Saturday, August 15, 2026

Matilda Jr – cheeky children make short work of Miss Trunchbull (BSPA at The MAC, Friday 14–Saturday 15 August)

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Young Matilda is the bookish daughter of parents who value appearance and money. While her new schoolteacher recognises her precocious intel...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

High Society – A swellegant night of song and pleasing farce (Grand Opera House until Saturday 15 August)

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Cole Porter really knew how to write a song. And the stage musical version of the 1956 film (Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra), that ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Lady – mid-life crisis as a lonely aristocrat descends into nothingness (Queen’s Film Theatre from Friday 14 August)

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Lady Isabella is a woman of a certain age who knows that her public profile – even as a low-level aristocrat – is fading fast. She cuts a lo...
Monday, August 10, 2026

Tony – a queasy insight into Anthony Bourdain’s entry into chefdom cooking a soufflé of lies (Queen’s Film Theatre from Friday 14 August)

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A new film from Matt Johnson, Tony , charts how 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain spent the summer of 1975. Telling his parents and anyone else w...
Wednesday, August 05, 2026

The Ballad of Johnny & June – ambitious musical goes behind the scenes of country music power couple (Grand Opera House until Saturday 8 August)

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The only son of Country music legends June Carter and Johnny Cash narrates the story of his parent’s journey through the music business, int...
Monday, August 03, 2026

The Summer Book – grief(s) observed and anticipated (Queens Film Theatre from 7 August)

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Fans of Tove Jansson will be aware that her writing extends beyond the Moonins. Her novel   The Summer Book has been adapted into a film by...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Waitress – serving up an empowering slice of slapstick pie (Grand Opera House until Saturday 1 August)

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Joe’s Pie Diner serves up delicious savoury and sweet pies, all baked by Jenna. Work is her daily distraction from an abusive husband. An un...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Legally Blonde – a classy production that lets the story shine through the pinkness (Grand Opera House until Saturday 25 July)

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When UCLA student and sorority president Elle Woods is unexpectedly dumped by her boyfriend for what he perceives to be her lack of seriousn...
Friday, July 17, 2026

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – huge cast prove that ‘teamwork can make a dream work’ (Grand Opera House Trust summer youth production until Saturday 18 July)

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An old racing car in bad nick but with an intriguing backstory of sabotage is found in a junk yard. Two excitable children and their eccentr...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

Steel Magnolias – a warm welcome and a listening ear for the regulars in Truvy’s salon sanctuary every Saturday morning (Lyric Theatre until Friday 10 July)

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Hair salons can be a bit of a go to setting in theatre for safe ‘third’ spaces where women can gather and support each other. They’re place...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

The Last Viking – Mads Mikkelsen delights in this brutal comedy Nordic noir (Queen’s Film Theatre from Friday 26 June)

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Part horror, part comedy, part Nordic noir, The Last Viking is a hard to pigeonhole film from Danish screenwriter and director Anders Thoma...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Heart of Hamelin – a well-told musical lesson about paying the piper or else he’ll call the tune (Market Place Theatre until Wednesday 24 June)

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The tale of the colourfully dressed piper who lures the rats away from an infested town and then takes revenge when the town renege on their...
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Monday, June 22, 2026

Cutting Through Rocks – an emancipating hustler who tries to push back against the stifling patriarchy (Docs Ireland at Queen’s Film Theatre)

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The village councillor elected with the most votes traditionally holds the official stamp to notarise paperwork. That’s the rule in this rur...

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That's the Weight of the World) – the story of how Maurice White steered the band (Docs Ireland at Queen’s Film Theatre)

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Maurice White was a kalimba-playing drummer, a lead singer, a songwriter, a producer, and the man who controlled the always vibrant yet quit...