Sunderland Empire plays host to 2025's pantomime season with a sparkling production of Sleeping Beauty, which will certainly wake you from your slumber! Starring the dazzling drag artist Miss Rory as Rorina The Cleaner and Tom Whalley as Vesta The Jester, this Christmas extravaganza is filled to the brim with music, dazzling costumes, oodles of humour and of course, audience participation! Fall in love with panto all over again this festive season....

Gird your loins and grab your fishnets, because The Rocky Horror Picture Show is celebrating 50 years of Antici.....pation! A true cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the story of Brad and Janet, two recently engaged college kids who head off on a road trip to bring the happy news to their former professor. But when they get a flat tire outside of the enigmatic Dr Frank-n-Furter's gothic castle, it looks like this squeaky clean couple are in for a night they'll never forget!

Roald Dahl's much-loved classic of an extraordinary child with magical powers has been reigning supreme at the Cambridge Theatre since 2012 and now sets out on a brand new UK tour! Combining the talents of Tim Minchin and the Royal Shakespeare Company, this extraordinary show has won seven Olivier Awards and has captured the hearts of young and old theatergoers alike, making it one of the most sought-after musicals of the last decade.

Pack your bags for a trip to Fawlty Towers as Britain's most beloved '70s sitcom heads on a nationwide tour following a successful West End run (with two extensions), adapted by the show's original writer and star, John Cleese - nearly fifty years after its debut. Directed by Caroline Jay Ranger (Only Fools and Horses: The Musical), the stage adaptation brings this iconic comedy to life. First broadcast in September 1975, Fawlty Towers is widely regarded as one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time - and now you have the chance to relive the chaos on stage.

Get in, losers; we're going on tour! Tina Fey brought the Burn Book to the West End in the Summer of 2024, shortly after, a $105 million-grossing movie was made - and it was like, totally fetch! Now the 12-time Tony nominated musical, which features a Book by Fey, music from Jeff Richmond, lyrics from Legally Blonde's Nell Benjamin and direction from Book of Mormon's Casey Nicholaw invites you to join Cady Heron once again as she heads from the wilds of Africa to the wilds of high-school across the UK...this time with songs!

Stepping out of the ballroom and onto a stage near you! Back by popular demand, your favourite Strictly professionals are on the road again in 2026, bringing this electrifying dance-fest with them. Following a phenomenal debut last year, that saw high critical and audience praise, you'll get to see the talented pros as they shimmy, waltz, tango and more in a dazzling live experience. So get rhinestoning your spandex and work on those tans for this Strictly spectacular affair!