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Oliver!
Halifax Light Opera Juniors
Friday 21st February @ 7:15pm
Saturday 22nd February @ 2:15pm & 7:15pm
Main Stage Production
The spectacular Halifax Light Opera Society Juniors are set to perform Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, ‘Oliver!’, at The Halifax Playhouse as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations.
The orphaned Oliver escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and takes refuge in London’s murky underworld with the wily gang leader Fagin and his team of resourceful pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. He finds a friend in the kind-hearted Nancy and when he’s wrongly arrested for stealing, Oliver meets an unexpected saviour; but is happiness truly within his grasp?
With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more, the Olivier, Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece vividly brings to life Dickens’ ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.
True to Dickens’ novel, the script contains some mild and discriminatory language reflective of the period; depictions of violence towards men, women and children including gunshots; and themes of poverty, hunger and crime in Victorian society.
Blackadder Goes Forth
Halifax Thespians
Tuesday 18th March -
Saturday 22nd March 2025
Evenings 7:30pm & Saturday matinee 2.30pm
Main Stage Production
It's 1917 and waiting in fear of the dreaded order to go 'over the top' from the patently insane General Melchett, Captain Edmund Blackadder devises several attempts to escape the banality of the trenches.
With the gallant-but-dumb Lieutenant George and the even dumber Private Baldrick, the trio's efforts to evade their inevitable fate involve a plump-breasted pigeon, the Royal Flying Corps, a libido-driven air hero, as well as the constant offer of a cunning plan.
Come and enjoy this stage version of one of Britain's most beloved TV comedies.
Evening of Mediumship
With Grant Harris
With Grant Harris
Wednesday 26th March 2025
@ 7:30pm
Doors Open 7:00pm
Main Stage Production
Experience an extraordinary Evening of Mediumship with Grant Harris, a highly gifted and sought-after medium from the UK.
RETURNING TO THE PLAYHOUSE FOR ANOTHER SELL OUT SHOW
Grant Harris has earned his reputation as one of the most popular mediums in the UK, captivating audiences with his exceptional abilities.
His shows combine moments of clarity, reassurance, and laughter, providing a unique and profound experience for those who receive messages.
Grant brings a sense of peace to those seeking understanding amidst the mysteries of life and death
My Fair Lady
Halifax All Souls' Amateur Operatic Society
Tuesday 1st April -
Saturday 5th April 2025
Evenings 7:15pm & Saturday matinee 2.15pm
Main Stage Production
My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion.
Acclaimed Professor and confirmed bachelor Henry Higgins makes a wager with his linguistic colleague Colonel Pickering that in six months he can pass off “gutter snipe” Eliza Doolittle as a duchess at an embassy ball.
Through arduous training, Eliza learns how to speak English “properly,” and transforms into a lady respected and adored by all classes.
Along the way she bewitches young Freddy Einsford-Hill into falling in love with her, and convinces a supposed linguistics expert that she is royalty but where can she go from there?
Memorable music and songs such as ‘With a litle bit of luck’, ‘I could have danced all night’ and ‘Get me to the Church on time’.
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