The Victoria Theatre’s new season brochure is out now and it features a myriad of uplifting entertainment to lift our spirits through the winter months and into next spring.
Here is just a quick run down of some of the show’s coming to Halifax’s premier entertainment venue next year.
Starting with the theatre’s annual pantomime, which this year is Sleeping Beauty, and promises to be another thigh slapping, toe tapping and audience laughing technicolour show, packed with comedy, music and adventure.
January is lit up by the dazzling smile and twinkle toes of Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice, who will take audiences on a journey back to his homeland Italy on Thursday 26 January. February will kick off when the original and best Bee Gees tribute Jive Talkin strut into town on Saturday 4 February. Carrying on the disco theme, Lost in Music on Friday 10 February is a fantastic way to kick off the weekend with a groove through the dancefloors of the 70s.
One of the most colourful and exotic operas Madama Butterfly will be gracing the stage on Thursday 23 February. Brought to you by the Ukrainian National Opera, this accessible opera, sung in Italian with English surtitles features an impressive cast and a live orchestra of over 30 musicians.
March brings comedy in the form of controversial comedian Frankie Boyle on Monday 6 March and the stage tour of BBC Radio 4’s award winning panel show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, starring Jack Dee, Rory Bremner, Pippa Evans, Miles Jupp and Marcus Brigstocke, on Wednesday 8 March.
Families will have a roaring good time at Jurassic Earth, a thrilling interactive show that features astounding animatronic and excitingly real dinosaurs, on Sunday 9 April. Also in April for families is the hair-larious Easter pantomime Rapunzel, on Saturday 22 April.
Music fans are spoilt for choice in 2023 with tributes to Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Beatles, The Electric Light Orchestra and Diana Ross, plus original artists, including Britain’s oldest ‘buoy’ band, Fisherman’s Friends on Sunday 5 February and legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers Lindisfarne on Friday 14 April.
With all this and much more, the Victoria Theatre Halifax is the place to be in 2023.
