Step into 2026 with a visit to the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse. From January, hear from new voices, discover different stories and take a look at the world through a fresh lens with a host of vibrant productions live on stage, visiting Sheffield on tour or forged here in the city.
Written and directed by John Rwothomack (Far Gone), Kubulaya: Away From Home is a new sharing by Roots Mbili Theatre, taking a bold new look at the high rate of separation among sub-Saharan African couples who migrate to the UK. Infused with Zambian folk music and a blend of African and Western storytelling traditions, it delves into how culture, finance, and faith intersect to test the bonds of family and love. This work-in-progress theatrical sharing is in the Playhouse on Wednesday 14 January and will be followed by a Q&A for ticket holders.
Poetry, grime and dance unite in Debris Stevenson’s (Poet in da Corner, Royal Court) explosive new play My Brother’s a Genius- a Sheffield Theatres, Theatre Centre and National Youth Theatre of Great Britain co-production - runs in the Playhouse from Wednesday 28 January - Saturday 14 February 2026. Daisy and Luke are twins navigating life in a high-rise estate, where ambition and self-doubt collide. Both have labels thrust upon them: Daisy the “idiot” and Luke the “genius”, but will their shared dream of flying launch them up together or crash them apart? An energetic two-hander, Debris’ lyrical writing blends poetry and grime to create immediacy and accessibility, capturing the intensity and emotion of young people’s experiences in a humorous exploration of neurodivergence, sibling rivalry, the weight of expectations and finding our own ways to fly.
Following sell out and critical success at the Barbican in 2022 and 2024, Zoo Co and Improbable presents Perfect Show For Rachel; a ‘joyous celebration of theatre without the rules’ (The Stage) from Wednesday 18 – Saturday 31 February, combining physical theatre, live music, family memories, massive fights and fart jokes in a chaotic, moving and triumphant tapestry. Rachel is a theatre-loving, enigmatic, learning-disabled 35 year-old who loves Kylie, heckling her sister, and seeing people falling over. At the touch of a button she commands the action, each scene brought to life by a skilled cast ready for whatever she asks of them. From bar room brawls to a bourbon biscuit cabaret - get ready, this is Rachel’s Perfect Show. Exploring who defines artistic taste and questioning who that currently excludes, Perfect Show For Rachel is created by Zoo Co, a multi award-winning company creating theatre that loudly champions access.
The menopause: whispered about, joked about, ignored for centuries. Until now. With candour, chaos, and a killer 1980s soundtrack, Dry Bits smashes the silence in a riotous new one-woman show from local writer-performer Imogen Ashby. Expect office meltdowns, midnight sweats, teenage ghosts, Hulk-level fury – and dance moves you never knew you had. Imogen is your fearless guide through this unapologetically honest, hilarious journey as life is re-written from the inside out. Funny, furious and full of heart, she dives into the messy, maddening, surprisingly liberating mayhem of menopause and invites you to laugh, rage and reflect alongside her. From Tuesday 24 - Wednesday 25 February.
A Sheffield Theatres production, Living is a new state-of-the-nation drama about all the years of our lives, written by award-winning Sheffield playwright Leo Butler(Redundant). Sheffield couple Kathy and Brian move into that big old house on Burngreave Road. It’s 1969, they’ve just turned twenty and with a couple of babies on the way, their whole lives stretch ahead of them. But living is a funny business. Kids, money, work. Thatcherism, Blairism and Trump. As the world turns around them, will Kathy and Brian keep their home together through sixty years of change? From Saturday 14 March - Saturday 4 April.
Productions in the Playhouse are on sale now. Tickets can be booked through the Box Office in person, over the phone on 0114 249 6000 or at the link below
