Martin Dodd for UK Productions in association with Blackpool Grand Theatre proudly presents
Blackpools No. 1 Panto!
Sleeping Beauty 02 December to 01 January 2023
Blackpool’s Favourite Britain’s Got Talent Finalist
Steve Royle as Silly Billy
From Emmerdale and Coronation Street
Hayley Tamaddon as The Good Fairy
Philip Meeks as Nursie
Audio Description
Sat 10 and 17 Dec 2pm
Thu 29 Dec 7pm
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There’s noth ing quite like the thrill of live entertainment!
Friends, Romans, countrymen! Lend me your ears! Your fantastic new season is here, and it’s filled right to the rafters with smash- hit musicals, world class drama, laugh out loud comedy, captivating children’s shows, the best in international opera and dance, the very welcome return of The RSC with Julius Caesar and an Unexpected Twist... There’s nothing quite like the thrill of live entertainment, and this season is like a glorious Quality Street selection, so why not dip into the tin and treat your nearest and dearest to the magic of live theatre here at The Grand. If you can’t choose from the array of exciting shows, we have vouchers for you to gift a night at The Grand. You can also upgrade your experienc e with flowers, truffles, perfectly chilled Prosecco, or by joining our 1894 Club with lots of exclusive offers and priority booking! We also offer fascinating talks, tours, afternoon teas and much, much more. Talk to our friendly team who will help make y our visit even more special. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Adam Knight Chief ExecutiveHosted by Hayley Kay
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The Legendary Rock N Roll Musical Richard O’Brien’s
Rocky Horror Show
Ready to thr ill you with fun and naughty moments, Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show comes to Blackpool as part of its sellout tour, having been seen by over 30 million theatregoers.
The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids Brad and his fiancée Janet. When by a twist of fate, their car breaks down outside a creepy mansion whilst on their way to visit their former college professor, they meet the charismatic Dr Frank ’n’Furter. It is an adventure they’ll never forget, filled with fun, frolics, frocks, and frivolity.
Directed by Christopher Luscombe, The Rocky Horror Show is the biggest party and features timeless classics, including Sweet Transvestite, Damn it Janet, and of course, the pelvic thrusting show stopping Time Warp.
Date
Mon 13 to Sat 18 Feb
Time
Mon to Thu 8pm Fri and Sat 5:30pm and 8:30pm
Tickets
Starting from £15.50
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Danielle Tarento, Steven M Levy and Vaughan Williams in association with the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton presents …
Titanic The Musical
Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Book by Peter Stone.
In the final hours of 14th April 1912 the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and 'the unsinkable ship' slowly sank. It w as one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century. 1,517 men, women and children lost their lives.
Based on real people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, Titanic The Musical is a stunning and stirring production focusing on the hopes, dreams and aspirations of her passengers.
The original Broadway production of Titanic The Musical won five Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. This stunning production celebrates the 10th anniversary of its London premiere, where it won sweeping critical acclaim across the board.
Age Guidance 8yrs+
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The Best in World -Class Oper a and Dance
Varna International Ballet UK Debut Tour
Date
Giselle Fri 13 Jan Swan Lake Sat 14 Jan The Nutcracker Sun 15 Jan
Time
Fri 7:30pm Sat 2:30pm and 7:30pm Sun 2:30pm and 5:30pm
Tickets Starting from £23.50
Ellen Kent and the Ukranian Opera and Ballet Theatre Kyiv Presents
La Boheme
Thu 02 Feb 7:30pm
Madama Butterfly
Tue 14 Mar 7:30pm Tickets Starting from £33.50
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Joss Arnott Dance Presents
Tin Man
Date & Time
Tue 11 Apr 7pm Tickets Starting from £15.50 K2Co presents 5 Soldi ers
The Body Is The Frontline Date & Time Mon 08 May 7:30pm Tickets Starting from £15.50
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Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
This sensational, multi award- winning West End show first opened in 1989 and has been thrilling audiences around the world ever since. Now it triumphantly returns to Blackpool Grand as part of its 2023 UK Tour.
Forget feel good, Buddy The Buddy Holly Story is FEEL GREAT! Experience the drama, passion and excitement as a multi talented cast of actor musicians tell Buddy Holly’s story, from his Texas rockabilly beginnings to international stardom and his legendary final performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic death at the age of just 22.
Featuring two terrific hours of the greatest songs ever written, including That’ll Be The Day, Oh Boy, Rave On, La Bamba, Chantilly Lace, Johnny B. Goode, Raining In My Heart, Everyday, Shout and many, many more. This show is just Peggy Sue- perb!
Book now for the most successful Rock & Roll Musical of all time!
Date
Tue 25 to Sat 29 Apr Time
Evenings 7:30pm Wed and Sat Matinee 2:30pm
Tickets
Sat 29 Apr, 2:30pm
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The Nun Believable Killer Drag Comedy Starring RuPaul’s Drag Race Legends
Cheryl Hole, River Medway, Victoria Scone and LoUis CYfer
Death Drop: Back in The Habit
DEATH DROP is Back In The Habit with a killer drag murder mystery Nun of you asked for…
A gaggle of fabulous Nuns are trapped in their convent, with a serial slayer slashing their way through the Sisters in this all new follow up to the five- star, smash- hit West End comedy. As the clues are unearthed by Sis Marple in this divine comedy, you’ll be laughing in the pews as the laugh a minute, fierce, all dr ag, killer comedy comes to its thrilling, and hilarious conclusion.
From the Producers who brought Courtney Act, Monet X Change, JuJuBee and Latrice Royale to Britain’s stages, DEATH DROP BACK IN THE HABIT promises to be “the killer show… that absolutely slays.”
Date
Fri 06 Jan, 8:30pm
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Tilted Wig Presents York Theatre Royal’s Production
Around The World in 80 Days
By Jules Verne Adapted & Directed by Juliet ForsterJoin our raggle taggle band of travelling circus performers as they embark on their most daring feat yet: to recreate the adventures of Phileas Fogg as he sets off on his race around the world.
But wait! Who is this Nellie Bly biting at his heels? We can’t have an actual, real- life woman win this race!
Sit back and enjoy as our skilled performers traverse every country, embrace each character and navigate each mode of transport as fact clashes with fiction in this madcap adventure around the globe.
Age Guidance 5yrs+
Date
Tue 28 Feb to Sat 04 Mar Time
Tue to Fri 7:30pm
Thu Matinee 2pm Sat 1pm and 5:30pm
Tickets
Starting from £15.50
Accessible Performance
Sat 04 Mar, 1pm
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A ThickSkin and Traverse Theatre Company production, supported by Theatre Royal Stratford East. Commissioned by ThickSkin and Lawrence Batley Theatre.
How Not To Drown
By Nicola McCartney and Dritan KastratiAward winning theatre company, ThickSkin, returns to the stage with an action- packed, highly visual production telling the painful yet uplifting true story of an eleven year old unaccompanied asylum seeker.
“I don’t know why my Dad let me go, especially w hen he knew how dangerous, how hard it was… I was too young, too weak to make this journey. I wouldn’t have sent me… He wouldn’t have sent me unless there was a reason.”
In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan War, Dritan is sent on the notor iously perilous journey across the Adriatic with a gang of people smugglers to a new life in Europe. He relies on his young wit and charm to make it to the UK. But the fight for survival continues as he clings to his identity and sense of self when he ends up in the British care system.
How Not to Drown shares a story of endurance for a little kid who w asn’t safe or welcome anywhere in the world, performed by an ensemble cast starring Dritan Kastrati himself.
Date Wed 15 to Fri 17 Mar 7:30pm
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The Five Star Comedy Sensation Direct From London’s West End
Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)
By Isobel McArthur after Jane AustenDirect from its triumph in the West End, where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story.
Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance. This “smart, laugh out loud funny” (Daily Telegraph) show features a string of pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and You’re So Vain. It’s the 1800s. It’s party time. Let the ruthless matchmaking begin.
Date Tue 02 to Sat 06 May
Time
Tue to Sat 7:30pm Thu and Sat Matinee 2:30pm
Tickets Starting from £18.50 Accessible Performance
Sat 06 May, 2:30pm
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The Royal Shakespeare Company Returns to Blackpool Grand
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar; a fast- paced political thriller about a divisive leader who holds awesome power.
Concerned that Caesar poses a threat to democracy, revolutionaries take the violent decision to murder him. They have no plan for what comes next. As the world spins out of control; chaos, horror and superstition rush in to f ill the void. Civil war erupts and a new leader must rise: but at what cost?
Date
Tue 16 to Sat 20 May
Time
Evenings 7:30pm
Thu & Sat Matinees 2pm
Tickets
Starting from £15.50
Accessible Performances
Thu 18 May, 7:30 pm
Fri 19 May, 7:30 pm
Sat 20 May, 2pm
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Michael Rosen’s
Unexpected Twist
An Oliver Twisted Tale by Roy Williams
Unexpected Twist is the re telling of the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist, by one of the best loved figures in the children’s book world, Michael Rosen. Combining two stories in one; Rosen’s story and the Dickens classic that inspired it. Two stories that twist together, unexpectedly!
Shona and her class are studying the book, Oliver Twist. She’s the new girl in school and is finding it hard to stay out of trouble – much like Oliver himself! When she’s given a new phone by a stranger, she begins to suspect there’s something unusual about the new boys she’s met.
This thrilling production is brought to vivid life by The Children’s Theatre Partnership, whose show s have included Animal Farm, Holes and The Jungle Book. Directed by James Dacre, Rosen’s novel is adapted for the stage by BAFTA award- winning playwright Roy Williams with original music by rising R&B star Yaya Bey and BAC Beatbox Academy’s Conrad Mur ray.
Age Guidance 8yrs+
Date
Tue 23 to Sat 27 May
Time
Tue 7pm Wed and Thu 10:30am and 2pm Fri 7pm Sat 2:30pm and 7pm
Tickets
Starting from £15.50
Accessible Performance
Sat 27 May , 2:30p
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A Northern Broadsides and New Vic Theatre Co Production
Quality Street
From the writer of Peter Pan, this delicious farce was such a sensation in its day that it gave its name to the UK’s most loved chocolates. Phoebe Throssel runs a school for unruly children on Quality Street. Ten years since a tearful goodbye, an old flame returns from fighting Napoleon. But the look of disappointment on Captain Valentine’s face when he greets an older, less glamorous Phoebe, spurs our determined heroine to action.
She becomes the wild and sparkling Miss Livvy, a younger alter ego who soon beguiles the clueless Captain. As their romance is rekindled, can she juggle both personas? Or will the deception scandalise the town and wreck any future with the man she loves?
Northern Broadsides revive their hit regency comedy, stirring in a good helping of Yorkshire wit from the retired workers of the Halifax factory where Quality Street have been proudly made since 1936. Think Bridgerton meets Inside the Factory.
Date
Tue 27 Jun Time
Tue to Sat 7:30pm Wed and Sat Matinees 2:30pm
Tickets
Starting from £15.50 Accessible Performances
Sat 01 July, 2:30 pm
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Blackpool Operatic Players Presents
Shrek The Musical
Music by Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay Abaire Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture & the book by William Steig
Originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions , this amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk
Date
Wed 05 to Sat 08 Apr
Time
Evenings 7:30pm Thu to Sat Matinee 2pm
Tickets Starting from £22
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Off The Kerb Productions Presents Jon Richardson: The Knitwit
Funny man Jon Richardson leaves home on his first tour since the last one. Best known from 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4). Extra date added! (Feb 04, 2023).
Age Restriction 14+
Date & Time
Fri 03 & Sat 04 Feb 2023 8pm Tickets £26.50
Lisa Richards Presents Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame
Frankie Boyle’s on tour. Buy a ticket, because by the time he arrives, the currency will be worthless and you and your neighbours part of a struggling militia, that could probably use a few laughs.
Age Restriction: 16yrs+
Date & Time
Tue 09 May 2023 7pm Tickets £28.50
Off The Kerb Productions Presents Dara Ó Briain: So, Where Were We?
Dara Ó Briain is back on tour, with a brand new show So, Where Were We?
Age Restriction: 14yrs+
Date & Time
Wed 10 May 2023 8pm Tickets £26.50
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Sing -a-long -a Encanto
Date & Time Sun 05 Feb 1pm Tickets £18.50 Under 18s £15
The Best in Family Entertainment
Tales from Acorn Wood
Based on the favourite stories by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler Date Wed 29 to Thu 30 Time Wed 2pm Thu 10:30am and 1:30pm
Tickets £18.50 Under 18s £16.50
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Fireman Sam Saves The Circus
A spectacular live show for all the family
Date & Time
Sat 15 Apr 12pm & 3:30pm Tickets £20 Under 18s £19
Northern Ballet Presents
Ugly Duckling Date & Time
Fri 21 Apr 2pm & 4pm Tickets Starting from £10
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Winnie The Pooh
The New Musical Stage Adaptation
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller Date
Mon 14 to Wed 16 Aug Time Mon 5pm Tue 1pm and 4pm Wed 11am and 2pm
Tickets Starting from £13.50
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What’s On December
Sleeping Beauty Pantomime Fri 02 Dec 2022 to Sun 01 Jan 2023 It’s Show Time (STUDIO) Sun 11 Dec Grand Christmas Concert Mon 12 Dec
January
Death Drop: Back in the Habit Tue 03 to Sat 07 Jan
Ballet: Giselle Fri 13 Jan
Ballet: Swan Lake Sat 14 Jan Ballet: The Nutcracker Sun 15 Jan Spirit of the Dance Wed 18 Jan
Waterloo – The Best of ABBA Fri 20 Jan Vampires Rock – Ghost Train Sat 21 Jan The Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Tue 24 Jan Blackpool and Fylde Children’s Pantomime Fri 27 to Sun 29 Jan
February
Come What May Wed 01 Feb
Puccini’s La Boheme Thu 02 Feb
Jon Richardson: The Knitwit Fri 03 and Sat 04 Feb Sing- a- long-a Encanto Sun 05 Feb Tap Factory Tue 07 Feb
The Glenn Miller and Big Band Spectacular Wed 08 Feb Buffy Revamped Sat 11 Feb One Night in Texas Sun 12 Feb
The Rocky Horror Show Mon 13 to Sat 18 Feb
Chicago Blues Brothers Sun 19 Feb The Sound of Springsteen Sun 26 Feb Around the World in 80 Days Tue 28 Feb to Sat 04 Mar
March
Sunday Night at the Grand Sun 05 Mar
Sandgrown Shakespeare Tue 07 and Thu 09 Mar
Giovanni Pernice – Made in Italy Fri 10 Mar
The Carpenters Story Sat 11 Mar
Beyond the Barricade Sun 12 Mar Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Tue 14 Mar How Not To Drown Wed 15 to Fri 17 Mar
The Illegal Eagles Sun 19 Mar
Titanic The Musical Tue 21 to Sat 25 Mar
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Blackpool Symphony Orchestra Sun 26 Mar
Irish Annie’s Mon 27 Mar
Queenz – The Show with Balls Tue 28 Mar
Tales from Acorn Wood Wed 29 and Thu 30 Mar Miss Nobodies (STUDIO) Thu 30 and Fri 31 Mar
Queen Rhapsody Fri 31 Mar
April Islands in the Stream Sat 01 Apr
Shrek The Musical Wed 05 to Sat 08 Apr
Rock Icons Mon 10 Apr
Menopause the Musical 2 Wed 12 Apr Dreamboys Thu 13 Apr
ELO Again Fri 14 Apr
Fireman Sam Sat 15 Apr
Absolute Reggae Thu 20 Apr
Northern Ballet: Ugly Duckling Fri 21 Apr
An Evening of Burlesque Sat 22 Apr
Sun Records The Concert Sun 23 Apr
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story Tue 23 to Sat 29 Apr Big Girls Don’t Cry Sun 30 Apr
THE STUDIO
Celebrating women’s history month and international women's day Miss Nobodies
A century of women’s stories brought to life by Black Liver; nominated Best Comedy, Best New Writing, Best Production; ‘Highly recommended’ (Buxton Fringe).
Date & Time
Thu 30 & Fri 31 Mar 2023
7pm
Tickets £14.50
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UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS
Spirit of the Dance Wed 18 Jan
One of the biggest dance shows in the world. It has smashed box office records in over 20 countries.
Waterloo – The Best of ABBA Fri 20 Jan
Looking back at the sensational rise to stardom of the Swedish pop group ABBA and recreating it impeccably for fans old and new.
Vampires Rock – Ghost Train
Sat 21 Jan
Starring Steve Steinman and an incredible cast of singers, dancers and musicians. This show will have you rocking in the aisles.
The Best o f Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Tue 24 Jan
A spectacular high- pitched celebration of timeless music from one of the biggest selling groups.
Islands in The Stream Sat 01 Apr
Join us for Islands in The Stream a very special evening, celebrating country superstar royalty.
Rock Icons Mon 10 Apr
Rock Icons is an energetic rockin’ live music show that takes you on a journey through the eras of some of the world’s greatest Classic Rock bands and albums.
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Menopause The Musical 2
Wed 12 Apr
Menopause the Musical 2 the hilarious sequel to our smash hit Menopause the Musical. Fast forward five years for tales of their lives, loves and losses.
Dreamboys Thu 13 Apr
Dreamboys are ready to give you a night of fun, fantasy and no holding back with their br and new “No Strings Attached” UK tour!
ELO Again
Fri 14 Apr
ELO AGAIN are back with their stunning ‘Re- Discovery Tour’ celebrating the truly universal music of Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra.
Book your tickets now!
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Groups & School Bookings 01253 743 23 The World’s Longest- Running Play
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap 70th Anniversary Tour
Don’t just see it. Solve it
Date Mon 19 to Sat 24 Jun 2023
Matinee and Evening performances available
Tickets
Starting from £14
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