Sheffield Theatres announce new season of shows
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Sheffield Theatres have announced their latest programme of work, featuring new productions in the Crucible in the autumn, Christmas 2021 and into the spring of 2022, alongside an abundance of visiting productions in the Lyceum and Studio.
Kicking off the season in the Crucible is Typical Girls by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm from Friday 24 September - Saturday 16 October 2021. An exciting new punk musical play co-produced with Clean Break and directed by the company’s Joint Artistic Director Róisín McBrinn. Typical Girls is set in a mental health unit inside a prison, a group of women form a punk rock band to allow an outlet for their frustration. They find remedy in revolution, but in a system that suffocates, can rebellion ever be allowed?
The programme also includes The Lemon Table, co-produced with Malvern Theatres, Wiltshire Creative and HOME in association with MGC, and plays in the Crucible from Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 October.
For Christmas, Artistic Director Robert Hastie directs romantic comedy She Loves Me from Saturday 11 December 2021 - Saturday 15 January 2022. From the writers behind Fiddler on the Roof and based on the story that inspired the movie You’ve Got Mail, the musical focuses on two parfumerie clerks who clash at work but, unbeknownst to them, both live for the anonymous love letters they exchange between one another.
After Christmas, Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme Associate Artistic Director Anthony Lau directs Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece Anna Karenina, adapted by Helen Edmundson. The epic masterpiece about desire, duty and defiance runs from Saturday 5 – Saturday 26 February 2022.
Also over Christmas, Sleeping Beauty will be waking up the Lyceum and bringing families back together for the festive tradition. Completing the festive programme, Little Angel Theatre Company’s The Pixie and the Pudding takes centre stage in the Studio – a magical delight for children and adults alike to enjoy from Saturday 11 December – Sunday 2 January.
Dusting off the stage boards at the Lyceum next month will be Hairspray!
It’s an exciting time for this hub of theatres after a turbulent 16 months. As Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie said: “We can’t wait to share this bumper-crop of work with all our audiences who we have missed so much.”
Tickets for all new and rescheduled shows on general sale at 10am on Saturday 17 July here.
