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Displaying events between 01 November 2026 and 30 November 2026

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Cinderella 2026 You shall go to the ball this Christmas as Cinderella and friends will be arriving, carriage and all, at Chelmsford Theatre for the 2026 pantomime spectacular!

Cinderella is kind, friendly and spreads joy wherever she goes. She lives at her family home with her rotten stepsisters who are cruel to Cinderella and make fun of her caring nature.
Undeterred by their wickedness, Cinderella happily gets on with the daily demands thrown her way, until she meets a dashing stranger and receives a royal invitation that will transform her life forever.

Expect magic, mayhem, royal balls, fairy godmothers, major glow ups and a touch of ugly! Will our Cinders ever make it to the ball? It’s very likely, but you’d better come along just in case!
 Dates: Fri 27, Sat 28, Sun 29 Booking and More Information
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Martin Rossiter Britpop stars Gene enjoyed a triumphant return in autumn 2025 with their first shows in 20 years. A 5,000-capacity gig at London's Eventim Apollo sold out in less than an hour and buoyed by that and a string of other sold-out shows, frontman Martin Rossiter is hitting the road. He’ll reflect on the band's run of hit records during an evening of classic Britpop hits and conversation.

Expect the lowdown – and some tunes – on For The Dead, Sleep Well Tonight, Haunted By You, Olympian, and the classic Britpop album To See The Lights.
 Dates: Thu 05 Booking and More Information
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Monstering the Rocketman When the soaraway Sun newspaper falsely accuses Elton John, 39, of bonking rent boys, the Rocketman blasts off a whopping multi-million lawsuit…

But fuming editor, Kelvin Mackenzie, 40, is unrepentant, and launches a blistering campaign of media harassment...

At the end will Elton still be standing? Or will the Sun go down on him?

Based on the true story of Britain’s largest-ever libel case, it features Ferraris, punch-ups, gangsters, bugged phone calls, Princess Diana, the Vice Squad and some Devil Dogs...

★★★★★ "Riveting" – British Theatre Guide
★★★★ "A solo tour de force" – Daily Telegraph
★★★★ "Had me laughing out loud" – My Cultural Life
 Dates: Wed 04 Booking and More Information
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Morgan Rees: What A Bummer Following a sold-out 2024 tour, acclaimed stand-up and online sensation Morgan Rees is back on the road with a hugely anticipated brand-new show.

After Morgan and his partner went on separate holidays - one to a Mathematics Forum in Coventry and the other to a Bear Party in Barcelona - a massive revelation forced Morgan to re-evaluate everything. Being banned from Great Western trains, being fired as a Naked Butler, and ghosting Paul McCartney… were they really his fault?

Has that got you hooked? Good, because that’s the only stuff appropriate enough to include in the blurb. A stand-up show about the trials and errors of falling in love and keeping the spark alive, the spiral-inducing limbo of awaiting a diagnosis, and the experience of being a white Welsh valley boy integrating into a proud Guattari family. Oh, he’s got plenty to talk about.

"Fast gags, unexpected swerves and rolling stories" The Sunday Times

"A fine storyteller... with tremendous heart and warmth" ★★★★ The Scotsman

"Fantastically funny" ★★★★ Entertainment Now

"I was constantly laughing" ★★★★ Broadway Baby

★★★★ The Skinny Dates: Sat 07 Booking and More Information
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Sh!tfaced Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi-sell-out phenomenon is back. The Sh*tfaced Shakespeare cast present an unconventional, no-holds-barred interpretation of Romeo and Juliet, with a tipsily tragic take on William Shakespeare's most iconic roll call of characters: from a rat-arsed Romeo to a juiced-up Juliet, a trollied Tybalt or a mashed-up Mercutio, along with enough booze to sterilise a brewery floor. This will be a tragedy like no other—the cup overfloweth.

There is no love lost between the Capulet and Montague families, and everyone in Verona knows it. Surely the only hangover cure to centuries of family feuds is two forlorn teenagers from opposite households falling in love with each other? And a swig (or two) of the finest spirits to nudge them in the right direction, of course... What could possibly go wrong?

Warning: Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® may feature foul language, nudity, disembowelled limbs and, occasionally, some Shakespeare.
 Dates: Sun 08 Booking and More Information
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Sooz Kempner: Imposter Award-winning comedian Sooz Kempner (Doom in Doctor Who’s Doom’s Day, The Now Show) has always felt a little like an imposter. Except in one area: singing! She could always rely on THAT. But when Sooz's voice suddenly stopped working the way it always had before, she had to face her imposter syndrome head-on and find out once and for all: is it imposter syndrome, or is she truly an imposter? A stand-up show about finding your voice, silencing trolls and Princess Diana.

"Brilliant" - LA Times
★★★★★ - West End Wilma
★★★★ - The Scotsman
★★★★ - Chortle
 Dates: Fri 06 Booking and More Information
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Step Into Christmas 2026 Get ready to Step into Christmas once again for the most magical, feel-good show of the year! After a sensational run, we’re back—bigger, brighter and more festive than ever before. This spectacular Christmas concert is the ultimate way to kickstart your festive celebrations, guaranteed to fill your heart with holiday cheer and have you singing along from start to finish.

Packed with all your favourite Christmas classics, the show brings the spirit of the season to life with dazzling performances, stunning festive visuals and a sensational live band. From heartwarming ballads to upbeat festive anthems, it’s the perfect playlist for your Christmas celebrations.

Whether you're starting a new festive tradition or keeping the magic alive, Step into Christmas is the ultimate feel-good Christmas concert spectacular. Dates: Sat 14 Booking and More Information
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Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf 2026 Returning to Chelmsford Theatre after selling out in 2025! Lee shares his stage with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of the subconscious who hates humanity. The Man-Wulf lays down a ferocious comedy challenge to the culturally irrelevant and physically enfeebled Lee. Can the beast inside us all be silenced with the silver bullet of Lee's unprecedentedly critically acclaimed style of stand-up?

Stewart Lee ("The world's greatest living stand-up comedian" The Times), is in danger of being left behind. He's approaching sixty with debilitating health conditions, his TV profile has diminished, and his once BAFTA award-winning style of stand-up seems obsolete. But can Lee unleash his inner Man-Wulf to position himself alongside comedy legends like Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Jordan Peterson at the forefront of side-splitting stadium-stuffing sh*t-posting?
 Dates: Thu 12, Fri 13 Booking and More Information
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The Dark Room Welcome to John Robertson’s The Dark Room – the legendary interactive comedy show that fuses improv, crowdwork and gaming to create an insane live-action videogame!

“An hilarious, participatory cult classic” - Neil Patrick Harris

“hilarious game show” - Independent

★★★★ “A Rocky Horror for nerds… reader, I howled” - Telegraph, London

Come watch, and if you want – play – the choose-your-own-adventure madness! The crowd is trapped inside an inescapable dungeon with a sadistic videogame boss! Pick increasingly surreal options off the screen and try to escape!

If you win – you get money!
If you fail – Ya Die! Ya Die! Ya Die!

Now, will you:
Find the Light Switch
Go North?
Abandon Hope?
Be sworn at by a man wearing spiked armour and a lot of leather?
(This option is permanently set to “On”)

Now its 14th year, this high-octane interactive show is the brainchild of comedian & cult leader John Robertson. Filled with stand-up, appalling prizes and more audience chanting than you’d get at a protest – The Dark Room is a gut-busting comedy experience for everyone who buys a ticket.

Permanently on tour, The Dark Room has headlined stages at Glastonbury, PAX, Download Festival, MCM Comic Con, Utrecht International Comedy Festival 2000 Trees, UK Games Expo and Bluedot Festival, and sold out at Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre and hundreds of theatres around the world.

Oh, and videos of The Dark Room roasting videogames and swearing at children keep popping up on people’s social media, which is nice.
 Dates: Sun 01 Booking and More Information

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