A beloved fairytale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes , has seduced audiences and inspired generations of dancers with its tale of obsession, possession and one girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page lives to dance but her ambitions become a battleground between the two men who inspire her passion.
Matthew Bourne’s magical adaptation is set to a new score arranged by Terry Davies using the mesmerizing music of golden-age Hollywood composer, Bernard Herrmann (most famous for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles) and...
Get ready to meet an eccentric Emperor who loves clothes more than anything! But despite a wardrobe the size of Paris, he hasn’t got a stitch to wear for his Birthday! A new outfit must be found! When two ‘designers’ come to town with a promise to create him an outfit that's "never been seen before", our eccentric Emperor doesn't quite realise the spectacle he is about to make.
Populated with puppets, music and song, this inventive and energetic production is told in true Stuff and Nonsense style; with unending energy, great storytelling and, as always, a show for all the family...
This Christmas the UK’s favourite female French/English comedy duo, Spitz & Co, return to The Drum by popular demand following their hilarious and award-winning production of Gloriator in The Drum last year.
Assisted once again by over-enthusiastic tour manager Josephine, French actress Gloria Delaneuf pulls out all the stops to share the heart-warming story of her life-changing experience with gorillas in the Kungalunga Jungle, and with one very special gorilla in particular…
In Gloria In the Mist not only will Gloria recreate her adventures in the jungle, she will...
On Friday 28 October, Theatre Royal Plymouth is giving people a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes at the Theatre.
As well as guided on-stage and backstage tours, there will be a chance to see how sets are designed and built, whilst also having the opportunity to see demonstrations of how the lighting and sound works within with Theatre.
Two songs from the highly-anticipated major new musical theatre adaptation of The Wind in the Willows have today been released which premieres at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 8 – 22 October.
With music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the tracks feature Rufus Hound as the lovable menace Mr Toad in ‘ The Amazing Mr Toad ’ and the full cast performing the opening song ‘ Spring...
The search is about to begin to find two teams of 10 talented children to play alongside Lesley Joseph and Duncan James in this year’s classic family pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Auditions for these coveted parts will take place at the Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Production and Learning centre, TR2, in Cattedown, Plymouth on Saturday 8th...
A Told by an Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth production: Heads Will Roll The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth Thursday 6 – Saturday 22 October
Heads Will Roll is a dark epic comedy about delusion, vanity, and the corruption of power from the insatiably curious Told by an Idiot. Inspired by the myth of El Dorado - the fantastical city where rivers ran with gold – the Told by an Idiot and...
Shôn Dale-Jones, the multi-award winning writer/performer behind Edinburgh Fringe favourite Hugh Hughes, performs The Duke, a Hoipolloi, PBJ Management and Theatre Royal Plymouth Production, a new solo show raising money for Save The Children’s Child Refugee Crisis Appeal. The show is presented free to audiences, with donations to the charity welcomed.
National tour of poet’s multi award winning politically charged theatre debut coming to Plymouth Barbican Theatre
He’s best known for blistering, incisive and astute performance poetry and regular slots on BBC Radio, but it was Luke Wright’s first theatre show What I Learned from Johnny Bevan that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm and then sold out three weeks at London’s Soho Theatre...
Soho Theatre and Francesca Moody are delighted to announce the UK tour of Spine, Clara Brennan’s hilarious and heartbreaking, multiple award-winning play.
Taking in an initial 13 theatres around the UK, the tour showcases Soho Theatre’s commitment to touring and sharing the best work with the widest possible audience around the UK and beyond. Spine’s UK tour begins at the The Drum in...
