Showing this week

An Evening with an Immigrant

Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, Inua Ellams tells his ridiculous, fantastic, poignant immigrant-story of escaping fundamentalist Islam, experiencing prejudice and friendship in Dublin, performing solo at the National Theatre, and drinking wine with the Queen of England, all the while without a country to belong to or place to call home.

15 June to 19 June

Showing this week

Absurd Person Singular (Rescheduled 2021)

Three married couples. Three kitchens. Three Christmas parties. Alan Ayckbourn’s comic masterpiece of social climbing in 1970s suburbia fuses a potent mix of farce and black comedy.

16 June to 19 June

Showing next week

The Snail and the Whale

Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved picture book. A heart-warming adventure for everyone aged four and up.

24 June to 26 June

Showing next week

The Wind in the Willows

An outdoor family show for Summer 2021. The Wind in the Willows is a funny, timeless tale of friendship, courage, consequences and bravery, and will play in the new Performance Marquee at Derby Market Place, a friendly and safe space made to welcome you back to the city.

27 June to 11 July

Home Girl

A brand new stage adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s novel. Home Girl tells the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the care system.

30 July to 31 July

Fascinating Aida

Britain's favourite comedy singing group - made up of Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman - are heading out on tour. With a selection of old favourites, songs you haven’t heard before and some you wish you’d never heard in the first place!

15 September

Gary Delaney: Gary in Punderland

Get ready to dive into a rabbit hole of the best jokes in the world - star of Live at the Apollo and sell-out sensation Gary Delaney is back!

17 September

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare 2021 style. Three actors cooped up together during lockdown. Fuelled by cabin fever and with a bookshelf full of the Bard, they did what they do best and created an unhinged and bonkers, laugh-out-loud version of Romeo & Juliet.

24 September to 25 September

Tez Ilyas: Populist

The brand-new stand-up show from the star of The Tez O’Clock Show (Channel 4), TEZ Talks (BBC Radio 4) and the multi-award-winning Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three).

9 October

Dane Baptiste: The Chocolate Chip 2021

Baptiste is back on international tour with a brand new stand-up show. Join one of the nation’s most exciting stand up stars as he presents another brilliantly hilarious and boldly provocative show.

22 October

Luisa Omielan: God Is A Woman

At a time of pandemics and global warming, we all turn to spirituality for hope and purpose, so let's hear about the true meaning of Christmas, Jesus and cunnilingus, courtesy of BAFTA breakthrough act winning Luisa Omielan - now that’s a Sunday school we all would have stayed awake in!

16 November

Treasure Island: Christmas 2021

Set sail on the high seas for a spectacular swashbuckling adventure at Derby Theatre during Christmas 2021. Theresa Heskins’ award-winning adaptation is inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of buried treasure and buccaneers. A pirate-filled production perfect for the whole family.

26 November to 31 December

Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation (Rescheduled 2022)

As seen on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo and Q.I. and repeated on Dave. "Cracking adlibbing…a joke-rich rallying call for a better Britain" (The Guardian)

9 February

Sindhu Vee: Alphabet (Rescheduled 2022)

A brand-new show about the hair we want, the friends we have, and living the vast difference between virus and viral. As seen on Live at the Apollo, QI, Have I Got News for You and Sex Education.

13 February

Count Arthur Strong: And This Is Me 2022

A Twentieth Anniversary Tour. After many years of giving his wonderful lecture talks of his he does, Count Arthur Strong has at last bowed to substantial pubic demand and allowed himself be talked into making the show about himself for once.

5 March

Stewart Lee: Snowflake/ Tornado (Rescheduled 2022)

Including new material for 2022, a Double-bill of two new 60 minute sets, back to back from “the world’s greatest living stand-up” (Times).

28 April

Mark Watson: This Can’t Be It 2022

Spiritual enquiry meets high-octane observational comedy as the Taskmaster survivor, multi-award-winner and No More Jockeys cult leader attempts to cram a couple of years of pathological overthinking into an evening of stand-up.

4 June