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This page lists all the scheduled events at Buxton Opera House. If you would like to see all the shows between specific dates in the future then please select your preferred start and end date. Alternatively, you may filter by category.
Murdered To Death
25 September 7:30 PM
Starring Norman Pace (Hale & Pace); the legendary Victor Spinetti; Sandra Dickinson (The Hitchikers’ Guide to the Galaxy), Michelle Hardwick (Lizzie Kennoway in The Royal) and Chloe Newsome (Coronation Street).
Murdered to Death is a hilarious spoof in the best Agatha Christie tradition.
Set in a country manor house in the glorious 1930s, the colourful cast of characters guaranteed to delight include – Bunting the Butler; Charles Craddock with the prerequisite stiff upper lip; the bumbling local inspector and his Constable and a well-meaning local sleuth Miss Maple who seems to attract murder wherever she goes. Add to this a high society debutante, a shady French art dealer and his moll, and supporting cast, and you have the perfect recipe for uproarious fun and hysterical happenings. But following the mysterious death of the house’s owner, will the murderer be unmasked before every one else has met their doom, or will the audience die laughing first?
This whodunnitt twists and turns with side-splitting antics and ever-increasing merriment and confusion. Read more about this event … or
Laurel & Hardy
25 September 7:45 PM
The first-ever show in the Pavilion Arts Centre! – Don’t miss out!
In this revival of Chalkfoot’s acclaimed 2009 Jermyn Street production, Stan & Ollie are in limbo, trapped between this world and the next, reprising old routines, swapping gags, bickering and making up. They will only earn their passage to ‘the other side’ by undertaking an emotional journey through their screen careers and personal lives…but are they prepared to re-live the bad times as well as the good? Read more about this event … or
Lysistrata
27 September 7:30 PM
Written over 2400 years ago, Lysistrata is one of the world’s first anti-war plays. It tells the story of what happens when the women of Athens, fronted by our heroine Lysistrata, deny their men until they sign a peace treaty to stop the war. Chaos ensues as the conventions of Ancient Greek society are turned on their head and sexual tension builds to bursting point in this bawdy, provocative and delightfully absurd comedy.
Director Mitch Mitchelson (Circus Space) and a team of highly skilled collaborators are working together to make this a highly physical, sparkling slapstick and deliciously irreverent production.
Contains sexual themes – suitable for ages 16+ Read more about this event … or
Arabian Nights … and Days
28 September 7:00 PM
Returning by popular demand, Buxton Opera House’s youth theatre project, OnStage, presents a re-worked and extended version of their highly successful Arabian Nights … and Days. The show is a magic carpet ride to a universe of wonder and delight. There will be tales of learned sages and magic potions, fishermen and genies, three apples that bring betrayal and death, and a magnetic mountain containing the secrets of the world.
A murderous madness is consuming the Sultan. Whenever he wants he marries a new wife. The next morning he has her killed. All are powerless before him. The number of his victims mounts. Mothers and fathers live in fear. Will their daughter be next?
Then Scherazade, the daughter of the Sultan’s High Counsellor, demands to be the next wife. All are dumbfounded. Has she lost her senses?
She enters the lion’s den, armed only with her wits, her courage and the germ of an idea. Will the brutal Sultan kill her or can she divert him from his evil intent? Can she save herself? Can she stop the killing?
Using the magic of the spoken word and the simplest of objects – a piece of wood, a scrap of cloth, a bundle of wool – we will create a visual feast, a storytelling odyssey to excite your imagination. Read more about this event … or
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