Four Forty breathes fresh mischief into Shakespeare's best-loved comedy
"Wit, invention, and just the right amount of chaos!”
Four Forty Theatre tackle A Midsummer Night’s Dream with their trademark mix of irreverence, wit, and theatrical ingenuity.
Lovers are enchanted, fairies feud, and a troupe of hapless players rehearse their way into disaster — all in a single moonlit night. Celebrated for inventive staging, breakneck character changes, and playful dismantling of tradition, Four Forty breathe fresh mischief into Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy. The result is part affectionate homage, part riotous reinvention: clever, chaotic, and utterly alive.
It’s a Midsummer Night's Dream performed with wit turned sharp and imagination turned loose — Shakespeare, but with Four Forty.
They will rock you!
Formed by veterans of the Queen tribute scene, Extreme Queen are here to turn your world inside out.
Exploring this 70’s & 80s rock powerhouse’s eclectic repertoire, they will take you headlong on a journey across two decades of music.
Two hours of non-stop Queen fun, this is an invitation you can’t decline!
Chaos ensues when Iothario Bernard's three fiancées all show up at his Parisian apartment in this 1960s farce.
This 1960s French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has Italian, German and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down, and one pending” – until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris, and Bernard’s apartment, at the same time.
Different dance styles weave together to retell this classic rag-to-riches fairytale
The classic rags-to-riches fairy tale about a kind, mistreated young woman forced into servitude by her stepfamily.
With the help of a magical guardian fairy godmother, she attends a royal ball, captures the prince's heart, but flees at midnight, leaving behind a slipper. The prince uses the slipper to find and marry her. This classic fairy tale features a cruel stepfamily, a magical fairy godmother, a prince and many more fairy tale characters.
Lots of different dance styles brings a fantastic and unique take on this classic.
The award-winning Broadway sensation is back!
Step into 1950s New York with Guys and Dolls — the award-winning Broadway sensation packed with high-stakes gamblers, showgirls and unlikely love stories.
With unforgettable songs like ‘Luck Be a Lady’ and ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat’, we follow smooth talking gambler Sky Masterson and straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown as their worlds collide in the most unexpected way.
Full of heart, humour and toe-tapping tunes, Guys and Dolls is a timeless celebration of risk, romance and rolling the dice on love.
Audio-described Performance
Saturday Matinee
Designed for patrons who are blind or partially sighted
Audio Descriptions
Audio Description is a live spoken commentary delivered through a headset during a performance.
It describes important visual information such as actions, facial expressions, costumes and scene changes during pauses in dialogue, helping audiences follow every moment of the story.
Audio Description allows audiences to experience the atmosphere, movement and visual storytelling that make live theatre so special.
Take a listen: https://youtu.be/IDxuzJiDI0Y?is=OY9qFI7H7PsmooAB
Touch Tour
A Touch Tour is a guided experience before a performance where audience members can explore costumes, props and parts of the set through touch.
It provides an opportunity to become familiar with the performance space, meet characters and build a deeper understanding of the visual elements of the production before the show begins.
Touch Tours can help audiences feel more confident, relaxed and connected to the story they are about to experience.
Celebrate the pure enjoyment of dance
Dancers of all ages from York Dance Works and The Academy of Theatre Studies in Howden join together to celebrate the pure enjoyment of dance and bring you a spectacular show. The performances include a multitude of dance styles including ballet, tap, jazz, ballroom, street and more. Performed with passion, enthusiasm and beautiful costumes, it promises to be a visual treat for all to enjoy.
