WHAT'S ON AT THEATRE ROYAL, BRIGHTON
What's On at Theatre Royal, Brighton
Most Popular Shows and Events at Theatre Royal, Brighton
Wed 17 Dec 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Tue 15 Dec 2026 - Sat 2 Jan 2027
What's On at Theatre Royal, Brighton
Six
Wednesday 17 - Saturday 20 September 2025
The international smash hit musical SIX is back! Multi award-winning with a spectacularly successful studio album adored on playlists across the globe, this sell-out Tudor take-off has 'an incredibly strong and powerful message. Boundary-pu...
Age is a Stage
Friday 19 September - Friday 12 December 2025
Let the fun begin! Age is a Stage fun filled weekly sessions are for anyone aged 50+....
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Sunday 21 September 2025
The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as seen in the West End every week since 2022, and heard on BBC Radio 4, comes to you on a strictly limited tour. For one delightful evening only, the all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilariou...
Taylormania - Taylor Swift Tribute Show
Tuesday 23 September 2025
An award winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. Katy Ellis is a self-confessed 'Swiftie' with an incredible live band and dancers, and promises to deliver the most authentic...
Uncanny - Fear of the Dark
Friday 26 - Saturday 27 September 2025
The first Uncanny live stage show "I Know What I Saw" was one of the best-selling paranormal shows in theatre history. Now, Danny Robins and his team of experts are back with a brand-new show for 2025, with thrillingly new and terrifying re...
Backstage Tours
Saturday 27 September - Saturday 29 November 2025
Step behind the curtain of one of the oldest working theatres in the country and a true theatrical treasure....
Skip's Family Workshop - Totoro
Saturday 27 September 2025
Our exciting, creative, themed family workshops give you a chance to take a break and share some special time together....
The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson Musical
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
Adapted from Rick Riordan's best-selling novel by Joe Tracz, writer of Be More Chill, and with an electrifying rock score by Rob Rokicki, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is the perfect adventure for gods and mortals alike. Wh...
2:22 A Ghost Story
Monday 6 - Saturday 11 October 2025
Winner of BEST NEW PLAY at the WhatsOnStage Awards, Kevin Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Chicago) and Stacey Dooley (TV presenter and Strictly winner) star as fictional couple Sam and Jenny in this edge-of-...
Elis James & John Robins & Dave Masterman
Sunday 12 October 2025
Comedians Elis James and John Robins. together with Stockport's finest radio producer Dave Masterman, from BBC Sound's popular The Elis & John Show, are hitting the road! How does that feel?! I'll tell you how it feels... SIGNIFICANT! Yes! ...
Go Your Own Way - The Fleetwood Mac Legacy
Monday 13 October 2025
Go Your Own Way is a brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac. Their rock n roll legacy is beautifully performed by a highly talented and acclaimed ensemble of musicians ...
The Drifters
Friday 17 October 2025
Continuing the legacy of George and Faye Treadwell, the latest line-up of The Drifters are back on tour in the UK with a brand-new show, performing all the classic hits of the soul legends from the last six decades, such as 'Saturday Night...
Tom Gates EPIC Stage Show
Saturday 18 October 2025
Get ready for a brilliant live experience as Tom Gates and his world of doodles, music, and laughs hit the stage in 2025! Based on the bestselling books by Liz Pichon and the hit TV show, the Tom Gates EPIC Stage Show brings alive the ill...
George Lewis
Sunday 19 October 2025
Described as 'the funniest dad on Instagram', Stockport stand-up comedian George has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches about the big things in life, like owning an air fryer, watching a David Beckham ...
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 October 2025
Starring Tom Chambers (Father Brown, Strictly Come Dancing) as Inspector Morse, in the first-ever stage adaptation of the iconic detective. ITV's long-running Inspector Morse, hailed by Radio Times as 'The greatest British crime series of a...
The Talented Mr Ripley
Monday 27 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
This electrifying new stage adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley brings Patricia Highsmith's iconic 1955 psychological thriller to life like never before. With razor-sharp dialogue, simmering tension, and a dangerously charismatic antih...
Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)
Sunday 2 November 2025
The legendary lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for The Moody Blues makes a rare tour as a solo artist. Alongside a mix of classic and rarely heard Moody Blues songs, the shows combine tracks from his solo career including his worldwide...
School of Clowns - Intermediate Course
Wednesday 5 November 2025
This course is inspired by the teachings of Jacques Lecoq and aimed at actors, theatre-makers, musicians, dancers and circus performers wanting to research and develop skills in theatrical clowning whilst working in an ensemble....
Thank You For The Music - The Ultimate Tribute to ABBA
Friday 7 November 2025
Calling all Dancing Queens, this is your night to say, Thank you for the Music! This international smash-hit tribute show brings all ABBA's number one hits to the stage. The hugely popular show, now in its 20th year, with a brand-new show f...
Paul C Brunson
Saturday 8 November 2025
Internationally recognised relationship expert, entrepreneur, the Head of Global Research at Tinder, co-host of Celebs Go Dating and Married at First Sight UK and the host of #1 podcast 'We Need to Talk', Paul Carrick Brunson presents Lov...
A Fairytale for Christmas
Sunday 9 - Monday 10 November 2025
'Tis the season to be jolly as the ultimate Irish Christmas concert is back. After four back-to-back sell-out tours (as Fairytale of New York), and successful runs in the USA and Europe, A Fairytale for Christmas has gained thousands of ...
The Spice Girls Experience
Tuesday 11 November 2025
'When the Spice Girls Experience said they could do myshows I was over the moon' ADELE Fresh off the back of their stint as opening act for ADELE'SAugust 2024 Munich Residency, The Spice Girls Experience are super-excited tobe touring the ...
The Horne Section
Wednesday 12 November 2025
They have two series of their own Channel 4 TV show, an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they're tuning up their instruments once more to tour the country: it's the Horne Section's Hit Show! "Britain's Funniest Band" (The Guardian) have...
Alan Davies
Thursday 13 November 2025
He thinks he's Marty McFly but he's older than Doc Brown. He spends more time in the pharmacy than the gym. Subject to relentless eye rolls from his kids. What is he? A late middle-aged stand up on tour for the first time in a decade. Funni...
Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Friday 14 November 2025
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...
Mark Steel
Saturday 15 November 2025
Multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel returns with his new tour The Leopard in My House. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fash...
An Audience with Mark & Lard
Sunday 16 November 2025
The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the 'Mark and Lard Show' come to an end with a resounding: 'STOP...!' Now fully twenty-one years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: '... CARRY ...
Myra DuBois
Monday 17 November 2025
Described by Graham Norton as "bust a gut funny", with her passion for compassion and flair for giving care, Rotherham's finest export since Paul Shane, registered empath Myra DuBois returns to the stage with a brand-new show "Cosmic Em...
The Woman in Black
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 November 2025
Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, The Woman in Black combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. The formula delivers an evening of unremitting drama, transporting the ...
Strange, but True Crime with Jennifer Rees
Monday 24 November 2025
Join us for a stranger than fiction night of true crime with ex-forensics lecturer Jennifer Rees who explores the world's most shocking and unbelievable cases. Jennifer's previous theatre tour, The Psychology of Serial Killers, was a huge h...
An Orchestral Tribute to Tim Burton & Dark Fantasy by Moonlight
Wednesday 26 November 2025
A spellbinding live concert celebrating the music from cinema?s most whimsical and eerie masterpieces ? from Tim Burton?s gothic fantasy films to cult classics of the dark and magical. Programme: 75 minutes of spine-tingling, heartwarming, ...
Queen by Candlelight - The Ultimate Tribute to Queen
Friday 28 November 2025
Featuring a live cast of West End singers and a live rock band, experience Queen as you have never heard them before at this tribute night of Queen anthems, performed by candlelight. The concert will feature some of the most iconic songs of...
Gareth Malone - Sing-along-a-Gareth
Saturday 29 November 2025
It's time to lift our voices once more as Gareth Malone, together with his band and a group of stellar singers, guides us through an evening of song. Featuring the tunes he's performed over the last 15 years on television, this feel-good c...
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 13 December 2025
Happiness is only a heartbeat away with HERE & NOW, the hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of the multi-million-selling pop phenomenon, Steps. Don't miss this sparkling celebration of love and friendship when it emba...
Victorian Christmas Family Workshop
Saturday 13 December 2025
Follow our festive trail around the theatre to find out how Christmas was celebrated 150 yrs ago, then create your own fabulous Victorian style Christmas decorations using a range of different materials and styles...
Comedy Crackers
Sunday 14 December 2025
Off The Kerb has sled-loads of good cheer to share this Christmas 2025...
Sunny Afternoon
Wednesday 17 December 2025 - Saturday 3 January 2026
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...
Once Upon A Whispering Wood
Wednesday 17 December 2025 - Saturday 3 January 2026
After delighting sell out audiences in 2023, Flock Theatre Makers return with an updated version of their beautiful and heartwarming festive tale reimagined for audiences this Christmas....
Once Upon A Whispering Wood - Access Performance
Sunday 28 December 2025
After delighting sell out audiences in 2023, Flock Theatre Makers return with an updated version of their beautiful and heartwarming festive tale reimagined for audiences this Christmas....
Single White Female
Friday 9 - Saturday 17 January 2026
Based on the iconic 90's psychological thriller, the world premiere stage production of Single White Female is a bold and modern reimagining of the best-selling book and hit movie, that coined a phrase and led a generation to fear a stilett...
Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Carmen
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra. This dazzling production with orchestra features Bizet's unforgettable melodies including ...
Ellen Kent: The Farewell Tour - Madama Butterfly
Wednesday 28 January 2026
Senbla presents Ellen Kent's Farewell Opera Tour featuring The Ukrainian Opera with International Soloists, Highly-Praised Chorus and Full Orchestra. Back by overwhelming public demand, this award-winning Opera returns in a new production w...
Dominic Halpin & the Hurricanes - A Country Night in Nashville
Sunday 1 February 2026
Direct from The Royal Albert Hall, A Country Night In Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing honky tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home of country music. Prepare to be trans...
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 February 2026
Murder comes to the countryside in the theatrical world premiere of the critically acclaimed television favourite Midsomer Murders. When well-loved spinster Emily Simpson is found dead in the picturesque village of Badger's Drift, her frien...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Theatre Royal, Brighton
Wed 17 Dec 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Tue 15 Dec 2026 - Sat 2 Jan 2027
