What's On
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Variety in the Factory
27-30 Oct
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
An amazing spectacular for all ages, with circus tricksters, original live music, top turns, riotous routines and, most importantly, lots and lots of laughs. Slightly Fat Features are a unique theatrical ensemble with a brilliant show packed full of heart-stopping stunts and classic comedy. more info...
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Shakespeare Schools Festival
01-02 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Come and see four local schools stage four different half-hour Shakespeare plays as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival. The Shakespeare Schools Festival is UK-wide initiative working in partnership with the National Theatre and the National Youth Theatre to give 13,000 young people and their teachers the opportunity to produce and perform Shakespeare at its most innovative and entertaining. more info...
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Jeremy Hardy
03 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Jeremy Hardy is one of the UK's foremost social and political commentators and stand-up comedians. His career spans three decades and, as well as continuing to perform live, touring regularly in the UK and Ireland, Jeremy is a regular guest on popular Radio 4 shows such as News Quiz, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Just A Minute. He… more info...
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Tuning Out with Radio Z
04-07 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Tuning Out with Radio Z is an event, an extraordinary theatrical experience that is improvised afresh each night both for you and by you. It will never be repeated. It is late in the studios of Radio Z and two presenters are attempting to navigate the perils of the night, intent on bringing their listeners safely to dawn. Where the… more info...
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The Wild Party
11-21 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
New York in the 1930s: hot jazz clubs, chorus girls in sequins and feathers, rich men in spats, Broadway producers, prize-fighters, gangsters, their molls and... the cops. It all adds up to one hell of a night as Queenie and Burrs throw the party of their lives at their apartment in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. This promises to be a… more info...
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At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
with special guests DAVE TORDOFF and BRIAN APPLETON "Sheffield's finest synthesizer player and twaddle talker" (Daily Telegraph) decides it's time to instruct the Nation in moral matters. Well, he would have done - had next door neighbour and sole agent, Ken Worthington, not mistyped the show's title, turning "morals" into "more rolls". John's reaction to this mishap is philosophical. At… more info...
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1984
23-27 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. In a totalitarian world at war, Big Brother watches over all and the Thought Police rule with an iron fist. A solitary figure, Winston Smith, clings to a vision of a different future. What begins as an act of rebellion and hope quickly descends into a nightmare of doomed love, personal… more info...
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BERGHAUS: THE ADVENTURE TOUR
28-29 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre This is an Outside Hire
This year sees the start of Berghaus’ athlete Adventure Tour, the Series will run from late October until early December and will see Leo Houlding and Mick Fowler entertain audiences at venues across England and Scotland. more info...
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Twinkle Twonkle
28-29 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Stella loves the stars. Every evening she gazes at them through her telescope. But one night her little brother Ryan wishes on a star, extends the telescope all the way and starts climbing... Tall Stories, the company that brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, presents its latest show. Inspired by nursery rhymes and the Big Bang, stories,… more info...
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Chris Addison
29-30 Nov
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Back by popular demand! At last! Mr Chris Addison off BAFTA award-winning comedy The Thick of It, In The Loop, Skins and Lab Rats is back with a brand new show of his critically acclaimed stand-up. Daftness! Whimsy! Jokes! Lies! Smartarsery! Flapping about! All present and correct. more info...
