Brand new productions will be touring to the Lyceum, Playhouse and Montgomery, bringing the best of dazzling musicals, comedy, ballet, drama and more to Sheffield. In addition, Sheffield Theatres will host a new festival of theatre in the autumn, spanning the Playhouse and Montgomery. Into 2027, the Playhouse will host the inaugural production from the recent winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
Lyceum:
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, starring Jill Halfpenny (After the Flood), Francesca Mills (Silent Witness) and Paul Chuckle (The Madam Blanc Mysteries), comes to Sheffield in a major new production of Jim Cartwright’s modern classic. Alone in the sanctuary of her small bedroom, Little Voice fills the air with pitch‑perfect renditions of her deceased dad’s prized record collection of the great Divas, from Judy Garland to Billie Holiday. But when her mother Mari's latest fling, local wheeler dealer Ray, hears her sing he’s certain he’s struck gold. Will Little Voice be pushed into a spotlight she never asked for? A joyful, tender and bittersweet celebration of music, ambition and the courage it takes to be heard. Directed by National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director and former Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge). From Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 February 2027.
Following sell-out tours of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, Fiery Angel reunites with director Lucy Bailey to bring this darkly seductive new staging of one of Agatha Christie’s most compelling mysteries The Hollow, from Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 March 2027. At The Hollow, an elegant country estate, a glamorous circle of guests gather together one summer evening. But beneath the sunlit charm, something darker coils. A body is discovered. A smoking revolver in an unsteady hand. The scene appears almost staged; a shockingly straightforward crime… It is anything but. Renowned detective Hercule Poirot expected a quiet break in the country; instead he's drawn into one of the most unsettling cases of his career.
Acclaimed actor, author and podcaster Giovanna Fletcher stars in the world stage premiere of Before I Go To Sleep, based on the international bestselling novel by S.J Watson which became a hit film starring Nicole Kidman. Christine appears to have an idyllic life - with one terrible exception: every night, when she goes to sleep, she loses her memory. Each morning she wakes up remembering nothing from the last 20 years of her life, not even the loving husband lying next to her. As she desperately tries to piece her world back together, hidden and terrifying truths begin to emerge, forcing her to question everything and everyone around her. From the team behind the hugely successful stage adaptation of The Girl on the Train, this tense, fast-paced psychological thriller explores the fragile vulnerability of memory, identity and trust, running from Tuesday 30 March – Saturday 3 April 2027.
Told through breath-taking ballet and heart-wrenching storytelling, Northern Ballet’sWuthering Heights sweeps into a haunting world of romance and revenge from Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 April 2027. On the wild Yorkshire moors, love isn’t tender. It’s ravenous. Passionate and obsessive, Cathy and Heathcliff's love is a force of nature - beautiful, brutal and impossible to escape. Choreographed by David Nixon CBE and set to original music by celebrated composer Claude-Michel Schönberg (West End and Broadway's Les Misérables and Miss Saigon), Emily Brontë’s gothic masterpiece tears itself from the pages and onto the stage.
Set over two chaotic days of passion and intrigue, English Touring Opera's new production of Tosca is epic drama at a human scale, playing from Thursday 29 - Friday 30 April 2027. Rome struggles under the shadow of war and the tyrannical chief of police, Scarpia. An idealistic artist is facing execution, and only the singer Tosca can save him from his fate. The stage is set for a twisted game of cat and mouse with the highest of stakes.
The chilling cultural phenomenon The Silence Of The Lambs makes its world stage premiere, coming to Sheffield from Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 May 2027. Based on Thomas Harris’s gripping literary masterpiece, and starring renowned actor John Partridge (EastEnders, Everyone’s Talking About Jamie, Cabaret) as Hannibal Lecter, this electrifying new play sets the definitive psychological thriller loose. When FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview the psychiatrist and infamous murderer Hannibal Lecter, it’s hoped his brilliant mind will help catch sadistic new serial killer, Buffalo Bill. But Dr Lecter has questions of his own, and now Clarice must decide: keep a safe distance, or let Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ into her head…?
The original Tony®-winning musical sensation Jersey Boysreturns for its celebratory 20th Anniversary tour, playing in Sheffield from Tuesday 22 June – Saturday 3 July 2027. They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story - a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. The show features all their hits, including Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like A Man, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Beggin’, Oh What a Night and more.
Playhouse:
Get your dessert spoons ready for this delicious new musical for the whole family! Cinderella Ice Cream Seller plays from Friday 11 – Saturday 12 September 2026. Over the last four decades, Cinderella's has become the kingdom's most beloved ice cream company. But how did a humble ice cream maker with not a penny to her name end up as a multimillionaire with her own ice cream empire? Perfect for children and families alike, this exciting musical retelling of a fairytale classic promises a delightful blend of storytelling, stunning live music, and theatrical magic that will capture your heart and tickle your taste buds.
SELENEcomes to the Playhouse on Wednesday 23 September 2026. Written and created by Alexander Wright and Phil Clive Grainger, and made with and told by Megan Drury, Wright&Grainger and Theatre@41 present a radical explosion of an ancient myth about the moon. A young girl watches the moon landings on repeat. A teenager makes a list of all the things they are not. A young adult starts to discover who they are. A story about the light sides of us, the dark sides of us, and the things we grow up in the orbit of. And about the stuff inside us, all the wild stuff inside us.
Imagine being dragged into a wild camping trip with your politically outspoken uncle out of social awkwardness. No technology allowed. Just beer, fishing rods and jerky. Off-Grid is a new comedy show by Sam Danson which investigates the painful reality of being between the generation that had no internet growing up, and the one that had all the internet… Set in the midst of a reluctant camping trip, the show explores generational divide, binary politics and how the online world is rapidly changing our society. Playing on Thursday 15 October 2026.
A recent sell-out show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Amazonsby Gaël Le Cornec presents a compelling and mesmerising retelling of the stories of women from the world’s largest forest. Plant-sitting and live-streaming from her friend’s flat in the U.K., Gayara unearths the untold histories of her Amazonian ancestors, from those who watched the first Europeans lay claim to her land, to the women fighting to defend the forest today. Playing on Thursday 22 October 2026.
A clinic waiting room. Two Somali teens. One awkward meet-cute. Crushis a British-Somali rom-com to warm your heart and hit you right in the feels. Najma has been in treatment for years. Zakariya’s just starting out. She sketches. He writes poems. Neither of them are ready to talk. Until they meet each other. As their sessions continue, so do the chats. And the jokes. And the secrets. Crushis a tender, funny and honest story about identity, connection and the messy path to healing, longlisted for the Tony Craze Award 2025. Playing from Friday 23 – Saturday 24 October 2026.
Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company presents The Gingerbread Manfrom Monday 26 - Wednesday 28 October 2026. Imagine being born in an oven and the first person you meet wants to dunk you in his tea! Come and see the adventure of the deliciously smelling Gingerbread Man and meet the bravest biscuit of all time. Stuff and Nonsense apply their usual brilliance with a mix of puppetry, live action, great music, humour and a stunning staging of this well-loved classic tale. Suitable for ages 3 and above.
Thrum, a new comedy show by Daniel Kitson, plays on Friday 30 – Saturday 31 October 2026. There’s the sound of somewhere else and the permanence of a plant pot and the ubiquity of a phrase and the heartbreaking brevity of a very long time. There are figs and worms and an old dog rejecting a blanket. There’s a woman, on a train, wearing a badge. There’s the first beep of a smoke alarm and there’s a daffodil in December and there’s the condition of fruit. And. There’s music, more or less throughout, at least two funny voices and upwards of three jokes.
Set to a live soundtrack of indie classics, How Soon is Now?is an indie musical about mates, music and magic – finding your place and finding yourself. FromWednesday 4 – Thursday 5 November 2026. New Year’s Eve, 1997. Manchester. In Déjà Vus’, Spin Jim is on the decks and ready to take you into the new year. The whole place is electric. Three girls are on the dancefloor. Polly and Angie are ready for a big night. Jean is lost and alone. The future awaits. New Labour, New Year, new horizons. After decades of grey, this is their time. But as midnight beckons, and darkness falls, will they find their light?
On Thursday 19 November 2026, Half Moon presents Bones in the Desert by Joe Nerssessian, an urgent new play about memory, belonging and the shadows of war. Berlin, 2022. Artur, a 19-year-old refugee, is trapped between worlds, haunted by memories of fleeing the Syrian civil war. When someone from his journey reappears, their joyful reunion unravels into a powerful reckoning with identity, belonging and the cost of silence. Spanning the deserts of 1915 to the turbulence of today, Bones in the Desert confronts the long shadows of war, racism in contemporary Europe and the struggle for freedom. With humour, heart and a pulsating soundtrack, this immersive new play speaks directly to young adults, suitable for ages 13+.
Kid Carpet hates panto. The Noisy Animals absolutely love it. So guess what they’re doing? Together, they present Jack and the Beanstalk (sort of)on Saturday 21 November 2026. Featuring Bear, Gorilla, Badger and Hedgehog (with possible appearances from Hedgehog’s golden eggs), this is Jack and The Beanstalk like it’s been thrown in a blender with a drum machine and dodgy celebrity lookalikes. Part Air Guitar workshop, part magical mess, this lo-fi, hi-tech, big-beat bonkers show is stuffed with songs, silliness and surprise grannies. It’s theatre, but it’s loud, proud and completely off its bean(stalk). Perfect for ages 3–10, families, party monsters, and fans of noisy nonsense.
Equal parts corporate seminar and queer fever dream, DYKE Systems Ltd is a sharp, subversive takedown of pyramid schemes, ruthless heteronormativity and corporate feminism. Step into the glittery, unhinged world of multi-level marketing mayhem with Fag Packet; KheskiKobler and Holly Wilson-Guy, the award-winning cabaret and theatre double act. Sally and Susan aren’t your average suburban women. They're business women. And you’re invited to the most prestigious seminar of the year that could help you get filthy rich! Bring your wallets, your carabiner and get ready to find your inner (D)ynamic! (Y)oung! (K)nowledgeable! (E)ntrepreneur! Playing on Wednesday 25 November 2026.
Montgomery:
Fatiha el-Ghorri, break-out star of Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff, is only embarking on her first ever stand-up tour. She’s ironed her swaggest hijab and she’s ready to hit the road to serve up her one-of-a-kind and award-winning stand-up in Cockney Stacking Doll on Friday 13 November 2026. Expect strong language, stereotype-smashing, and to fall side-splittingly in love with this knock-out comic, destined for stardom. As seen on Live At The Apollo, QI, The Last Leg, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and more, and winner of Leicester Comedy Festival’s Best Debut Show award.
Amy Gledhill has appeared on the biggest comedy shows on TV, won the most prestigious award in live comedy and starred in a Netflix blockbuster. So why can't she nail just one first date, social interaction, or trip to the spa (she is now banned from)? Join the Taskmaster alumnus, Last One Laughing’s cruelest red card, and co-host of smash-hit podcasts Single Ladies In Your Area and Northern News on her brand new stand-up tour as Amy Gledhill says Thanks For Having Me at the Montgomery on Friday 5 February 2027.
David McKee’s wickedly funny story Not Now, Bernardroars on to the stage in Roustabout Theatre’s fantastical and colourful adaptation of this classic and much-loved picture book. Bernard’s got a problem, but his mum and dad are too busy to notice. Through physical comedy, a live soundtrack performed on instruments and household objects, and an enormous purple monster, this show explores big themes of attention, imagination, and being heard, offering lots to talk about for both children and adults. With integrated Makaton, this accessible production is suitable for everyone aged 3+ and runs from Tuesday 16 – Wednesday 17 February 2027.
Following his acclaimed 100+ date worldwide tour, Aurie Styla is back on the road with his brand new show Maverick, coming to the Montgomery on Friday 26 February 2027. Aurie is one of the most naturally charismatic and hilarious comedians around, having appeared on Richard Osman's House Of Games, Comedy Central Live, Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club and more. Although life seems nice and comfortable, something is throwing off the scales of wins and fails. The show hilariously explores Aurie’s bad work-life balance, family influence, relationships, health and more.
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your ‘finger of suspicion’ at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show Murder She Didn’t Write for your sleuthing pleasure. Using audience suggestions to create a classic murder mystery on-the-spot, this ingenious improvised comedy invents a hilarious improvised murder mystery. All you have to do... is solve it! Ms Gold poisoned at a synchronised swimming gala? Dr Blue exploded by cannon during a hot air balloon race? Professor Violet crushed to death at a Love Island recoupling? The audience decides - but can you guess whodunnit before the killer is revealed? From Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 March 2027.
Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ hugely popular book The Singing Mermaid is brought to life with beautiful puppetry and performance, and music and songs by Barb Jungr, from Wednesday 31 March – Thursday 1 April 2027. One day, a singing mermaid is tempted away from all of her sea-creature friends to join a travelling circus. The audiences love to hear her sing, but the poor mermaid was tricked! Instead of the swimming pool she was promised, she is kept in a small fish tank by the wicked circus master Sam Sly. She longs to return to the sea, but how can she escape? 3-8 year olds and their families will love this adaptation of the loved story.
Direct from the West End, Shoddy Theatre and The Production Garden, in association with Chelmsford Theatre, presents A Shoddy Detective and the Art of Deception, a laugh-out-loud comedy whodunit, featuring four actors, a dozen characters and a whole load of chaos. When a priceless painting vanishes at a manor auction, Detective Stuart Pidcock and his unlikely ally must interrogate eccentric suspects, outwit a cunning thief, and crack the century’s mystery. After sell-out runs in the West End, at the Edinburgh Fringe and across the UK, prepare for a bigger, funnier, and even more ridiculous show than before in. Playing from Wednesday 28 – Friday 30 April 2027.
Rhys James has made a discovery that could fix everything. It’s been staring him in the face the whole time, in a mirror held behind his head. If he can ignore his own problems for long enough, he might just be able to solve yours. Chop Logic is a fast, forensic show of big ideas and gag-dense overthinking from one of the nation’s sharpest stand-ups. Star of Mock The Week and BBC Radio 4's Rhysearch, also seen furrowing his brow on QI, Live At The Apollo and his viral U&Dave lecture, I Stalk Strangers Online. Playing on Friday 14 May 2027.
Across the Playhouse and Montgomery this autumn, Open Works, a first-of-its-kind festival for Sheffield Theatres, will celebrate theatre artists from across South Yorkshire and beyond in a coming together of creatives that will expand Sheffield as a dynamic hub for new writing, bold experimentation, and diverse artistic voices. From Monday 28 September – Saturday 10 October 2026, theatre-makers and theatre-lovers alike can enjoy a programme of events from world premieres to scratch nights, to rehearsed readings and works in progress. Keep an eye on sheffieldtheatres.co.uk for the full schedule and details of the festival.
Winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025, Saplingby Georgina Duncan explores what grows when deep-rooted pain is left untended. A memorial garden destroyed. A family buckling under the weight of silence. Belfast 1990, and Gerry is barely keeping his life together. His brother's killer has just been released from prison, and now a stranger has arrived in town. An adolescence of kickabouts with his mates and tagging the chippy wall is about to change forever. A co-production between Sheffield Theatres, Paines Plough and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, opening in the Playhouse from Saturday 13 March – Saturday 3 April 2027.
Tickets for new shows going on sale are available to book by Centre Stage Members from 10am Saturday 6 June, with general booking opening on Saturday 13 June. Tickets can be booked through the Box Office in person, over the phone on 0114 249 6000, or at sheffieldtheatres.co.uk.
