During WWII, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul are sent to live with Eglantine Price, who it turns out is an apprentice witch.

Miles Jupp brings to life one of cinema’s most famous patriarchs, David Tomlinson.

A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.

Monthly behind-the-scenes events. Please note these events are for Circle Members only.

A light-hearted look at the timelessness of love, money and the trials of running a wedding reception.

This 3 hour script writing workshop, examining ‘time’ and the significance of its impact on script writing.

Morgan & West present magic and mayhem for ages five to 105!

Morgan & West amaze and astound with their mind boggling magic!

Miles possesses all the same powers as Spider-Man, but struggles with the pressures of keeping his identity secret.

Read all about our 2019 shows here - on sale 1 March or 15 Feb for Circle members!

T'Challa must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

"Who'd want to join in building a f***ing playground?"

Sing-Along with Queen in these special screenings with the song lyrics shown live on screen.

Meet Dan, Ben and Sami. Three men wrestling with demons, life, each other.

He was the most powerful man in the world hiding behind a usually “symbolic” role.

A show about how we choose to live our lives: about having a dream, giving it up and trying again.

It's therapy you can dance to!

Get a snap with your favourite RuPaul’s Drag Race Queen Jinkx Monsoon with a post show meet and greet ticket!

A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist through the 1960s.

OperaUpClose's hugely acclaimed, 2011 Olivier-Award winning, new English version of Puccini’s La Bohème.

This production of Shakespeare’s glorious romantic comedy is sure to capture your hearts this spring!

Want to change the world? You have one vote. Use it wisely.

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.

A depressed stoic father. An independent anxious son. Can they heal their relationship after a traumatic family ordeal?

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.

What is Freedom? What makes us feel free, what doesn’t?

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide they want to get married too.

Mary's attempt to overthrow Elizabeth I finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

A collection of short plays based on young people’s own experiences of growing up in Scarborough.

Josie Botting is celebrating her birthday... but as a work-from-home dominatrix she’s lost the will to dominate...

Christof Loy directs a star-studded cast of singers, in Verdi's epic opera, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

A new folk opera by Neil Gore and John Kirkpatrick

“He’s got two Dads, my lad. One’s black. That makes him black. I suppose.”

Scrolls in the Sand: The Egyptian Origins of Writing

Time and Place in Fiction

Ravenmaster at the Tower

All About Eve tells the story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre.

Ask An Ocean Explorer

Writer and broadcaster Lynne shares the stage with the UK’s leading expert on crime fiction Barry Forshaw.

Literary Lunch

Murder Most Foul

Seashaken Houses

The Knife's Edge

A Touch of Romance

Historical Lunch

Vanity Fair

On Cricket

In My Life

Alan Johnson, Simon Heffer and Helen Boaden

The People's Gardener

The Age of Decadence

When the Dogs Don't Bark

Erebus - The Story of a Ship

A lively, fun and interactive version of the Aesop's Fable about an impossible race.

Experience the decadence and elegance of 1870s Paris in David McVicar’s spectacular production of Gounod’s best-loved opera.

If you could re-write your past, would you?

The South Korean born pianist Young-Choon Park, makes a welcome return visit performing works by Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.

Big hearted and quick-witted poems from a raconteur at the top of his game.

Violet is a new play about human connection and inter-generational friendships.

A showcase of play excerpts, directed and performed by professional and emerging talent.

John Hegley returns to the SJT with a delightful familiy show full of songs, drawings and poems.

Kimberley Sykes (Dido, Queen of Carthage) directs a riotous, exhilarating version of Shakespeare's romantic comedy.

Come and celebrate with our OutReach choirs: you may feel the urge to sing along or even sign up to join…

A one-man musical comedy by award-winning duo Tom Wells (words) and Matthew Robins (music).

What do you think would happen if you knocked on a stranger’s door and offered to write them a poem?

The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet in revivals of works by Wheeldon and Pite and a world premiere by Sidi Larbi Cherka

A lighthouse keeper lives on a desolate outcrop surrounded by stormy seas.

Oscar Wilde’s classic masterpiece is dazzlingly adapted with your choice of casting!

A twisted, dark story of rejection, religion, lust and death.

This musical egg-stravaganza is bursting with puppetry, magic and illusions... and water guns!

The Sign of Four is Conan Doyle’s epic second Sherlock Holmes tale. Crammed with adventure, romance, comedy.

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lakecomes to cinemas with a fresh look for the 21stcentury and is ‘as bold and beautiful as ever’

An Award Winning comedy set in an Indian restaurant

There’s nothing else for it but to defy dementia, with music, songs and laughter.

America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story.

Multi award winning piece of gig theatre exploring grief, depression and psychosis for a contemporary audience.

If your children could create their very own magical musical adventure, what would it be?

Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest, returning in 2019.

Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers encounter passion and tragedy in Kenneth MacMillan's 20th-century ballet masterpiece.

The ultimate feel-good comedy, with live music and tap dancing!

Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes.

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation.

When families get together to celebrate a special occasion, there’s a danger that all hell will break loose.

Lottie adores stories... imagine her surprise when one morning she wakes up to find herself lost in Bookland!

When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, she has no idea where to turn for help.

After refusing to register his child’s birth, Strawman embarks on a personal and legal battle in order to keep his child.

As ingenious in its construction as any of his previous plays, Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present is Ayckbourn's 83rd play!

This is a play based on experiences of being a transracial adoptee from Hong Kong and growing up in a very white world.

An explosive and passionate portrait of a young heroine of our times.

This fast-paced, electric script is from award-winning playwright Ben Snyder, who is currently writing for Netflix.

Feminist academic Laura returns to work following the death of her father.

To mark his 80th birthday, enjoy a look back on some of the 20 or so family and children’s plays written by Alan Ayckbourn.

Thrilling, chilling and witty, examining afresh the eternal question of whether we ever really change how we’re made.

A laugh out loud comedy about trying to find a moment of calm in these challenging times.

There’ll be songs, swords, talking vegetables, the Boyes’ Santa and a giant mechanical crab... called Susan.