A number of new touring productions will be a welcomed to the Crucible, the Lyceum, and the Playhouse in late 2024, into 2025, including mesmerising ballet, spine-tingling hauntings and knock-out musical favourites.
In the Lyceum theatre:
Mergaliyev Classical Ballet's Swan Lake runs from Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 January 2025. Watch the timeless tale of Prince Siegfried falling in love with Odette, Queen of the Swans, only to be tricked into betraying her. The thrilling sight of a company of swans dancing to Tchaikovsky’s dramatic score, performed by a live orchestra, is one of the true delights of classical ballet.
The multi-award-winning production Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) storms back into the Lyceum from Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 January 2025. Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance. Featuring a string of pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and You’re So Vain. It’s the 1800s. It’s party time. Let the ruthless matchmaking begin.
Enter a world full of thrilling twists and epic turns with Ghost Stories. One of London’s best reviewed plays of all time, this is a fully sensory and electrifying theatrical experience like no other. When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings, he finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations… From Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 February 2025
Starring TV favourite Les Dennis, BillBryson’s smash-hit memoir Notes From A Small Island journeys to the stage for the first time from Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 March 2025. From Calais to Scotland, Bill travels the length and breadth of Britain. How can the nation that produced Marmite, Gardener’s Question Time and people who say “Ooh lovely” at the sight of a cup of tea, hold such a special place in this American’s heart? This stage adaptation celebrates one of the nation’s most beloved books and the quirks of our small island.
Based on one of cinema’s biggest all-time hits, Ghost The Musical will have audiences swooning from
Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 March 2025. A tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, but with the help of a phony storefront psychic, Sam, trapped between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger. The international smash hit returns to the stage, featuring The Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody.
Stephen Daldry’s award-winning production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller An Inspector Calls returns from Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 April 2025. When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge us all to examine our consciences. More relevant now than ever, this is a must-see for a whole new generation.
Gosh almighty! The whip crackin' musical comedy classic Calamity Jane is a rollin' on over the plains to the Lyceum from Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 June 2025. Based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, this plumb fancy new production stars the multi-award-winning West End actor and singer Carrie Hope Fletcher (Cinderella, Les Misérables) and includes the sure-fire classic songs The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), The Black Hills of Dakota, Just Blew in from the Windy City, and the Oscar-winning Secret Love.
The Broadway and West End joy-filled sensation based on a true story, Kinky Boots The Musical struts into Sheffield from Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 June 2025, starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe and rising star Dan Partridge. After inheriting his family's failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business. Featuring a score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots is guaranteed to raise you up and celebrate everybody’s individuality!
Visiting the Playhouse:
Stung, the story of WASPIs (Women Against State Pension Inequality), runs from Monday 9 - Tuesday 10 September 2024. 1950s-born women always thought they would retire with a state pension on their 60th birthday like generations of women before them - how wrong they were! The Government moved the goal posts - not once, but twice - and these women bore the brunt. But you can’t keep a group of strong, determined women down for long… Join members of North Derbyshire WASPI on a roller-coaster of a ride in their quest for pension justice.
Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood has served up nostalgia, music and laughter across the UK since 2022. With the seal of approval from Victoria’s own colleagues, school-chums and admirers, this show is for fans of Victoria and for those yet to discover her to come together and relish her breath-taking wizardry with words. So grab a custard cream and join in on Wednesday 11 September 2024.
For the festive season, Tutti Frutti
have teamed up with leading playwright Mike Kenny to re-imagine the enchanting story of Peter Pan, as told by Wendy, with Underneath a Magical Moon. Fly into a fantastical world of adventure, where time stands still, the impossible seems possible, and if you close your eyes and believe, then you really can make anything happen. A sparkling production with exquisite music, enthralling movement, and a sprinkle of Tutti Frutti magic is for children 3+ and their families to enjoy from Wednesday 11 - Tuesday 31 December 2024.
A brilliantly savage play about workplace bullying BULL returns to Sheffield from Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 January 2025, marking a decade since its Olivier-award winning transfer from Sheffield’s Playhouse to London’s Young Vic in 2015. Playwright Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster) was inspired to write his razor-sharp smash hit when watching a bullfight, and BULL offers ringside seats as three employees fight to keep their jobs.
Does My F**** Look Big in This? tackles sex education, validates sexual anxiety, and deals with sexual trauma while answering questions you’ve always been a little too embarrassed to ask. Explore the sexual world through spoken word, uncomfortable noises, an inflatable sex doll, (bad) singing, anxiety and a limerick. Playing on Wednesday 29 January 2025.
Endurance comes to the Playhouse from Friday 31 January – Saturday 1 February 2025. Jenni is not an athlete. Jenni has not done enough training. Jenni wants to perform a feat of endurance in real-time. She really wants to be able to run up hills and mountains. Since her mum is Bolivian, she's banking on her DNA containing Inca genes, which she hopes will mean that she will be sh*t hot at running up mountains. Naturally. In a heart-racing blend of dance, theatre, integrated creative captions, and an attempt at a sports spectacle, Endurance looks at how and why we endure.
Two brothers on a beach - their dad is dying, and their town is crumbling, while a figure made of driftwood stalks the shore at night. Driftwood, an inspiring story about hope, love and belonging, comes to the Playhouse from Friday 7 - Saturday 8 February 2025. ThickSkin and Pentabus join forces to present this moving play by Tim Foley (Bruntwood Prize Winner-Electric Rosary).
And in the Crucible:
Experience the sheer power of Sheffield's own Community Gospel Choir! Their performance Lift Your Voice will be on Saturday 26 October 2024 in the Crucible. With their mesmerizing vocals and soul-stirring melodies, they captivate audiences like no other. Sheffield Community Gospel Choir is one of the best known and most well-loved Gospel Choirs in Yorkshire, founded in 2013 by Janine Dyer, who continues to lead and direct. Prepare to be moved by their inspiring messages and unforgettable performances.
Finally, the previously announced Sheffield Theatres Production A Streetcar Named Desire will go on sale alongside the newly announced shows. In the sultry back streets of 1940s New Orleans, fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois seeks solace with her estranged sister Stella. Blanche’s delicate sensibilities create instant suspicion in Stella’s unrestrained husband Stanley, as they collide in a struggle for Stella’s heart. As their simmering feud escalates, past truths begin to surface and both sisters must choose between fantasy and reality. Passions ignite and illusions are shattered in Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play. From Saturday 1 - Saturday 29 March 2025.
Tickets for new shows going on sale are available to book by Centre Stage Members from 10am Saturday 8 June, with general booking opening on Saturday 15 June. Tickets can be booked through the Box Office in person, over the phone on 0114 249 6000, or at sheffieldtheatres.co.uk.
