Prince & The Pauper - NVT - December 19

Prince and the Pauper

By Mark Twain
Adapted and directed by Theresa Heskins

Classic stories, spectacular adventures and lots of fun are the hallmarks of a New Vic Christmas show, and this year will be no exception! Bringing together the same creative team who brought to life our adaptations of The Borrowers, Treasure Island and the UK Theatre Award-winning The Snow Queen, this year we bring to life another classic adventure story in our stunning trademark style!

Prepare for a tale full of heart, filled with imaginative storytelling, live music, humour, puppetry and festive magic as we stage a brand new adaptation of The Prince and The Pauper.

Join us and be enchanted by this story of a chance meeting between two people, which might just change their lives….and the lives of everyone around them.

Don Giovanni - Clonter Opera

Don Giovanni is a bedazzling tragicomedy showcasing the genius of Mozart and Da Ponte at the height of their powers. The Martin Lloyd-Evans production will transport this serial seducer and charismatic anti-hero into the midst of contemporary society to reveal staggering hypocrisy hidden beneath a surface of respectability.

“Compelling, stylish, imaginative, colourful, gripping and refreshingly unpretentious.”



39 Steps - New Vic Theatre

I love a good piece of theatre and this is a fabulous piece of theatre.

And one that can only exist on stage as the joy is in the theatricality and conceit of 4 actors playing 120 roles between them….

From the New Vic Website:

Following on from our hugely successful productions of Around The World In 80 Days and Astley’s Astounding Adventures, thrilling spy drama The 39 Steps gets the New Vic treatment!

Richard Hannay, upstanding gent and all-round good guy, finds himself in a bit of a pickle when he wakes up to find a mysterious woman in his apartment. Dead. Now on the run, pursued by all manner of suspicious characters, can Hannay evade capture and clear his name of murder before it’s too late? Will he fall in love along the way? And what exactly are The 39 Steps?

A thrilling, inventive, fast-paced caper, four actors will play over 120 characters in this side-splitting comedy based on John Buchan’s famous  spy novel.

Starring New Vic favourites: Rebecca Brewer (Playhouse Creatures), Gareth Cassidy (Treasure Island), Michael Hugo (Around The World In 80 Days) and Isaac Stanmore (Peter Pan In Scarlet).

Light Night - Site Specific Outdoor Theatre

Watch the city glisten and glow as Light Night Stoke-on-Trent magnificently transforms Burslem Town Centre over three evenings this January.
 
Join us and see the cityscape illuminated as world-class projections light up its heritage buildings, illuminated musical parades set the streets aglow and vibrant artworks ignite corners of the town. 

Light Night Stoke-on-Trent builds on the energy, momentum and pride generated by Stoke-on-Trent’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021 and is a free, evening event for the whole city and beyond taking place over three nights in Burslem Town Centre.

A Christmas Carol - Leeds Playhouse

IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE IN VICTORIAN LEEDS, BUT THE COLD-HEARTED EBENEZER SCROOGE HASN’T AN OUNCE OF FESTIVE CHEER.

As the cold night draws in, four ghostly spirits take Ebenezer on a magical journey through his past, his present and his future, hoping to show him the error of his ways. With Christmas spirit, fun, music and magic at its heart, this timeless Charles Dickens tale is brought vividly to life.

A LEEDS PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION

WITH HULL TRUCK THEATRE.