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Where Stories Welcome Live... to the After a challenging 18 months I’m delighted to present the 2021 front line staff are on hand to assist, and make everyone feel comfortable Victoria autumn season and thankful that the Victoria Theatre has been able to reopen its doors and welcome and be as safe as possible. The reopening of theatres across Theatre! the country is not only crucial to visitors back, with the support from the economic recovery of towns Calderdale Council, and a grant via and cities but to our social recovery Arts Council England from DCMS’s too. The benefits of sharing Cultural Recovery Fund. Many of experiences with loved ones, of the events this season have been laughing, singing, and sometimes rescheduled (some more than once) even crying together is invaluable, and we are extremely grateful for especially so after such a difficult your support and patience, and, of time. We hope in future months to course, for your trust in us, to return IMPORTANT help build community confidence to live performance at our theatre. in reconnecting with each other and INFORMATION the venue, and we look forward to RE COVID 19 We understand that many will still be bringing the joy of live entertainment extremely apprehensive about being At the time of going to press back into people’s lives. in large crowds of people again and, all events are scheduled following government guidelines Tim Fagan, Theatres Manager. to go ahead as planned. and in consultation with Calderdale In the event of postponed Council, we are doing everything or cancelled events these we can to ensure the safety of our will be announced on our visitors and staff. We know we cannot website and via social media. offer solid guarantees, but we hope to reassure visitors and our friendly 02 03
Booking & Performances Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk New events Information at a glance are being added every week online! Follow us and stay up to date How to Book Stay up to Date Go Online We’re constantly Concessions www.victoriatheatre.co.uk updating our events & Discounts Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny The Greatest Love of All Maximum Rhythm and Blues Give us a Call programme, keep an eye on Keep an eye out for this Thu 26 August P. 07 Fri 15 October P. 16 Sat 13 November P. 26 our website, follow us Dick & Liddy’s Comedy Club Katherine Ryan: Missus Voices of Yorkshire: 01422 351 158 symbol for shows on social media and sign Fri 27 August P. 06 Sat 16 October P. 16 We Got Locked Down. Box Office up to our newsletter at that include concessions and discounts from: Jane McDonald: Let The Light In Adam Kay: But We Got Up Again Or pop into the Box Office victoriatheatre.co.uk to Thu 02 September P. 07 This is Going to Hurt Sun 14 November P. 26 and speak to a member stay in the loop! Passport to Leisure of our friendly team. Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band Mon 18 October P. 17 Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Living VictoriaTheatreHalifax Under 16 years old Dangerously Box Office Opening Hours Sat 04 September P. 08 Northern Live: Do I Love You Over 60 years old Tue 16 November P. 27 Monday, Wednesday @VicTheatre Hello Again: The Story Thu 21 October P. 17 Groups of 10+ Boyzlife and Saturday – 1pm - 4pm of Neil Diamond The Russian State Ballet @victheatrehx Or for the Thu 09 September P. 08 and Opera House Thu 18 November P. 27 Friday – 10am - 2pm Victoria Theatre Halifax Victoria Theatre Girls Just Wanna Have Fun present Swan Lake Stick Man Tuesday, Thursday and Members’ discount Fri 22 October P. 18 Fri 19 - Sat 20 November P. 28 Wed 15 September P. 09 Sunday – CLOSED (only one discount applies Frankie’s Guys: Clinton Baptiste Goes Jason Manford: Like Me We are also open from 4pm and a maximum of two Stratospheric Sat 20 November P. 29 A Celebration of Frankie and until 30 minutes after tickets per member). Sat 23 October P. 19 Valli & The Four Seasons Ed Byrne: If I’m Honest curtain up on performance Fri 17 September P. 10 Dr John Cooper Clarke: Thu 25 November P. 29 days but please check the I Wanna Be Yours website for timings for John Bishop Warm Up Dick & Liddy’s Comedy Club Sat 18 September P. 11 Wed 27 October P. 19 Fri 26 November P. 06 daytime shows. The Johnny Cash Roadshow: Dirty Dusting Carols & Brass From the Ashes Tour Thu 28 October P. 20 Sun 28 November P. 30 Important Information: COVID-19 Wed 29 September P. 11 Dick & Liddy’s Comedy Club Fri 29 October P. 06 The Australian Pink Floyd Dick & Liddy’s Comedy Club Tue 30 November P. 30 Fri 01 October P. 06 Lipstick on Your Collar Santa’s Magical Rob Beckett: Wallop Sun 31 October P. 21 Mystery Guest The Victoria Theatre will Event Reschedules or provide vaccination continue to follow safety In the event of any further certificates. If you do not Sat 02 October P. 12 Wet Wet Wet: The Journey Thu 02 - Sun 05 & hygiene measures for show reschedules, all ticket comply with any Promoter John Bishop: Right Tue 02 November P. 22 December P. 31 businesses as set out by the holders will be contacted, or venue terms, conditions Here Right Now David Baddiel: Jack & the Beanstalk Government in its performing please make sure you keep an or rules then we may refuse Wed 06 October P. 11 Trolls Not The Dolls Sat 11 December - arts guidance and in eye out for email updates and admission or require you or The ELO Experience Wed 03 November P. 23 Sun 02 January P. 32-33 consultation with Calderdale check junk mail folders too. other ticket holders to leave Thu 07 October P. 12 The Drifters Council, and professional All tickets will automatically be the venue and you will not be Thu 04 November P. 23 industry bodies. The safety transferred to the new date. entitled to a refund. The Little Mermaid of our staff and visitors is Fri 08 October P. 13 Show of Hands Important Information Please check the web pages Fri 05 November P. 24 paramount and we advise Frank Skinner: Showbiz about Entry to the Venue and pre-show emails for the that you are aware of the Sun 10 October P. 13 Chris Ramsey: 20/20 Admission to any event is at events that you have booked current Government COVID An Evening with Sun 07 November P. 24 all times subject to all terms, for before attending the restrictions and abide by local Snooker Greats The Overtones 10 Year conditions or rules of the venue for the most up to date and national rules. Wed 13 October P. 14 Anniversary Tour Promoter and the Victoria policies about entry. Theatre. Customers must Rob Brydon: A Night of Tue 09 November P. 25 The information and guidance also adhere to the Promoter Songs and Laughter The Sensational 60’s around live events are subject or theatre’s specific terms Thu 14 October P. 15 Experience to change at any time. Please of entry and protocols Fri 12 November P. 25 keep up to date on the surrounding COVID-19 – this latest COVID-19 rules on: could be, but is not limited victoriatheatre.co.uk/visit/ to, an obligation to provide 04 negative lateral flow tests booking/covid19 05
Thu 26 Aug 8pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Victoria Give the gift of Victoria Theatre Vouchers and a wonderful live experience! Jimmy Carr Theatre Gift Pick the perfect present for your loved ones with the gift of a night at the theatre. Terribly Funny Vouchers You can choose to purchase either printed Following the success of his 2019 tour, Jimmy Follow us and stay up to date or online gift vouchers. Carr has added new dates to his Terribly Funny Gift Vouchers purchased online will tour and is returning to the Victoria Theatre. appear in the recipient’s account as credit. Terribly Funny contains jokes about all kinds of This can be redeemed online terrible things. Terrible things that might have and in the Box Office. affected you or people you know and love. Printed Gift Vouchers are available But they’re just jokes - they are in denominations of £20, £10 and £5. not the terrible things. Also at These can only be purchased and redeemed in the Victoria Theatre Box the Victoria Having political correctness at a comedy show Office and cannot be used online. Theatre on is like having health and safety at a rodeo. Wed 26 Jan 2022! Tickets: £31.25 Recommended age 16+ Book Thu 02 Sep 7.30pm Jane McDonald Let The Light In Tour Fri 27 Aug, Fri 01 Oct, One of the nation’s best-loved Fri 29 Oct, Fri 26 Nov 8.30pm entertainers, is returning with her phenomenal brand-new live show. Dick & Liddy’s Green Room Bar Comedy The BAFTA award-winning star of Cruising with Jane McDonald and Jane & Friends Comedy Club Event always delivers phenomenal show along with her fantastic live band and backing singers. With stunning production and a Laugh your way into the weekend new line-up of songs her ‘Let the Light In’ Our regular and hugely popular comedy club, tour promises to be the best one yet. held in our laid-back Green Room Bar. Legends of stand-up comedy such as John Bishop, Tickets: £36.75 - £51.75 Alan Carr, Ross Noble and Michael McIntyre performed here early in their careers. Don’t miss this chance to get close to stand-up talent. Book Watch Line up subject to change. Seating not guaranteed, so please arrive early to be assured of a seat. Tickets: £12.75 Book 06 07
Sat 18 Sep 8pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Wed 6 Oct 8pm Fri 17 Sep 7.30pm After seven years of touring the UK and John Bishop countless global performances, Frankie’s Frankie’s Guys have earned themselves the title of the world’s number 1 celebration of Frankie September - Warm Up. Guys Valli & the Four Seasons. Follow us and stay up to date The show features four charming, cheeky October - Right Here Right Now and extremely charismatic leading men A celebration of Frankie direct from London’s West End, several of Comedy superstar John Bishop has achieved huge success with a number of his Valli & The Four Seasons whom have toured with the global own comedy, entertainment and documentary smash hit musical ‘Jersey Boys’. shows including ‘John Bishop’s Australia’ (BBC1), Join the guys and their incredible band for ‘John Bishop’s Britain’ (BBC1); ‘John Bishop’s an unforgettable night where they take you Only Joking’ (Sky1); ‘The John Bishop Show’ on a nostalgic trip, performing timeless (BBC1); ‘The John Bishop Christmas Show’ classics such as Big Girls Don’t Cry, Oh What (BBC1) and ‘John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure’ A Night!, Walk Like A Man, Sherry, Grease, (ITV1). More recently ‘John Bishop’s Ireland’ for Let’s Hang On and many more! ITV1 and four mammoth series of the critically Tickets: £26 ★★★★ acclaimed ‘John Bishop: In Conversation With…’ Bishop has which saw him chatting, one to one with some funny bones. of the World’s biggest, household names. Book Watch The Times Tickets: £36.75 Book Sept Book Oct Wed 29 Sep 7.30pm The Johnny Cash Roadshow From the Ashes Tour The Johnny Cash Roadshow is back and better than ever. This new show is an emotional roller- coaster through Cash’s career, packed together in one unforgettable evening’s entertainment. Award winning Clive John pays homage to the Man in Black, alongside his iconic wife June Carter (Meghan Thomas) the Roadshow Horns, and, on selected shows, The ‘Carter Sisters’. Hits include Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, Get Rhythm, Orange Blossom Special and Boy Named Sue, and some of the darker more atmospheric songs from the later American Recordings, such as The Man Comes Around and Hurt. With standing ovations every night, Johnny Cash Roadshow is the longest running and only show to be endorsed by the Cash Family! Tickets: £24.75 - £26.75 Book Watch 10 11
Sat 02 Oct 8pm Fri 08 Oct 7.30pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Rob Beckett The Little This year’s must see Wallop, plus support Rob Beckett is back on tour with a brand- Mermaid contemporary ballet Follow us and stay up to date new stand-up show. It’s been a busy few Presented by Chantry Dance years for the Mouth of the South and he’s Chantry Dance has been inspired by Hans coming to see you to fill you in and make Christian Andersen’s story and given it a you laugh. Star of BBC One’s Live At The wonderful new twist in the tale. At Princess Apollo, Would I Lie To You?, Channel 4’s Aquaria’s coming-of-age birthday, she is 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, BBC given permission by the Sea-King to visit the Two’s Mock The Week, ITV2’s Celebrity World Above. Swimming to the surface, she is Juice, Sky’s A League of Their Own and fascinated by human beings and falls in love with Rob and Romesh Vs. music, dance and charismatic guitarist Calder but Tickets: £24.75 sadly must return to the Underwater. Lights up the This year’s must-see contemporary ballet, Book stage with features stunning choreography, acrobatics, his magnetic beautiful costumes and an international cast of exceptional dancers, including Rae Piper & Paul personality (not to Chantry as Aquaria and Calder (choreographers mention the dazzle of David Walliams’ Olivier-nominated West End from his teeth) hit show ‘Gangsta Granny’ and ‘Billionaire Boy’), Mail on Sunday and Shannon Parker as the Sea-Witch (San Francisco Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre and Britain’s Got Talent). Book Watch Tickets: £16.75 Thu 07 Oct 7.30pm The ELO Sun 10 Oct 7.30pm Experience Frank Skinner Celebrating the great music of Showbiz Jeff Lynne and The Electric Light Following a sold out five-week run at Orchestra in this sensational tribute! the West End’s Garrick Theatre, comedy The ELO Experience have been bringing legend Frank Skinner is bringing his the music of Jeff Lynne and The Electric Light critically acclaimed stand-up show Orchestra to the live stage since 2006 and ‘Showbiz’ to Halifax for one night only. are the world’s foremost multi award winning Frank has also performed sold-out runs tribute to The ELO. With a sensational string at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, the section, stunning light show and large screen Edinburgh fringe, and a 45-date national projection to further enhance the experience. UK tour, making Showbiz the must-see Join us for this incredible show that accurately comedy event of the year. reproduces the songs and sounds of The Electric Light Orchestra and takes you on Real stand-up, Tickets: £26.75 a magical musical journey through time. real lightness of touch, real joy… Book Watch Tickets: £26.75 Dominic Maxwell, The Times Book Watch 12 13
Wed 13 Oct 7.30pm Thu 14 Oct 7.30pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk An Evening with Rob Brydon Snooker Greats A Night of Songs and Laughter Award-winning comedian Follow us and stay up to date Recreating the 1985 World Rob Brydon and his sensational Championship Final eight-piece band are taking to the road. With a hugely entertaining and brilliantly Starring Steve Davis & Dennis Taylor. unexpected selection of songs, audiences With host & referee John Virgo. can expect Rob’s usual warmth and Join Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor as they humour as he regales them with hilarious recreate the match that gripped a nation. tales from his distant and recent past. A record-breaking 18.5m TV viewers stayed With songs from Tom Waits to up to watch the legendary match and this Tom Jones, and Guys and Dolls to is your chance to see the rematch with Elvis (and almost everything in between), snooker royalty as we recreate the A Night of Songs & Laughter tells Rob’s final frame from that special night. personal musical journey from South Snooker legend John Virgo is your host Wales to the West End and beyond.. and referee for an evening guaranteed to include his famed, hilarious snooker impressions. Tickets: £37.75 A night not to be missed, there will also be a Q&A, providing you with the opportunity to Book Watch pose the questions you always wanted to ask. Tickets: £36.75 Book Watch A heart warming evening of music and comedy from a much loved TV personality. VIP Packages! A limited number of VIP meet and greet A professional photograph taken with tickets are available at a supplement of £20 the players, which will be available to each (to book your VIP ticket - select your download the following day seat on the seating plan and proceed to the You can also either bring one piece final payments page where there will be an of memorabilia with you or purchase option to upgrade to VIP tickets). Includes: something on the evening and this will be signed by all the players Premium seating within the auditorium (best seat available) The Meet and Greet starts at 6pm. Meet the players before the show 14 15
Fri 15 Oct 7.30pm Mon 18 Oct 8pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk The Greatest Adam Kay Love of All This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor) Follow us and stay up to date Whitney Houston’s musical Award-winning comedian Adam Kay legacy is brought to life shares entries from his diaries as a junior This critically acclaimed tribute show described doctor in this “electrifying” (Guardian) Hilarious as “mind-blowingly spot on”. evening of stand-up and music. and heart- Be stunned by the breathtaking vocals of Belinda The show has been seen by over 200,000 breaking Davids – a RiSA chart-topping artist in her home people across absolute sell-out UK tours, Edinburgh Fringes and West End runs. His Charlie country of South Africa who has performed on Brooker Showtime at the Apollo (Fox TV), Even Better book was a Sunday Times number one Than the Real Thing (BBC1) and in 2020 Britain’s bestseller for over a year, and is soon to Got Talent (ITV). be a major BBC drama. With the accompaniment of a live band, backing Signed copies of all Adam’s books will be vocalists and choreographed dancers, plus state- available for purchase on the night. of-the-art sound, lighting, vision and theatrical ‘Intersperses horror stories from the NHS effects. This beautifully crafted tribute to one of frontline with a catalogue of sublimely silly the world’s most revered singers will take you on spoof songs, and some blissfully brilliant a heartfelt journey through Houston’s greatest wordplay’ ★★★★★ Mail on Sunday hits including ‘I Will Always Love You’, ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’, ‘How Will I Know’, ‘One Tickets: £26.75 Moment in Time’, ‘I Have Nothing’ and lots more. *Not associated with the Estate of Whitney Houston. Book Tickets: £24 - £29 Book Watch Sat 16 Oct 8pm Thu 21 Oct 7.30pm Katherine Ryan Northern Live: Missus Creator and Star of Netflix smash hit The Duchess Do I Love You (along with two global Netflix comedy specials: The World’s Greatest and most In Trouble and Glitter Room) comedian and TV’s authentic touring Live Band Katherine Ryan makes a hugely welcome return to Halifax with her brand-new live show, Missus. Northern Soul Show Having previously denounced partnership, Keeping the Faith to the original sounds of Katherine has since married her first love, the underground movement that started on accidentally. A lot has changed for everyone and the dance floors in the North and eventually we can look forward to hearing Katherine Ryan’s swept the Nation. Including an 11-piece hilarious new perspectives on life, love, and what band with 4 lead vocalists performing over it means to be Missus. 30 original hits, expect to hear hits such as: Out On The Floor, There’s A Ghost In My Tickets: £25.25 – £27.25 House, Do I love You - Indeed I Do, Tainted Recommended age 14+ Love, The Snake, You Didn’t Say A Word, Long After Tonight Is Over, Looking For You, Book I’m On My Way and many, many more. Book Watch 16 Tickets: £26.25 17
Fri 22 Oct 7.30pm Sat 23 Oct 7.30pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Swan Lake Clinton Presented by The Russian State Ballet and Opera House Baptiste Goes Stratospheric Follow us and stay up to date A timeless ballet with exquisite dancing. Music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. Featuring live Orchestra with over 30 musicians. From Bolton via Vegas… to the stars! From the opulent splendour of the palace Clinton Baptiste is the hapless, unsubtle ballroom to the moonlit lake where majestic psychic from Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights. swans glide in perfect formation, this Following the massive success of his last compelling tale of tragic romance has it all. UK tour, clairvoyant medium and psychic A wonderful evening out, the Clinton Baptiste has gone exploring, stateside. memories of which you will cherish Not quite Caesar’s Palace but a series of shows in long after the final curtain falls. Vegas have lifted his celebrity status up a notch. Ticket holders are invited to join us Let him take you on a journey from his humble for a pre-show talk in the auditorium roots via the dazzling heights of Sin City and on from 6:45pm to an amazing finale that will heal the world. Tickets: £38.75 Book Watch Tickets: £23.25 Recommended age 14+ Book Watch Wed 27 Oct 8pm John Cooper Clarke I Wanna Be Yours John’s new memoir ‘I Wanna Be Yours’, released in the UK on 15th October 2021 by Picador. The book explores his extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry; Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson; Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso; Mark E. Smith to Gil Scott Heron and Joe Strummer and on to more recent fans and collaborators like Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey. Interspersed with stories of his rock and roll and performing career, John also reveals his mind-boggling encyclopaedic take on popular culture over the centuries: from Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe, to Pop Art, pop, music, the movies, fashion, football and show business – with more than a few laughs along the way. John’s new show is a breath-taking showcase of poetry and spoken work, sharing stories from his incredible life and hugely successful career.. Tickets: £21.75 - £26.75 Recommended age 15+ Book 18 19
Thu 28 Oct 7.30pm Sun 31 Oct 7.30pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Dirty Dusting A laugh a minute Lipstick on Your Collar show, fantastic cast Featuring Vicki Michelle and such a feel-good (‘Allo ‘Allo!), Vicky Entwistle factor to it. Thank you Follow us and stay up to date (Coronation Street) for a wonderful evening Step back in time to the cannot recommend this golden era of music and Leah Bell. show highly enough Gladys, Olive and Elsie are three “vintage The jukebox roared and feet didn’t touch Audience reaction the floor. Get your dancing shoes at the style” cleaning ladies who, threatened with redundancy, chance on an ‘unconventional’ ready, grab yourself a milkshake and relax - way of earning some extra cash. you are in for an evening of back to back hits from the 1950s and 60s! A wrong number requiring a Sex Chat Line rings into the office and gives Performed by a full live band, featuring them a great idea… “Why not start some of the country’s top musicians, this their own Sex Chat Line?” incredible show features excellent vocals, tight harmonies, an infectious sense of fun and hits What could possibly go wrong???? from Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Buddy Holly, Written by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Ronettes, Cliff this production is directed by Leah Bell Richard, Cilla Black and many more. who injects this hilarious play with a fresh and lively approach coupled with her Tickets: £25 own unique comedic style. Tickets: £24.75 Book Watch Book Watch Stay For show updates, videos, fun content and competitions follow us on: connected VictoriaTheatreHalifax @VicTheatre OMG, best show with the @victheatrehx Victoria I’ve ever seen Victoria Theatre Halifax Audience reaction Theatre We also have artist interviews and important information on our news page: www.victoriatheatre.co.uk/blog And make sure you’re signed up to our email list for show updates and to hear about new shows! Simply log into your account online and check that you have agreed to emails or sign up at www.victoriatheatre.co.uk 20 21
Tue 02 Nov 7.30pm Wed 03 Nov 8pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Wet Wet Wet A show that bubbles with love and unexpected David Baddiel The Journey joie de vivre Trolls Not The Dolls Wet Wet Wet are undeniably a musical The Telegraph Following his five-star Olivier-nominated Follow us and stay up to date phenomenon, having made an incredible hit My Family: Not The Sitcom and the return impact with their music over the last four to number 1 of his seminal football anthem decades, becoming one of the most successful One of the Three Lions, David Baddiel comes back to the bands in British pop history. Selling in excess of most successful stage with a brand new one-man show. 15 million singles and albums to date, Wet Wet bands in British Trolls – the terrible people who spend Wet have featured in the UK official singles and pop history! all day insulting and abusing strangers for no album charts for over an immense 500 weeks. other reason than to fill the huge gaps in their With number 1 hits including ‘With A Little Help souls. The common wisdom for dealing with From My Friends’ and ‘Goodnight Girl’, 1994’s trolls is not to reply but not David, who sees ‘Love Is All Around’ was the biggest selling trolls as hecklers, and, as a comedian, it is single of the year, when it spent 15 weeks at No1, his duty not to ignore the heckler, but to making it the longest spell at the top for any UK wittily put them down. artist – a record that still stands. David has stories to tell, of that interacting Tickets: £31.75 - £36.75 with trolls has led him down. Come with David on this dark, terrible and hysterically absurd cyber journey into our culture’s most Book Watch dank virtual underground. You will be more able to deflect your own trolls. Book Watch Tickets: £28.75 Thu 04 Nov 7.30pm The Drifters Back on tour with a brand-new show Following phenomenal success for their 65th Anniversary tour in 2018, The Drifters are back on tour with a brand-new show, with a line up hand-picked by Tina Treadwell herself - President of the Treadwell Entertainment Group and owner of The Drifters name. The legendary group have previously been VIP Packages! inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, listed among the Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine and have VIP soundcheck experience ticket Wet Wet Wet ‘The Journey’ produced an incredible list of hits - including; packages also available. Includes: Tour Programme Saturday Night at the Movies, Come on Limited Edition ‘The Journey’ Tour Over to My Place, Stand By Me, Under the Premium seated ticket for the show Boardwalk and many, many more! Print hand signed by the band & Exclusive Access to the band’s suitable for framing Soundcheck concluding with a Wet Wet Wet ‘The Journey’ Tour Tote Bag Tickets: £28.75 run through of selected songs Commemorative Lanyard and VIP Individual Photo Opportunity with the band - all photos to be taken on Tickets: £91.75 Book Watch customers own cameras / phones 22 23
Fri 05 Nov 7.30pm Tue 09 Nov 7.30pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Show of Hands The Overtones Book Watch The Best One Yet 10 Year Anniversary Tour Folk supergroup Show of Hands are finally Multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group Follow us and stay up to date reuniting for their 2021 Tour ‘The Best One Yet’. and with 5 top 10 albums and 10 sold out UK First Tours, The Overtones will embark on their 11th Music legends Phil Beer, Steve Knightley, night of the UK Tour to celebrate their 10 year anniversary Miranda Sykes and Cormac Byrne will return to new tour! performing as a group. the Victoria Theatre this November. Audiences will be captivated with live renditions of their For the last decade, The Overtones have award-winning hits and festival favourites. been a household name after appearing on dozens of television shows across the UK The band will perform a mouth-watering and Europe including Dancing on Ice, BBC compilation of iconic signature tracks from Breakfast and This Morning to name just a few. the last 25 years, including their two folk After headlining at world renowned venues award-winning songs, ‘Arrogance Ignorance like The London Palladium and the Royal Albert Greed’ (AIG) and ‘Country Life’. Fans will also Hall. The Overtones have built a name for be entertained by the band’s new lockdown- themselves as one of the UK’s most prolific themed single ‘The Best One Yet’. live acts and has entertained at some of Tickets: £29.25 the biggest events on the planet. Tickets: £28.75 - £40.75 Book Fri 12 Nov 7.30pm Sun 07 Nov 3.30pm & 7.30pm Spinning Chris Ramsey The Sensational blokey pub banter and unpretentious 20/20 the Brand New Stand-Up 60’s Experience patter into stand- Experience the musical up gold Show Critically acclaimed comedian Chris Ramsey is hitting phenomena of the 1960’s The Guardian the road for his biggest ever stand-up tour yet. With a brand new production for 2021. Travel Guide Downloaded a phenomenal 60 million times to back to the sixties and experience a musical date, Chris and Rosie won the Global Award’s Best phenomenon with this festival of nostalgia. The Podcast Award, and British Podcast Award Listeners show with the definite feel good factor will Choice in 2020, their brand new book launched in transport you back to that magical decade that autumn 2020 reaching number one on both Amazon was the 1960’s. Whether you come to relive and the Sunday Times Best Seller charts. your childhood memories or you just simply want to see what your parents have been Tickets: £23.75 raving about for all these years this is the show to see. Full of timeless classics, hits include Needles and Pins, Silence Is Golden, Storm In A Book Watch Teacup, The Legend Of Xanadu, Little Children, plus many more. Step back in time to when pop music was at its very best. BOOK EARLY TO GUARANTEE YOUR SEAT Tickets: £27.75 - £29.75 Book 24 25
Sat 13 Nov 7.30pm Tue 16 Nov 7.30pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Maximum Sir Ranulph Rhythm & Blues Fiennes Follow us and stay up to date Featuring The Manfreds with Living Dangerously Georgie Fame Named by The Guinness Book of Records as The Manfreds with an all-star line-up of ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’, Sir Ranulph original members Paul Jones, Mike D’Abo, Fiennes has spent his life in pursuit of extreme Tom McGuinness and Mike Hugg with Rob adventure; inspiring generations and risking life Townsend, Marcus Cliffe and Simon Currie and limb in some of the most ambitious private will be recreating many of their greatest expeditions ever undertaken. hits both as part of Manfred Mann and as Amongst his many record-breaking achievements, successful solo artists. he has a history of firsts - the first to reach both Joining the Manfreds is bone fide legend Poles, to cross the Antarctic and Arctic Ocean, and Georgie Fame. With more than 20 albums and to circumnavigate the world along its polar axis. a career full of collaboration with music’s most Both light-hearted and strikingly poignant, Living famous names, Georgie has rightly earned Dangerously offers a personal journey through iconic status in the British music scene. Sir Ranulph’s life, spanning his early childhood An all-star line-up with the hits to match! and school misdemeanours, his army life, the Transglobe Expedition and his current Global Book Tickets: £31.25 - £35.25 Reach Challenge; making him a pioneer of exploration with an unparalleled story to tell. Tickets: £29.25 - £34.25 Sun 14 Nov 4pm We Got Locked Down But We Got Up Again Book Watch Voices of An afternoon of entertainment showcasing Yorkshire the 250 strong Voices of Yorkshire choir. With live band and special guests! Thu 18 Nov 7.30pm Presents Money raised on the night will go Boyzlife to Martin House Children’s Hospice. Tickets: £19.25 Featuring Brian Mcfadden Book and Keith Duffy Two of the world’s biggest bands Boyzone and Westlife come together, for the very first-time, featuring Brian Mcfadden and Keith Duffy. This specially adapted theatre production will include many of their greatest hits and you can expect to hear, ‘World Of Our Own’, ‘Mandy’, ‘Queen of My Heart’, ‘Picture Of You’, ‘Words’, VIP Packages! ‘No Matter What’, ‘Uptown Girl’, ‘Flying Without Wings’, ‘You Raise Me Up’, ‘Going Gets Tough’, ‘Swear It Again’, ‘Father and Son’, ‘Love Meet and Greet tickets include a photo Me For A Reason’, ‘My Love’ and many more. with Brian and Keith, a VIP Tour Laminate and an Official signed Tour Poster. Tickets: £34.25 Tickets: £96.75 Book 26 27
Sat 20 Nov 7.30pm Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk HHHHH TIME OUT | SUNDAY EXPRESS | WHATSONSTAGE Jason Manford Jason Manford successfully straddles Like Me the line between contemporary Like Me is Jason’s latest comic offering and stand-up and old- Follow us and stay up to date DAILY MAIL is sure to be ‘expert observational comedy’ (The Guardian) mixed with ‘comic gold’ school mainstream (Mail on Sunday). entertainment Jason said: “After the fun we had on my The Guardian Fri 19 Nov 1.30pm & 4pm Touching, funny and utterly original, last tour Muddle Class, I’m excited to get back Freckle Productions’ delightful adaptation on the road with my new stand up show, Like Sat 20 Nov 10.30am & 1.30pm of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Me. In these trying times it’s always important FRECKLE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT Stick Man is back in town! to be able to get away for a couple of hours and exercise the old chuckle muscle and From the team behind Zog, Tiddler and have a good laugh together”. other Terrific Tales, and Tabby McTat this award-winning production, features a trio Tickets: £31.75 of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, Recommended age 14+ songs, live music and funky moves. Tickets: £16.25 (Adults) Also at the Victoria Theatre £14.25 (Children) on Sat 30 Apr 22! Book Watch Book Thu 25 Nov 8pm Ed Byrne If I’m Honest... Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing on to his children and presents his brand-new masterclass in observational comedy. Tickets: £26.75 Recommended age 16+ Book ★★★★★ BASED ON THE BOOK BY A one-hour tour de force performance from the master Stick Man © 2008 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.Published by Alison Green Books, an imprint of Scholastic Children’s Books. comedian 28 Broadwaybaby 29
Sun 28 Nov 6.30pm Thu 2 Dec 3.30pm & 4.30pm Santa, Ellie, and Rudolph are getting Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk ready for the big night. Fri 3 Dec 10.30am, 1.15pm, Carols & Brass 3.30pm/4.30pm Sat 4 Dec 10am, 12pm, 2pm & 4pm One of their presents is a magic cabinet which mysteriously conjures up a pirate who seems to be lost. With lots of Christmas songs to sing along Seasonal music, fun and laughter Sun 5 Dec 10am, 12pm, 2pm & 4pm with and tons of magic and festive cheer, come Presented by the Halifax Choral Society and see if Santa can help our Pirate finds his way Santa’s Magical Follow us and stay up to date Artistic Director & Conductor: Philip Collin home in time for the big day. with the celebrated Black Dyke Band The show will also give children an opportunity Tickets: £12 - £25 Mystery Guest to give their letter to Santa in person. Specially designed paper for the letter will be available on the day or can be downloaded from http:// Book A Christmas Adventure www.imaginetheatre.co.uk/santa-shows/ Santa’s Magical Mystery Guest is an unmissable Book treat for all children up to the age of 6 years and will ensure that the festive season gets underway with an unforgettable Christmas experience. PLUS: Tickets: £9.95 - £12.95 As an added treat, Adults - £9.95, Children - £12.95 (includes gift) all the children will Nursery and groups of 12+ - £11.50 (includes gift) get to meet Santa and receive a gift from him. Tue 30 Nov Doors 7pm The Australian Pink Floyd The biggest show of its kind in the world Selling 3.5 million tickets worldwide and described by The Times as “The Gold Standard” and The Daily Mirror as “The Kings of the Genre”, The Australian Pink Floyd Show is the leading and biggest show of its kind in the world and since their first concert in Adelaide in 1988, they have Setting the performed in over 35 countries; played at David gold standard Gilmour’s 50th birthday celebration and were The Times joined on stage by Rick Wright. Performing the music of Pink Floyd with note for note perfection, this critically acclaimed VIP Packages! tribute show strives to reproduce the Pink Floyd experience and bring the music to new audiences, with a stunning light and laser show, video animations, state of the art high resolution One of the best seats in the house, a LED screen technology and other special effects. bespoke tour gift, a limited edition A4 tour art print & official VIP tour laminate. Tickets: £31.25 Tickets: £90.75 Book 30 31
Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Morning Afternoon Evening Sat 11 Dec 1:00pm 5:30pm Sun 12 Dec No Performances Follow us and stay up to date Mon 13 Dec No Performances Tue 14 Dec 10:15am 2:30pm Wed 15 Dec 10:15am 2:30pm Jack and the Beanstalk A GIANT of a pantomime! Thu 16 Dec 10:15am 2:30pm Come and join us at The Victoria Theatre Fri 17 Dec 10:15am 6:30pm for the biggest panto of them all with Sat 18 Dec 2:00pm 6:30pm the fabulous Jack and the Beanstalk. Sun 19 Dec 1:00pm 5:30pm The Trot’s are so poor they don’t have a bean to their name, and what is more there is a giant Mon 20 Dec No Performances terrifying the village. Come and see if Jack can Tue 21 Dec 2:00pm 6:30pm defeat the giant, win the heart of the girl he Sat 11 Dec 2021 - Sun 02 Jan 2022 loves and turn the Trots’ fortunes around. Wed 22 Dec 1:00pm 5:30pm Once again, The Victoria Theatre will have Thu 23 Dec 1:00pm 5:30pm all the ingredients for a perfect family panto, Fri 24 Dec 1:00pm 5:30pm Book with a dastardly villain, a hapless comic and a hilarious panto dame, as well as fabulous Sat 25 Dec No Performances – Merry Christmas musical numbers and bags of slapstick fun! Sun 26 Dec 1:00pm 5:30pm Book your tickets now for this ‘moo-vellous’ Mon 27 Dec 1:00pm 5:30pm family friendly panto which will leave everyone aged 4 to 104 feeling full of ‘beans’! Tue 28 Dec 2:00pm 6:30pm Josh Benson is returning as Joshin Josh Wed 29 Dec 2:00pm 6:30pm with Adam Stafford returning as Josh’s mum Dame Trot – forming an energetic Thu 30 Dec 10:30 5:30pm and hilariously witty comedy team! Fri 31 Dec 1:00pm Sat 1 Jan No Performances – Happy New Year Sun 2 Jan 1:00pm Jack and the Beanstalk Accessible Performances Schools ‘Side of Stage’ Signed Performance - This performance aims to improve access to the Tickets: £17 - £26.50 pantomime for hearing impaired people who use British Sign Language (BSL). The interpreter Opening Weekend £17 stands stage left and interprets the performance for the audience. Schools Performances: £10 for school groups / £16 for coach and ticket offer Integrated Signed Performance - For this integrated performance, the British Sign Language £24.50 and £22.50. Groups of 20+ £19.25, (BSL) interpreters will be involved in the action on Groups of 250+ £16.75. No complimentary stage and take part in the performances! tickets on group bookings Relaxed Performance - This performance is designed to be welcoming to everyone, and Christmas Eve: £26.50 and £24.50 especially to adults and children who may feel unable to access theatre performances for a variety £20.50 of reasons for example: parents/carers with noisy infants, people who need or want to move around and/or vocalise during the performance; people with dementia, autism or with other complex access and inclusion needs. Visit our website to pre-order your seasonal merchandise to collect when you come to the show! 32 33
Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Keep In Touch! About Hiring the If you have any suggestions or Access Follow us and stay up to date Victoria Theatre feedback for us please email the Victoria Wheelchair Access victoriatheatre@calderdale.gov.uk We offer easy access and The Victoria Theatre has an impressive capacity of 1,518 excellent viewing locations for wheelchair users, with a level Theatre seated and 1,875 standing, access point to the stalls from Important making it one of the largest, most accessible and versatile the Commercial Street entrance venues in the region. and accessible facilities on the stalls level. There is no Information We are a busy and vibrant wheelchair access to the Green cultural destination in the Room Bar and Circle level but Towards the end of the 19th centre of Halifax, just 5-10 there is an alternative entrance minutes’ walk from both with fewer steps for people Century a group of local businessmen the bus and train stations with less severe mobility issues. led the movement for a substantial and provide a multipurpose venue that hosts a multitude Booking Information Please inform the Box Office at the time of booking if you and prestigious concert hall in of different events, from Tickets Theatre Support Fee need this service, and if your large music gigs, ballet wheelchair may restrict the the centre of Halifax and the and comedy, to award We strongly advise that tickets Now 120 years old and view of other customers. are booked online from maintaining most of its Victoria Theatre (then called The ceremonies, conferences and business meetings. victoriatheatre.co.uk where original features, The Victoria Hearing Impaired Victoria Hall) opened in 1901. As well as the magnificent possible. Tickets can also be purchased on the phone Theatre acts as a magnificent architectural cornerstone of the We have an induction loop for hearing aid users in both auditorium, the Theatre has (01422 351158) or over the town, celebrating the heritage the auditorium stalls level It was named in honour of Queen Victoria but she died other interesting and versatile counter from the Box Office. and beauty of Halifax and our and the Box Office. We also just after it was completed. The building still retains many spaces for smaller events. Please note the Box Office commitment to culture and the offer an infra-red audio of the original features, including the broad staircase in Recent investments in moving opening times on the Booking arts. To help with the upkeep system, allowing customers the foyer, the stained glass ornate dome above and the lights and sound technology, information on Page 04. For of this fabulous building and to sit anywhere in the circle original Queen Victoria bust at the top of the foyer stairs. WIFI in all areas, licensed bars, some events we can reserve improve the visitor experience, or stalls and adjust their For over 100 years the venue has acted as a magnificent and new projection facilities tickets for you, which need to we charge a Theatre Support individual volume dependent architectural gateway, announcing the heritage and make the Victoria Theatre a be paid for within 4 days. For Fee on all tickets. This is on where they’re sitting. beauty of Halifax and the district’s commitment to culture fantastic, well equipped venue. general booking enquiries included in all ticket prices We also offer BSL side of and the arts. The first concert was by the Halle Orchestra Our team also has a vast array please email box.office@ within this brochure. stage and integrated signed and since then The Victoria Theatre has played host to of experience and can help to calderdale.gov.uk performances of our some of the biggest names in entertainment, including: make your event more special Cancellation annual pantomime. Victoria Wood, Paul Weller, Michael McIntyre, The with services, such as: event How to get your Tickets Protection & Refunds We now offer e-tickets that can No refunds are available unless Part of: Part of: Stone Roses and Gary Barlow to name but a few! planning, creative supervision, team building, presentation be scanned when you enter a performance is cancelled. support and lighting design. the venue. You can either print If you would like to protect your tickets or show them on Visual Impairments your tickets against specified For more information on a mobile device. Please select Guide dogs are welcome; unforeseen circumstances such booking the Victoria Theatre or request this option when we’ll even provide a bowl of as: accidents, illnesses and for your next event, please making a purchase. water for your pooch if you ask! failure of transport, among call us on 01422 351156 or Our brochure is also available Children many others; cancellation Search #VisionCdale2024 Search #VisionCdale2024 email alison.metcalfe@ in large print upon request. For many family shows the protection is available at an calderdale.gov.uk additional £1.50 per ticket. Complimentary Tickets child and adult price is the same. For most shows children Please enquire about for Essential Carers under the age of 2 can visit this when booking. We are happy to offer a free of charge but please limited number of Privacy Policy check individual events for complimentary tickets to The Victoria Theatre is up to date ticketing essential carers. 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Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Victoria Theatre Follow us and stay up to date Membership As a key part of Calderdale Council’s cultural portfolio, the Victoria Theatre is Become a member today and actively contributing towards enjoy priority booking, ticket Calderdale’s vision for 2024. This vision is for Calderdale to Explore. offers, exclusive member be a place where everyone can realise their potential whoever Create. Grow. competitions and discounts in the they are, and whether their voice has in the past been The Victoria Theatre’s creative theatre bars for just £35 per year. heard or unheard. wellbeing programme. All presale announcements, special pricing, competitions We aspire to be a place where and discounts will be sent to you in an exclusive members’ talent and enterprise can thrive; a place defined by our innate The Victoria Theatre is the Dramatherapy Developmental email. You will also get a personalised membership card Space for Me is delivered by Transformations (DvT) to use to get your 10% discount in the theatre bars. kindness and resilience, by only theatre in England how our people care for each that can provide a range professionally qualified and Developmental Transformations Looking for the perfect gift for someone special? registered dramatherapists and (DvT) is a form of highly playful, Treat them to a Victoria Theatre membership! other, are able to recover from of professional creative, play and drama based aims to improve emotional health dramatic and embodied drama setbacks and are full of hope. and wellbeing, promote personal psychotherapy that can be used Becoming a member is easy. All you need to do is simply psychotherapy services growth, develop confidence and therapeutically and to support Calderdale will stand out, visit victoriatheatre.co.uk/memberships and follow the for either adults or young resilience and explore challenging individual, group or team be known, and be distinctive; steps or call our box office on 01422 351158. people under a programme life experiences. It does this using growth and development. a great place to visit but most called: Space for Me. a wide range of creative and importantly, a place to live The practice of DvT can develop a larger life. Space for Me supports the often playful ideas such as story, metaphor and image work. our capacity to be spontaneous, wellbeing of adults or children playful and more in the moment At the Victoria Theatre we Only believe that providing and young people by offering Dramatherapy can be used to by helping identify and transform £35 Name: sessions of ‘Dramatherapy’ or support people presenting with rigid and restrictive patterns of Membership Card opportunities to relax, have a ‘Developmental Transformations’. a wide range of issues including, behaviour or ways of being. Expiry Date: good time, socialise, be excited for example, anxiety, depression, Signature: and challenged, supports Within a professionally facilitated www.victoriatheatre.co.uk self-harm, abuse and neglect, 01422 351158 the nurturing of a healthy ‘Playspace’ DvT uses the principles domestic violence, attachment per year and thriving community. trauma, eating disorders, of Embodiment, Encounter and Part of: Part of: We welcome everyone to psychosis and schizophrenia, Transformation with the aim of our stage and auditorium: separation and grief and having fun, whilst helping people performers, artistes or visitors, bereavement. Though working better manage instability and encourage everyone who with serious and complex issues, and change in their lives. comes through our doors to Space for Me Dramatherapy express themselves freely and sessions are often playful and creatively or simply just sit back highly creative. Search #VisionCdale2024 Search #VisionCdale2024 and be entertained. Dramatherapy is delivered Calderdale’s vision for 2024 is through one-to-one or group split into the following themes: therapy sessions, it is completely Our Supporters different to doing drama at For information or a chat about Distinctiveness Dramatherapy or Developmental Kindness & Resilience school - and no previous The Victoria Theatre would like to experience of drama or theatre Transformations please contact: thank Alibi Bar and Restaurant for Talented & Enterprising is needed to take part. The Victoria Theatre and ask their support. Alibi is just a few For more information and to about Space for Me or email: minutes walk from the theatre join the conversation please for pre show dining. Visit: visit www.calderdale. S4M@calderdale.gov.uk www.alibihalifax.co.uk gov.uk/vision/ and 36 37 follow #visioncdale2024 on social media
Next Sat 19 Mar Book Now: 01422 351 158 / victoriatheatre.co.uk Tony Hadley: 40th Anniversary Season Preview Follow us and stay up to date Sun 16 Jan Tue 01 Feb Alan Carr: Friends! the Musical Parody Regional Thu 17 Feb Trinket The Noise Next Door: In Charge Fri 04 Feb Mon 21 Feb Beyond the Barricade Justin Live: The BIG Tour Sun 20 Mar Sat 12 Feb Madama Butterfly Wed 19 Jan The Night Sky Show Burn the Floor with Kevin Clifton Sat 05 & Sun 06 Mar Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever Look out Thu 27 Jan for more Wed 23 Mar Ross Noble: Julian Clary: Humournoid updates! Born to Mince 38 39
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