Whats On Theatre Guide

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Following 60 sold out shows last year, “The Count of Cornwall” is back again with his unique style of comedy.

Join us for a memorable evening of hysterical...

Based on Ian McEwan's best-selling novel.

England, 1962 and a young couple from drastically different backgrounds meet and begin what seems to be an idyllic romantic courtship.  But their differences with the issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure lead to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Film...

Todays event is Dance.

East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival (EGMAF) was formed to encourage and promote Performing Arts throughout the South of England.  Many of their past competitors have gone on to perform professionally in both national and international productions.

Admission is open to...

Todays event is Dance.

East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival (EGMAF) was formed to encourage and promote Performing Arts throughout the South of England.  Many of their past competitors have gone on to perform professionally in both national and international productions.

Admission is open to...

Having decided to ‘outsource’ their retirement to the less expensive and seemingly exotic India, a group of British retirees take up residence in what they are led to believe is a newly restored Marigold Hotel.

Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared...

Jeremy Vine is one of the UKs most successful broadcasters. In more than thirty years at the BBC, he has presented Newsnight, Panorama, Crimewatch, Eggheads and Points of View — as well as his daily Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, the UKs most listened-to radio news programme.

He has been shot at in Croatia and...

Speech and Drama and the Singing events are both being held today.

East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival (EGMAF) was formed to encourage and promote Performing Arts throughout the South of England.  Many of their past competitors have gone on to perform professionally in both national and international...

Speech and Drama and Singing are both being held today.

East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival (EGMAF) was formed to encourage and promote Performing Arts throughout the South of England. Many of their past competitors have gone on to perform professionally in both national and international productions.

Admission...

Following its huge screening success in 2018, Trafalgar Releasing are delighted to be bringing An American in Paris back to screens in 2019.

Inspired by the Oscar® winning MGM film, the Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical took the West End by storm, with standing ovations from the public and a record-setting...

One of The Australian Ballet’s most popular works springs to new life this year.

Spartacus tells the classic underdog story of a gladiator who led a slaves’ rebellion against the Roman empire. Charting the journey of a man finding passionate love, his mission and freedom, the ballet showcases the company at their...

Rod Campbell’s best-selling ‘lift-the-flap’ book has delighted generations of young readers since it was first published in 1982.

The timeless chaildren's classic book will be brought to the stage in a production that will delight all those who have read the book (both young and old) as it unfolds with...

Todays event is Speech and Drama.

East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival (EGMAF) was formed to encourage and promote Performing Arts throughout the South of England.  Many of their past competitors have gone on to perform professionally in both national and international productions.

Admission...

Todays event is Speech and Drama.

East Grinstead Music and Arts Festival (EGMAF) was formed to encourage and promote Performing Arts throughout the South of England.  Many of their past competitors have gone on to perform professionally in both national and international productions.

Admission...

Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Millers blistering drama All My Sons.

America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success...

Based on the infamous true story of the Hatton Garden jewellery heist, a band of aging ex-criminals are enticed out of retirement for one last hurrah with the lure of the biggest bank heist in British history. 

Escaping with over £200 million of stolen jewels and money, the cracks start to show as this crew...

The UK’s No.1 and world’s busiest swing and jive band, The Jive Aces present their biggest theatre show to date, the Big Beat Revue.

Featuring special guests, vintage pinup dancing, singing and tapping troupe, The Satin Dollz; The low down baritone sax of Lottie B and the smooth accordion of Grazia Bevilacqua,...

'Mary Poppins Returns' stars: Emily Blunt as the practically-perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure; Lin-Manuel Miranda as her friend Jack, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light—and life—to the streets of London; Ben Whishaw...

AB Stage School present their annual showcase, celebrating their 5 Year Anniversary.

Due to exceptional demand and an array of sold out dates all over the UK, Britains leading one-liner comic extends his brand new 2018 tour with even more dates for 2019, returning to the road with another onslaught of lean, expertly crafted gaggery.

A Mock The Week regular and recent star of the new Live At The Apollo...

The talented youngsters from Annie Scott's dance classes showcase their talents and all they've learnt over the year.

Nominated for countless awards, Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury.

Defying stereotypes and shattering convention, Freddie became one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.  This biopic traces the meteoric rise...

In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy.

Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story.

Justin Audibert (Snow in Midsummer, The Jew of Malta) turns Shakespeare's fierce, energetic comedy of...

Returning from his USA TV debut on Conan, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-dubbed “Lie-In King” is back on tour in the UK.

Seann Walsh is unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation.

Team captain on Virtually Famous (Channel 4) and a regular on Play To The Whistle (ITV), other TV appearances...

This is an authentic tribute to one of the world's greatest bands.

With powerhouse vocals, precise harmonies, tight musicianship and upmost attention to detail, The Upbeat Beatles show with take you on a journey through the Fab Four’s long and winding road from the depths of the Cavern to the Apple roof...

Violetta, the toast of Paris, and Alfredo, from the provinces, fall in love.  But their dreams of bliss are threatened by hypocritical society and then by cruel disease.

New Sussex Opera Chorus return, with Verdi’s magnificent score,...

*This show goes on sale on 2nd February 2019*

Dreamcatcher Productions return to Chequer Mead for their third annual show 'Aftershock'.

In his directional debut, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga stars in this romantic drama about the highs and lows of the music indstry.

All About Eve tells the story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?

Lifting the curtain on a world of jealousy...

Another scorching line up of comedy this summer!
 
Leading the way is the downright marvellous HAL CRUTTENDEN.  An accomplished writer, actor and stand-up, Hal has made numerous appearances on….well practically everything!! Ranging from The Royal Variety Performance, Live at the Apollo, Have I Got...

Celebrating 30 incredible years, Take That are bringing their spectacular 2019 Greatest Hits tour to the big screen!

Broadcast from their last UK concert of the tour, this highly anticipated anniversary show promises to be their best yet.

With front row seats, you’ll be a part of the action as Gary, Mark and...

Best known for the twice BAFTA nominated and multiple Broadcast and RTS award winning show The Last Leg, Josh Widdicombe received critical acclaim with his sitcom JOSH. 

No stranger to our TV screens, he’s...

The winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie was the 2002 season's most awarded new show on Broadway! Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film, Thoroughly Modern Millie takes you back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City, when "moderns," including...

Described as one of East Grinstead's finest, Amber presents her first Headline show, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, with her first single TICK TOCK recently released and featured on BBC Radio 1 and getting great support on YouTube.

The show will feature great young up and coming talent from the local area,...

It’s being called “the greatest 70s show in theatre land” which is no surprise as The Supersonic 70s Show takes you down memory lane with some of the biggest classics, from the towering majesty of Queen, Fleetwood Mac & ELO, through the ‘pin-up pop’ of David Cassidy, David Essex and Donny Osmond whilst foot...

Urban City Dance Academy present their end of year show, Lost in Space.

In celebration of Queen Victoria's bicentury year...

Northern Ballet’s new biopic brings her sensational life to the stage, in dance, with this major new production.

Choreographed by Cathy Marston, creator of Northern Ballet’s acclaimed Jane Eyre, Victoria reveals the passion, tragedy and fierce devotion...

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation.

Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 –...

Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and the king of rapid-fire wit.

The award-winning Montana native renowned for his expertly crafted tirades and quick-fire banter with audiences and delightful musical sequences saddles up and hitches...

Celebrating their 25th anniversary with a series of special shows in the UK and all over Europe as well as a newly recorded live album, Britain's own Godfather of Swing, saxophonist and singer Ray Gelato will be bringing his 7 piece band, the Giants, to the Chequer Mead Theatre.

Over the last 25 years...

Join the performers from Encore Academy as they perform their annual summer showcase.

Sweet-natured Cinderella lives the life of a servant at the home of her downtrodden father and cruel stepmother, teased and tormented by her two foolish stepsisters, the classic fairytale is told with Jules Massenet’s exquisite score and generous melodies.

Will Cinderella make it to the ball to meet the handsome...

In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) a free-spirited but recent widow, decides to try and put grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop, despite polite but ruthless local opposition.

It’s the first such shop in the sleep seaside town, and although fully supported by...

King Of Pop is led by the world’s number one Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’ which alone sets this show above the rest. 

Navi is the only tribute artist ever to be chosen by Michael Jackson himself.  Due to his incredible resemblance to the star, Navi was hired as Michael’s official body...

*Tickets go on sale on 10th June*

The Meads Primary School present their end of year performance, Alice the Musical!

Fame JR features a high-energy, contemporary pop score (which includes the hit title song) and a touching coming-of-age story.

Set during the last years of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts in the early 1980s.

Fame JR. is the bittersweet, but ultimately inspiring, story...

Holland's legendary Dixieland Jazz Band...

Officially launched on D-Day, 5th May 1945, the Dutch Swing College Band have created over 100 albums and have appeared at festivals, theatre and even for royalty!

Starting out as an amateur-college combo, the Dutch Swing College Band played a prominent role during...

The beautiful Rosina is practically a prisoner by her guardian Dr Bartolo, who secretly hopes to marry his wealthy ward. But when Count Almaviva falls in love with Rosina from afar, he enlists the help of cunning barber Figaro to help him outwit Bartolo.

A comic battle of wills ensues, but will love or greed be triumphant?

Originally...

This is the fifth year that the DMT School will be showcasing their end of year performance, and the first time at Chequer Mead.

This performance will be the Private Class show.

Special ticket offer - when booking Friday night along side either the Saturday or Sunday performance, the tickets become £10.00...

This is the fifth year that the DMT School will be showcasing their end of year performance, and the first time at Chequer Mead.

Saturday 20th will be the Group Class show. Sunday 21st will be the Group Class show, with awards and special guests.

Special ticket offer - when booking Friday night along side...

Christopher Robin – all grown up and with a family - receives a surprise visit from his old childhood pal, Winnie-the-Pooh.

With Christopher's help, Pooh embarks on a journey to find his friends -- Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo, whilst Christopher meanwhile rediscovers the joy of life.

BBFC...

The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins.
163 years later,...

Now in their 8th successful year, Totally TINA is the longest running tribute to the legendary Queen of Rock and Soul, Tina Turner!

The show focuses on Tina’s live concert career, replicating scenes from various tours over the last 50 years with customised twists and turns created by Tina tribute artist, Justine...

André Rieu’s annual hometown Maastricht concerts attract fans from all corners of the globe. The medieval town square is transformed into a spectacular backdrop for unforgettable concerts filled with humour, fun and emotion for all ages – and, of course, magnificent music.

This year André Rieu invites you to put...

Join the Little Sparks Dance Academy as they present their end of year show "Spark a Dream".

To whom should I complain?

When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help. When she threatens to expose him, he tells her that no one would believe her.

Shakespeare wrote this play in...

Come and watch all the talented young performers from Chequer Mead's summer workshop as they perform the classic story of The Wizard of Oz.

Based on the beloved musical, the show will feature all the songs including: We're Off to see the Wizard, Merry Old Land of Oz, If I Only Had a Brain and...

Composed just months before his death, Mozart’s most magical comedy The Magic Flute returns to Glyndebourne for the first time in over a decade.  This musical masterpiece has been reimagined and takes a fresh and playful look at the opera’s troublesome gender politics.
 
Prince Tamino is...

No other artist in British pop music history can match the enduring popularity of Cliff Richard and the Shadows, whose chart successes span six decades.

Simon Goodall and the Bourne Again Shadows are widely acclaimed as the most authentic sounding Cliff/Shadows tribute act, reproducing Cliff’s classics like Summer...

Based on John Le Carre's bestselling novel...

George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a disgraced British spy, is rehired in secret by his government - which fears that the British Secret Intelligence Service, a.k.a. MI-6, has...

A highly energetic tribute show that follows in the footsteps of the award winning girl band, Little Mix.

This iconic 5-star rated show has live vocals and is full of commercial pop-video choreography.

Suitable for kids, tweens, teens and adults alike, The Little Mix Show brings the full pop concert experience...

Celebrating the incredible music of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Cream.

Voodoo Room are a stunning high energy power trio, with its members having played with Steve Winwood, Massive Attack, Arthur Brown, Fish, Thunder, Lulu etc.

This is not a pantomime dress up tribute act - simply great musicians performing...

Here is another opportunity to put on your dancing shoes, as Andre Rieu invites you to watch his spectacular annual concert from his hometown of Maastricht.

These concerts attract fans from all corners of the globe with the medieval town square transformed into a spectacular backdrop
for unforgettable concerts...

From the creators of Horrible Histories, comes the hilarious comedy telling the story of Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Years’! 

When hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his family and home to follow his dream in London, he encounters murderous Kings, crazed spies, lost loves and a plot to blow up Queen...

Based on a real life memoir from 1978, Liverpool...

What starts as a vibrant affair between the eccentric Academy Award winning femme fatale actress Gloria Grahame and her much younger lover, Peter Turner, grows into a deeper relationship as he becomes the only person Gloria can turn to for comfort.

A Comprehensive re-enactment of Queens Greatest Hits.

Internationally renowned Queen Tribute band, The Bohemians, take you on a high energy roller coaster ride of a concert, featuring  the back catalogue of one of the world’s most popular and iconic rock acts of all time.

So many fabulous hits to be covered...

There are tribute bands and then there are tribute bands… With members who have worked with the likes of David Bowie, Janet Jackson, Jon Bon Jovi, Brian Adams and Keith Emerson, and who have performed on Broadway and in the Royal Albert Hall, The Floyd Effect isn’t just a bunch of enthusiasts who love the music...

On Tuesday 10 September, award-winning and bestselling author Margaret Atwood publishes worldwide her highly anticipated new novel – The Testaments – a sequel to her most celebrated work, The Handmaid’s Tale.

In a unique live event on this momentous date, cinema audiences will be treated to an evening in conversation...

The Drifters are back on tour in the UK with a brand-new show performing all their classic hits from the last six decades. 

The legendary group have previously been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, listed among the greatest artists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine and have produced an incredible...

Rock n Roll Paradise is celebrating their10th year on the road with their 2019 Lost Legends Tour.

As the show continues to grow and to change, they will be bringing to the stage an amazing number of tributes to the icons of rock and roll over the years.

Backed by the dynamic Paradise Band, the Legends will include...

The Bon Jovi Experience are the worlds first and finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi and are the worlds ONLY tribute to have been requested by and to have performed live on stage with Jon Bon Jovi himself. They are also the only tribute to have been featured on the official Bon Jovi website.

” Have you seen this...

Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Fired...

TV and recording star Joe Longthorne returns to Chequer Mead with his sensational new show.

Come and join Joe as he takes you on a rollercoaster of Songs and impressions including Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and his incredible impression of Sammy Davis Jr, all delivered with 100% accuracy!...

This quick witted and touching comedy focuses on Prudence (Carrie Whitton – Dinner Ladies) and Bruce (Sam Lupton – Wicked) who with the help of their psychiatrists, meet through an online ad, but their date doesn’t go as planned.  Bruce is highly emotional and likes to cry a lot.  Prudence doesn’t think...

The people’s favourite and one of Britain’s greatest ever comedians, JIM DAVIDSON OBE telling it ‘like it is’.

Are you fed up with this PC world we now find ourselves in? Well, come and see Jim’s brand-new and outrageous show.

Enough is enough, It’s time to fight back!

'Boy does Jim know...

Having had a hugely successful sell-out show in 2018, the Lipstick on Your Collar gang return to step back in time to the golden era of pop music!

Running from the birth of Rock n’ Roll through to the Beat Group sounds of the British Invasion and beyond, the evening is packed with over forty hits from the likes of...

Join Vienna Festival Ballet on a magical journey with their unmissable production of Snow White.

World premiere choreography propels this timeless fairytale and answers the question; who is the fairest one of all?

Based on the traditional Grimm brothers’ story, this ballet incorporates all the important elements...

The London Klezmer Quartet is a dynamic group of performers whose deep understanding of klezmer, the celebratory and soulful music of Eastern European Jews, is reflected in exuberant, passionate and accomplished performances that captivate audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

The group plays old and new traditional...

With darkly Gothic sets and costumes, Northern Ballet is resurrecting Bram Stoker’s classic horror story for special LIVE screenings this Halloween.

The haunting tale of passion and immortality is played out through a unique blend of sensuous dancing and gripping theatre - this is ballet with a dramatic bite.

Created...

Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to 26 Oil Drum Lane to catch up with the nation’s favourite rag-and-bone-men and indulge in some classic, festive misadventures!

Albert and Harold – united by blood, divided over everything else – seem doomed to spend Christmas in each other’s company....

*Tickets go on sale on Monday 15th July*

Caroline Wright School of Dance perform their bi-annual dance show, "Let There Be Dance".

A stage play by Ian Gower and Paul Carpenter adapted from the original TV series by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer.
With kind permission of Tiger Aspect Productions.

Following on from the success of their Vicar of Dibley play production in 2018, Rising Stars Adult Theatre Company are treading the...

Coldplace are a tribute band whose quality and experience on the tribute scene are second to none. In 12 years the band have over 600 gigs under their belts across the length and breadth of the UK and abroad in over twenty different countries worldwide..

The band are firmly established in many of the UK's...

Heralding the start of Christmas, this annual winter concert with a State Military Band is a hugely popular event.

The Military Band will perform a variety of music and there will be a chance to join in with “community” singing of seasonal songs.

Book early to avoid disappointment and support this very...

Join the Choirpower singers for their annual festive concert in the Pavilion.

The evening will be filled with traditional and popular Christmas music laced with some favourite show songs and some less well-known modern carols.  Audience singalong is encouraged!  Directed by Marion Shuster.

You shall go to the ball next Christmas with the spectacular family pantomime Cinderella.

LP Creatives will be returning to Chequer Mead to bring you another fantastically magical pantomime.

Join Cinders as she goes from rags to riches, outwits her wicked sisters and meets her dashing Prince...

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Dolly Parton being a Member of the Grand Ole Opry this truly unique show is hosted by Sarah Jayne who has been performing as Dolly Parton for over 25 years and is Europe’s Leading Tribute to the Queen of Country.

Sarah Jayne and Award Winning Vocal Impersonator Andy Crust take...

Come and meet Dorothy as she goes on a magical adventure to the Land Of Oz!

Follow Dorothy as she tries to find her way home. Along the way she makes new friends with the Scarecrow who longs for a brain, the Tin Man who really wants a heart and the very cowardly Lion who is desperate to be brave and have some courage....

Scott Ritchie Productions and KD Theatre Productions are joining forces once again to collaborate on a brand NEW staging of the popular fairy tale, Rapunzel!

This 'Tangled' musical adventure features an original book, music and lyrics, high energy choreography, loveable characters, colourful set and costumes...

The Kast off Kinks are actual former members of the legendary band The Kinks, back together playing great music and re-living the good times whilst keeping the songs alive that made The Kinks a household name.

This great line-up features Mick Avory (the original drummer on all the classic hits from...