Theatre listings
Ripples
Based on true events, the UK’s first Theatre Company of Sanctuary, Stand and Be Counted present an urgent and electrifying interrogation of 21st century Britain and the relentless power of hope.
Twisted Roots
New Earth Theatre's Twisted Roots Festival celebrates British East and Southeast Asian arts heritage in the modern theatre landscape.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. However, Jamie is a little different to the other teenagers at his school. He harbours a secret dream: to be a drag queen!
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
West End mega-hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, comes to the Lyceum as part of its first ever UK and Ireland tour.
Julia Masli: Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
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Dancing at Lughnasa
On the outskirts of Ballybeg, County Donegal, the five Mundy sisters’ lives are bound by responsibilities and social expectations.
Far Gone
“If I invited you to come with me on a journey, a story, will you come with me?” Northern Uganda. When Okumu’s village is attacked by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), he and his brother’s lives are changed forever.
Witness For The Prosecution
This edge-of-your-seat thriller is a roller-coaster ride of unpredictable moments, challenging loyalties, and Christie's signature skill of keeping the audience guessing until the very end. Is Vole innocent or guilty? The answer will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew.
Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell
In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound streets of Soho and Fitzrovia. Step inside The Midnight Bell, a tavern where one particular lonely-hearts club gather to play out their lovelorn affairs of the heart.
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Consumed
Four generations of Northern Irish women, reunited under one roof. A house full of hungry ghosts, with more than one skeleton in the closet. Turn off your phones at dinner.
Rhymes Against Humanity - Improvised Musical
Rhymes Against Humanity is the Midlands’ hilarious, highly acclaimed improvised musical. Each show is a one-off piece of musical theatre, created in the moment. You suggest a title, and they perform a fully improvised musical. Visiting Sheffield from Nottingham.
Buffy Revamped
Funny, satirical and bursting with 90s pop-culture references, Buffy Revamped is the perfect parody for Buffy aficionados and those who never enrolled at Sunnydale High alike.
The Boys are Back in t'Tarn
After last year’s sell-out show ‘That’s the Spirit’, Coalface Productions return with a whole new comedy. After three decades, Sheffield-based rockers, Lucifer’s Love Child, are back!
Angel Snow
Over the last decade or more, American country/ folk/ pop/ blues/ Americana (the list goes on somewhat..!) artist Angel Snow has been bringing her music to these shores, building up a deserved reputation for delivering standout emotive performances.
The Everly Pregnant Brothers Reyt Proper Sit Down Gig
It’s been several years since the Everly Pregnant Brothers did a theatre gig, but off the back of doing several festival shows this summer they felt you deserved a good sit down.
The Big Dreaming
Enjoy a cosy autumnal experience for the whole family at the premiere of new musical story The Big Dreaming.
Jane Austen's Emma
The 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen is celebrated in fitting style with a new stage adaptation of her dazzling comedy of manners, Emma, produced by the historic Theatre Royal in Bath where Jane Austen spent many happy years.
Titus Andronicus
The Company's Autumn 2025 production is William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, adapted by Luke Mosley, directed by Luke Mosley and Ed Bancroft.
The Blackheart Orchestra
The Blackheart Orchestra is returning to The Lantern, bringing their ethereal, folky/electronic/progressive music back to Sheffield. Their performances in 2023 and 2024's sell-out shows were phenomenal. They filled the auditorium with such wonderful sounds as Rick and Chrissy crisscrossed each other to create their music. It was a mesmerising show, an aural delight.
Three Acres & A Cow
A history of land rights and protest in folk song and story, the show connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with current issues like the housing crisis, reparations, climate breakdown and food sovereignty via the Enclosures, English Civil War and Industrial Revolution.
Chris Addison's Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music
Chris Addison (The Thick of It, Mock the Week) joins Ensemble 360 to bring his infectious enthusiasm for classical music to the Crucible.
Faint Paint
Faint Paint are a Sheffield four-piece making melodic, emotionally rich guitar music with a cinematic streak. Their songs drift between the classic and the strange — blending dreamy textures, tight vocal harmonies and a sharp ear for melody.
Family Concert: The Storm Whale
A brand-new musical version of Benji Davies’ modern-classic The Storm Whale, which tells the story of a boy, a whale washed up on the beach and friendships that will change their lives forever and echo down the generations.
Nigel Kennedy: Heart & Soul
Nigel Kennedy, the best-selling classical violinist of all time, takes to the Crucible Theatre stage for this electrifying evening of music for violin and cello.
The Little Unsaid
A firm favourite, The Little Unsaid return to Sheffield, and it's our pleasure to welcome them to The Lantern. John Elliott has used this moniker for well over a decade now, gaining recognition for genre hopping combinations using elements of alt-folk, electronica, alt-rock and string arrangements.
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as the West End smash-hit production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes to the Lyceum.
We Are The Lions, Mr Manager!
‘We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!’ is the remarkable story of Jayaben Desai the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Film Processing Factory Strike.
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Patchett
Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare's Macbeth & turns it up 'till the knob comes off.
Gwenda's Garage
1980s Sheffield, Thatcher’s Britain: politics, passion, protest... where anything might happen and usually does. Three female mechanics set up their own garage in a run-down area of the city, naming it after Gwenda Stewart, a pioneering racing driver.
Black is The Colour Of My Voice
Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live.
New Dawn Fades
New Dawn Fades – A Play About Joy Division and Manchester kicks off its series of shows in September 2025 and stops by Foundry on Monday 20th October.
Dear England
It’s time to change the game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. The England men’s team has the worst track record for penalties in the world, and manager Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.
Jen Brister: Reactive
Jen Brister is reactive - or so she's been told. Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you.
The Great British Musicals
Working in partnership with Wentworth Woodhouse, in memory of Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL, Sheffield Theatres presents an evening of high class entertainment and classic songs from the very best British musicals.
Boo Hewerdine
From his band The Bible in the 80s, countless projects (including his work with Fairground Attraction's Eddi Reader), and, of course, his solo work, Boo Hewerdine is well known and celebrated for his songs and performances across the UK and further.
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
A chilling mystery unfolds when a young actress suddenly dies on stage during a performance, and Detective Chief Inspector Morse embarks on a gripping investigation.
Sara Pascoe: I Am A Strange Gloop
Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so smart and astute that you couldn’t wait for the world to wake up so you could tell them? This show is that thought.
Joel Dommett: Happy Idiot
Joel returns to his stand-up roots with a brand-new show. With glamorous tales from behind the camera and less glamorous anecdotes of first-time fatherhood, Joel remains a charming, exhausted, happy idiot.
The Antics – Improvised Comedy at The Lantern
Get ready for a night of spontaneous laughter, quick wit, and side-splitting improvisation! The Antics, a wildly talented improv comedy troupe, are bringing their unpredictable brand of humour to The Lantern in Sheffield for an unforgettable evening.
Troubled
Blending storytelling, projection, and audience interaction, Troubled reckons with the past, offering us hope for the future.
Northern Ballet's Merlin
Two kingdoms at war. A pair of star-crossed lovers. One boy with a whole lot of magic. Discover how the world’s most famous sorcerer mastered his powers in the epic adventure you’ve been waiting for.
Null Hypothesis
Ellie and Mark, a sharp and wisecracking couple, are brought back together for one final job—though things are far from simple. This new assignment seems routine at first.
The Band
In 1992, for five 16 year-old girls, ‘The Band’ is everything. 25 years later, the girls, once inseparable, reunite to see their heartthrobs one last time.
Look After Your Knees
A new solo performance by Natalie Bellingham that celebrates the messy business of being human, sprinkled with joy and ridiculousness.
Here & Now
Happiness is only a heartbeat away with Here & Now, the hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of the multi-million-selling pop phenomenon, Steps. Don’t miss this sparkling celebration of love and friendship when it comes to the Lyceum after its record-breaking world premiere this year!
Fixing
When Matt was little, their dad bought a classic car. A 1952 Sunbeam Talbot Mark II. Dad had ideas that he and Matt would do it up, repair, rebuild together. They never did, and the car festered in a garage. Matt can’t do this alone, which is tricky for a solo show. That’s where Matt’s drag alter-ego Natalie Spanner comes in.
The Ultimate West End Musicals Experience
With their award-winning talent and passion for storytelling, CODA Musical Theatre is more than a performance - it's a celebration of the timeless beauty of musical theatre, expertly delivered by two of the finest vocalists in the industry. Join them for an unforgettable journey through the songs that have touched hearts for generations.
The Little Prince
Embark on a whimsical journey with the Little Prince as he travels the universe, searching for the true meaning of friendship. In a world where grown-ups have forgotten how to see with their hearts, he discovers beauty, wisdom and the importance of human connection.
The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican
After countless sellouts at the Lantern over the last 17 years, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican can’t wait to bring their circus back to Scott Doonican's self-proclaimed "favourite venue on the planet" and they promise that they WILL rock you... but gently!
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift
Murder comes to the countryside in the theatrical world premiere of the critically acclaimed television favourite Midsomer Murders. Spend an evening in England’s deadliest county…
Roshni
Roshni (from the Persian word meaning light or brilliance) is an intimate crafting of dance and live music, inspired by the stories and experiences of everyday people. Made up of three distinctive and engaging dance pieces: The Call, The Light and The Wave, Roshni explores the highs and lows of life today and gives us hope for the future.
Main Character Energy
A high camp cocktail of comedy and cabaret, written and performed by Temi Wilkey.
A Christmas Carol
On a bitter Christmas Eve, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge shuns festive cheer and human kindness, content in his cold, solitary world.
Aladdin
Sheffield Lyceum's 2025 spectacular, fun-filled, family pantomime will be... Aladdin! Panto legend Damian Williams will return for his 18th year. Aladdin will run from 5 December 2025 to 4 January 2026.
The Genius of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven – a true genius, and one of the greatest composers to have ever lived – is celebrated in this concert showcasing the ingenuity and inventiveness of his chamber works.
It's A Wonderful Life
This Christmas, rediscover the magic of one of the most beloved stories of all time. It’s A Wonderful Life follows George Bailey, a man who has always put others before himself, only to feel like the world has passed him by.
Christmas Lights
Join award-winning company, Filskit Theatre, for this festive performance that shows us how the power of friendship can light up the dark. With beautiful lights, original music, playful performance, Christmas Lights will be sure to dazzle children aged 1-4 and their families.
Carlos Acosta's Nutcracker in Havana
A Cuban take on the favourite festive classic, the production explodes onto the Lyceum stage, featuring new choreography by Carlos Acosta CBE and performed by his Cuban company, Acosta Danza.
The Rocky Horror Show
Ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments, Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show returns to the Lyceum as part of a new world tour.
Jack off the Beanstalk
Happy Ending Pantomimes are back to give you an even happier ending with this award winning adult pantomime! Get ready for the udderly cheeky, naughtiest version of Jack and the Beanstalk you’ve ever dared to see!
Top Hat the Musical
You’re invited to the musical equivalent of the finest vintage champagne. Effervescent, elegant and exhilarating, Top Hat is a heady romantic cocktail laced with sparklingly witty dialogue, stunning choreography, lavish sets and gorgeous costumes.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Aaron Sorkin’s riveting, award-winning stage adaptation of the seminal American novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence became a Broadway and West End sensation with star-studded sell-out seasons on both sides of the Atlantic.
My Brother's A Genius
Poetry, grime and dance unite in Debris Stevenson’s explosive new play about learning to fall, fail and find our own ways to fly.
Victorious
Award-winning musical comedy performer Hannah Brackenbury returns with a revamped and extended version of her much-loved tribute show Victorious – a joyful and poignant celebration of the late, great Victoria Wood.
Crown of Blood
Set during the civil wars of 19th-century Yorubaland, Crown of Blood is a powerful retelling of the classic Macbeth. Blending Yoruba ritual, music and bold storytelling, it’s Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before.
The Bodyguard the Musical
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge – what they don't expect is to fall in love.
Chris Mccausland
He's been called an "overnight success" - Even though he's been doing this for bloody yonks! Chris McCausland is hitting the road again with another masterclass in stand-up comedy that has literally been yonks in the making...
Chris McCausland - Yonks!
Chris McCausland is hitting the road again with another masterclass in stand-up comedy that has literally been yonks in the making...
Uncanny: Fear of The Dark
The first Uncanny live stage show I Know What I Saw was one of the best-selling paranormal shows in theatre history.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!
The Ladies Football Club
With World War 1 forcing men onto the front line to fight, the women of Sheffield take their place in the factories, constructing the bombs and the bullets. When they start kicking a football around on their lunch breaks, it soon becomes clear that it’s not just positions on a factory floor these women can fill; it’s on the football pitch too.
Legally Blonde the Musical
The iconic international West End and Broadway smash hit musical comedy Legally Blonde the Musical is back in fashion with a huge new production.
Agatha Christie's Death On The Nile
Bitter Rivals. Buried Secrets. A Love to Die For. On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple’s idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder.
Living
Award-winning Sheffield playwright, Leo Butler’s (Redundant), state-of-the-nation drama about all the years of our lives.
English Touring Opera - The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers, Gilbert and Sullivan’s last great success, is a fizzing comedy of mistaken identity that marries joy and chaos with a sharp satire of monarchy and class.
English Touring Opera - Pagliacci
When Canio, leader of a theatre troupe, sees his life reflected in rehearsals for an upcoming opera, he becomes convinced that his wife is having an affair. Can Canio temper his spiralling emotions, or will his jealousy get the better of him?
Fawlty Towers The Play
Join Basil (Danny Bayne), the delightfully bumbling Major and Polly (Joanne Clifton), with an 18-strong cast as they bring to life all your favourite moments from the show’s unforgettable twelve episodes.
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It’s London's biggest hit with 77 five-star reviews making it the best-reviewed show in West End history. Now also a Tony-nominated Best Musical on Broadway!
Summer Holiday The Musical
Aboard a double decker bus, Don and his friends are on a fun-packed trip to Paris, The Alps, Italy and Greece, in search of a good time and a brilliant summer. On the way they encounter pop bands, runaway pops stars and of course holiday romance.
The Year of the Runaways
Sunjeev Sahota’s award-winning novel is adapted for the stage in this triumphant story of dignity and human spirit against all the odds.
