What’s On What’s On Summer ’25 What’s On Access How to Book Newly on sale Cockpit Theatre The Studio Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden Guided Tours Regular Events & Workshops Fri 3 Oct, 2025 - Sat 25 Oct, 2025 The Tempest Find out more Filter Events Month June 25 July 25 August 25 September 25 October 25 November 25 December 25 May 26 Type Comedy Community Drama Family Guided Tours Music Shakespeare Clear filters Access Sat 14 June Simply Dylan Simply Dylan Bringing Dylan’s lyrics and clever storytelling alive with a joyous and exuberant sound... Find out more Sun 15 June Butler, Blake & Grant Butler, Blake & Grant Three of the most revered songwriters of our time—Bernard Butler, Norman Blake, and James Grant—bring their rich harmonies, masterful musicianship, and soul-stirring songs to life in an intimate and electrifying performance. Find out more Tue 17 June Plays For The People Plays For The People How do we act? What can we do? Find out more Tue 17 June ShakeItUp Theatre ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show Shakespeare hasn't written anything new for an age, so we thought we'd give him a hand... Find out more Wed 18 June Shellshocked Shellshocked A brilliant new drama from the creative team behind the multi-award-winning plays Jesus, Jane, Mother and Me and LASH. Find out more Thu 19 June ASA Network Limited and Sound and Motion Studios Dreams: A Celebration of the Fleetwood Mac Story Dreams: A Celebration of the Fleetwood Mac Story Join us for a celebration of the music of Fleetwood Mac, live in our Cockpit! Find out more Heading North Fringe Festival Fri 20 – Sat 21 June Get Giddier Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff Trust in Guff and you are GUARANTEED (100%) to enjoy, not only the show, but the rest of your life. 💪 Join Clementine Bogg-Hargroves (Guff) with her 'Yorkshire-based robustness and sunny charm'. Find out more Fri 20 June Down in Laurel Canyon Down in Laurel Canyon Find out more Sat 21 June Classic Double Band Pink Floyd and Radiohead: The Classic Double Band Pink Floyd and Radiohead: The Classic Double Band The cerebral yet visceral Radiohead and the epic and soulful Pink Floyd. See the Classic Double Band play them with the heart and brilliance they deserve! Find out more Tue 24 June – Tue 14 October Shakespeare North Playhouse Scratch Scratch An inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. Find out more Wed 25 June Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies Exquisite Shakespearean opera and poetry by soprano Laura Hudson Find out more Wed 25 June Em Parr Projects Two Steps Back Two Steps Back She was not of an ice-breaking, team-playing, shot-drinking disposition. Hiding in her room eating dry bran flakes, she now begins to wonder… Why has she moved away to university? Find out more Wed 25 – Sat 28 June The Highwayman The Highwayman Godber’s Highwayman is visceral, venal and very funny. History has never felt so modern, theft never more attractive. Find out more Fri 27 June – Wed 30 July Shakespeare North Playhouse Shakespeare and Love Shakespeare and Love Discover love through the eyes of Shakespeare! Find out more Fri 27 – Sat 28 June Oddsocks Productions A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream Oddsocks take to the road again with a high-energy A Midsummer Night's Dream! Find out more Load more
