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Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas

By Humphrey Ker & David Reed — With original songs by Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber

It's Christmas in Victorian London but in the West End - where dreams come true and nothing bad ever happens - a flurry of performers are suddenly dying mid-scene. Scotland Yard rules out foul play - until the world's greatest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, discovers an intriguing link...

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The Sound of Music

By Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II — From the book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse

Maria, a free-spirited novice nun, is sent to look after the rowdy von Trapp children. Defying Captain von Trapp's strict orders, Maria captures the children's hearts using creativity and music to educate, inspire and bring order into their lives. Soon the entire family is under the spell of Maria's unquenchable...

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Miss Saigon

By Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg

Set in 1975 during the final days of the American occupation of Saigon, Miss Saigon is an epic love story about the relationship between an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman. Kim is working in a sleazy Saigon night club owned by a notorious wheeler-dealer known as 'The Engineer'. John,...

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Recent Openings

The Forsyte Saga
Part 1 - Irene & Part 2 - Fleur

By John Galsworthy

Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Previews28 November 2025
Opens/Press Night05 December 2025
Closes10 January 2026
Running Time2 hours 30 minutes
First PerformedPark Theatre ,London 2024
Presented Byin association with Ashley Cook for Troupe

Penniless Irene has married into the wealthy Forsyte family out of necessity. Her husband Soames adores her, but Irene does not love him. When she falls for the handsome architect Philip Bosinney, engaged to Soames' cousin June, a scandal ensues, setting in motion a chain of events so terrible that it haunts the family forever...

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A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens. Adapted by Aisha Khan

Sheffield Theatres - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Previews29 November 2025
Opens/Press Night04 December 2025
Closes10 January 2026
Running Time2 hours 5 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere of this adaptation
Presented BySheffield Theatres

On a bitter Christmas Eve, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge shuns festive cheer and human kindness, content in his cold, solitary world. But when the ghost of his former partner warns of a dreadful fate, Scrooge is thrust into a journey through his past, present, and future. As the spirits reveal the consequences of his ways, he must decide whether to embrace change or be doomed to loneliness forever. Featuring the Sheffield Carols, Charles Dickens' timeless classic shines with redemption, heart and holiday spirit.

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Singin' in the Rain

Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Songs by Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Previews29 November 2025
Opens/Press Night04 December 2025
Closes25 January 2026
Running Time2 hours 45 minutes
First PerformedLondon Palladium 1983
World premiere of this staging
Presented Byarrangement with Music Theatre International

A timeless masterpiece, and perhaps one of the greatest musicals ever made, this charismatic, tap-dancing extravaganza tells the story of the highs and lows of Hollywood through the eyes of the infamous Don Lockwood, Lina Lamont, Cosmo Brown and Kathy Selden as a radical move is made from silent movies to the ‘talkies'. Seamlessly blending song and dance the audience will find themselves in the heart of the action of this much-loved musical on the Exchange's iconic in-the-round stage. This is one Christmas show not to be missed!

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