Stage To Stage

Waitress is based upon the 2007 film of the same name and tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, an expert pie-maker who longs to get out of her small town and her relationship with her husband Earl. When Jenna unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she begins an affair with her gynaecologist, Dr. Pomatter. Looking for ways out, she sees a pie contest and its grand prize as her chance. Featuring original music and lyrics by 7-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, Waitress has been a smash hit since it began its West End run in February 2019.

Frankie Valli, Tommy De Vito, Nick Massi and Bob Gaudio take us on a feel-good ride through the trials and tribulations of their lives as they write their own songs, create their own unique sounds and climb to the top to become a world-class sensation.

Brad and Janet are a picture perfect, newly engaged couple who suffer a flat tyre and call upon support from the nearest home – a creepy castle. It soon becomes a night to remember as the occupants perform wacky Frankenstein experiments after meeting some interesting characters such as Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia and the wild Frank-N-Furter.

With the future of the country totally unknown and in a year that has just been a little bit, well, grim, there's nothing like a glittering and magical panto to put a smile on your face in time for the festive season. With the ultimate panto dame, back up dancers dressed as Wolves players, a really rather wicked witch and the queen of the Black Country herself, this year's offering of Sleeping Beauty at Wolverhampton Grand is one that simply can't be missed.

Remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a 75-minute celebration of 21st century , SIX turns Tudor queens into pop princesses. Tired of being defined by their husband, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr take to the stage to tell “her-story”, singing and dancing up a storm as they each give their version of events of living with the infamous King.

Wicked tells the untold backstory of Elphaba, a green-skinned social outcast unloved by her fellow peers and her Munchkinland governor father. At university, Elphaba strikes up an unlikely friendship with popular fellow sorcery student Glinda but the pair’s opposing personalities and rivalry over the same love-interest Fiyero ultimately sees them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Heathers tells the story of Veronica Sawyer: once-bullied, now-popular after she is taken under the wing of the schools most prestigious clic, three girls called Heather. With her new-found friends, Veronica drinks, dances, parties, and everything else in between after she meets JD, the mysterious-but -kinda-hot new kid at school. Together, JD and Veronica become the school’s murderous power couple as they knock off teenagers getting too confident, starting with Heather Chandler, and disguising it as suicide. As JD becomes blood-thirsty, Veronica sees the light and decides she’d rather not be with a psychotic, manipulative killer like him...

Against a musical backdrop of Take That songs, this story revolves around Rachel – a sixteen-year-old girl obsessed with ‘The Band’ and her 4 best friends who go to see ‘The Band’ in concert. Fast- forward 25 years when they later they reconnect after Rachel wins a competition to see ‘The Band’ on tour in Prague with a hope of meeting the band members.

Set in the 1980s, Rock of Ages, tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. But when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn legendary rock venue The Bourbon Room into a capitalist strip mall, the rock ‘n’ roll fairy-tale looks like it’s about to end. Can Drew, Sherrie and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late?

Socially awkward Eugene, a geeky comic book writer, suffers from bullying at school and takes refuge in the world of his creation, superhero Tough-Man. But with the support of his friends Janey – who has a crush on him – and Feris, he manages to rise beyond the stars when he and his vision are discovered by Hollywood producer Lex and his assistant Theo. Little does the protagonist know that his imaginary characters are real, and that he must rise to become the hero of his own story to save the world from the threat of the Evil Lord Hector.

‘Cilla’ based on the TV drama of the same name, and is first and foremost the story of an ambitious girl who wants to make it in music. Considering showbusiness was lucky enough to enjoy Cilla’s company for over fifty years, the musical reveals just a tiny part of her life, yet packs in a lot. Several stories are weaved through Cilla’s rise to fame. The love story of Cilla and Bobby is heartwarmingly told, with the audience sharing smiles and shenanigans, tears and tantrums with the couple.

The Addams Family musical comedy first made an appearance on Broadway in 2010 and 7 years later made its way over to the UK for its first professional production. Andrew Lippa's well written musical follows the story of The Addams Family we all know and love, focussing on Wednesday Addams who is now 18 years old and has fallen in love with a 'normal' boy from Ohio. In an attempt to make the families get along, Wednesday organises a dinner between the two families which doesn't go as planned. In a fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested and it turns out The Addams Family aren't the only kooky family in town.