst health and fitness club in the North of England. This slimming club boasts one cycle, one yoga mat, one exercise ball and one muscle stretcher.

Waiting For Gateaux

Join ‘The Magical Mr West’ on an incredible adventure into the world of science!
Aided by his corvid companion, Crowbert, and a collection of curious contraptions, Mr West demonstrates the fundamental principles of scientific enquiry and tackles some of the trickiest questions in the history of humanity.

Adventures In Science

Nightmares invites you to experience a trio of classic ghost stories, told with an eerie, atmospheric soundscape.

Nightmares

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Othello

Detective Sergeant Craig Downs is on his final stake-out before retirement to catch the serial ‘Kilburn Killer’. Ever the traditionalist, Downs is keen to tell new comer, Hayley Poulson, all about being a proper cop, however, she is also keen to show Downs an alternative approach. Will they see eye to eye, and can they work together to catch the Kilburn Killer before they strike again?

Crime Theatre – A night of two halves!

Join the celebration of Mugenkyo’s landmark 30th anniversary, with a very special show of big beats, visual treats & vital energy.

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers: In Time

Sheila’s Island sees four out-of-condition, middle-aged businesswomen set off on a team building exercise and succeed in becoming the first people ever to get shipwrecked on an island in the Lake District.

Sheila’s Island

Norman wants to go on an adventure to impress his friends, so when two famous animal explorers arrive in Pontypandy, he decides to follow them into the mountains. But when Norman discovers a rare red squirrel, one of the explorers decides to take the glory for themselves, leaving Norman stranded in a cave.

Fireman Sam: The Great Camping Adventure

Meet Sonny. It’s the weekend and time for him to hit the town. To go “out out” and experience everything a Friday night has to offer a young man.

LASH

Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she’s chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search for her true family…

Annie

This is a children’s production of a shortened version of the musical that took the world by storm. This 40 minute adaptation features all your favourite songs from the show brought to you by our junior academy cast!

Frozen Kids

Ever heard of this show Hamilton? Shamilton is just like that but, *ahem*, better! Expect the same level of hip hop, incredible songs, stunning choreography and powerhouse singing …except made up by the cast.

Shamilton

Patti Boo Rae is a woman in exile. She and her band the Do-Gooders just keep touring so they never have to look back. But in BOOTCUT she’s going back to her roots. This is a show about Patti’s home state of Texas: why she still loves it, and why it’ll never love her back.

BOOTCUT by Patti Boo Rae

Climb aboard for a night of ocean adventure! The Ocean Film Festival World Tour features a new collection of the world’s most incredible ocean films!

Ocean Film Festival World Tour

Based on the original book Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book

Work with award-winning industry professionals to create a new musical performance of your own!

Make Musical Magic Summer School

Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler – celebrating 25 years in 2024!

The Gruffalo

Meet the very worst Baddies in the world! Don’t you dare to come too close to a witch, a troll and an ancient ghost!

Carriageworks Theatre

1 - 3 Apr, 2025

The Gruffalo

23 - 25 May, 2025

The Baddies

17 - 25 Jan, 2025

Robin Hood

14 - 31 Dec, 2024

The Lost Present… A Christmas Adventure

Carriageworks Theatre