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Are you mad about musicals? This June, we have even more blockbuster shows on sale. Returning to the TRP stage, Kinky Boots The Musical stars Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash-hit Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat plays to Plymouth audiences once again. Plus, brand-new musicals hit Britain’s Ocean City as part of their first ever UK tours – TINA – The Tina Turner Musical and Calamity Jane, starring Carrie Hope Fletcher.
Or perhaps you’re in the mood for something a bit spookier? The long-running West End hit, Ghost Stories, plays The Lyric stage next Feb.
As always, The Drum showcases the very best new work in theatre and this season marks the return of sell-out show, The Four Seasons by James Wilton Dance in addition to Little Murmur, Paradise Lost, My Mother’s Funeral: The Show, Luke Wright: JOY, Feel Me, The Luminous and Love Letters Straight From Your Heart.
TRP continues to champion home-grown work and we’re proud to be co-producing Buyer & Cellar starring award-winning actor Rob Madge; TRP’s Associate Director Malaika Kegode presents Outlier and Pierless shares the work of TRP’s Our Space programme.
My Mother’s Funeral: The Show
The Drum | Tue 10 – Sat 14 Sep 2024 | Tickets from £12
Abigail needs money for her mum’s funeral. Luckily, the theatre will pay her to write them something gritty, raw, working-class. Just like her. A new play about the cost of turning your life into art.
Luke Wright: JOY
The Drum | Wed 18 Sep 2024 | Tickets from £14
Can poetry capture joy? Let’s find out. The Fringe’s favourite poet returns with stacks of brilliant, big-hearted poems that get to grips with joy in mulchy middle-age.
Outlier
The Drum | Thu 26 Sep – Sat 05 Oct 2024 | Tickets from £16
Genre-defying and emotional, Outlier explores the impact of isolation, addiction, and friendship on young people in the often-forgotten places.
Little Murmur
The Drum | Mon 07 – Wed 09 Oct 2024 | Tickets from £12
Based on the true story of one child’s struggle with letters and words. Little Murmur is about facing challenges and overcoming the odds. Jump into a world of dance, technology and illustration to see this heartfelt journey take flight.
The Four Seasons
The Drum | Thu 10 – Sat 12 Oct 24 | Tickets from £12
Using Max Richter’s recomposed version of Vivaldi’s seminal work The Four Seasons, award winning James Wilton Dance has created a work of immense physicality, driving energy and sweeping beauty.
Love Letters Straight From Your Heart
The Drum | Wed 16 – Sat 19 Oct 2024 | Tickets from £16
Join us as we raise our glasses to long lost loves and current lovers, to mums, to dads, and to absent friends.
Paradise Lost
The Drum | Wed 23 – Sat 26 Oct 2024 | Tickets from £12
A one man staging of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost and not like whatever came into your head when you read the first bit of that sentence. Combining theatre, comedy and movement this is a journey through the story of the creation of everything, condensed into 75 minutes.
Buyer & Cellar
The Drum | Tue 29 Oct – Sat 02 Nov 2024 | Tickets from £18
An out-of-work actor finds himself working beneath Barbra Streisand’s Malibu home in her legendary basement shopping mall. A big hit in New York and London, Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs.
Pierless
The Drum | Thu 07 – Sat 09 Nov 2024 | Tickets from £12
Our Space returns with its signature style of bold visual storytelling and immersive soundscapes in a show that explores memory, time, and the Great British seaside.
Feel Me
The Drum | Tue 12 – Wed 13 Nov 2024 | Tickets from £12
Feel Me is a new interactive theatre show from The Paper Birds, UK leaders in devised verbatim theatre. Feel Me asks, via your mobile phone, who and what you care about from the stories unfolding live on stage in front of you.
The Luminous
The Drum | Thu 14 – Sat 16 Nov 2024 | Tickets from £12
Powerful new show combining RedCape Theatre’s unique blend of physical theatre, dark comedy and gripping storytelling.
Ghost Stories
The Lyric | Tue 04 – Sat 08 Feb 2025 | Tickets from £18
When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings – as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child – Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations.
Kinky Boots The Musical
The Lyric | Tue 22 – Sat 26 Apr 2025 | Tickets from £18
The Broadway and West End sensation, Kinky Boots The Musical, is strutting back to Plymouth in a brand-new production starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe and rising star Dan Partridge.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Lyric | Tue 24 – Sat 28 Jun 2025 | Tickets from £22
The smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Plymouth featuring much loved pop and musical theatre classics.
TINA: The Tina Turner Musical
The Lyric | Tue 01 Jul – Sat 12 Jul 2025 | Tickets from £18
West End mega-hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, comes to Plymouth as part of its first ever UK & Ireland tour. From humble beginnings to becoming a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them.
Calamity Jane
The Lyric | Tue 15 – Sat 19 Jul 2025 | Tickets from £21
Meet the fearless, gun slingin’ Calamity Jane – biggest mouth in Dakota territory and always up for a fight in this whip crackin’ musical comedy classic.
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Mary Poppins
The Lyric | Wed 26 Feb – Sat 29 Mar 2025 | Tickets from £45
Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, the story of the World’s favourite nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane is even more magical than ever before featuring dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs.
Hamilton
The Lyric | Wed 30 Jul – Sat 06 Sep 2025 | Tickets from £45
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton is touring the UK for the very first time and is coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth for a 6 week season from Wednesday 30th July – Saturday 6th September 2025.
The Book of Mormon
The Lyric | Tue 14 – Sat 25 Jan 2025 | Tickets from £35
This outrageous musical comedy from creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Bobby Lopez co-writer of Avenue Q and Frozen, follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get.