Event type: Performance

Southport Christmas Spectacular

Our friends at Your Southport are kicking off the festive season in style with Southport Christmas Spectacular!

Southport town centre is set to get festive with a huge kids party and non-stop entertainment throughout the day.

Enjoy a jam-packed live show in the Town Hall Gardens with some of your favourite children’s characters, such as Bluey and Bingo, Peppa Pig, and K-Pop Demon Hunters. Cast members from The Atkinson’s Beauty and the Beast pantomime will be performing at 3pm! Stick around to get pictures with the characters at intervals, enjoy stalls and activities, and experience the brand new Musical Light Show too.

Elsewhere, there’s lots of fun taking place at Southport Market and Santa will be arriving at The Atkinson too!

To cap off a great day in Southport, head to The Grand for their annual Big Switch On event and enjoy DJ’s, choirs, and some festive food and drink.

See the full schedule of events here: yoursouthport.com/christmas/christmas-spectacular

Zog

‘I’m not braggin’ but I’m a dragon’ 

 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic, feel-good story is brought to roaring, soaring life in this delightful musical for children. 

 Zog is the keenest dragon in Madam Dragon’s school.  He’s also the most accident-prone, flying into trees, and even setting his own wing alight.  Thankfully, a kind girl comes along to patch up his scratches and scrapes – but can she help him with his biggest challenge yet, so that he can finally win a golden star? 

 This charming smash-hit show, from the producers of Stick Man and Zog and the Flying Doctors and featuring joyful songs by Joe Stilgoe and beautiful puppets by Little Angel, is a treat for children and adults alike. 

 

‘A bright colourful musical to capture the magic of theatre’  What’s Good to Do 

Ice Age Adventure Live

 Brace yourselves for a mammoth mission in the frozen world of Ice Age Adventure Live! Journey back in time to meet incredible prehistoric animals in the coolest family show this side of the arctic circle!  

 Join our fearless explorers as they trek through snow-packed valleys, outwit sabre-toothed surprises, and make friends with the COOLEST CAVEMEN, even bringing back some extinct DODO friends for the ride! 

 This icy adventure is sure to knock your snow boots off! Help our heroes save the WOOLLY MAMMOTH by joining in with the frosty fun in this live theatre show at The Atkinson.

After the show, get up close like never before and meet your prehistoric pal; the POLAR BEAR! 

This mammoth fun-filled family day out is the frozen tale you’ll never forget! 

 So grab your snow boots and stomp back in time with Ice Age Adventure Live! 

Adult Panto: Beauty and the Beast

Tale as old as time? Not this one!

Beauty’s looking for love — but instead finds herself trapped in a castle with a beast with a very big… personality. Packed with outrageous innuendo, dazzling drag, and more sass than you can shake a candle stick at. This is a laugh-out-loud, adults-only twist on the fairy tale you thought you knew.

Starring CHERYL (Drag Race UK S1),  ICESIS COUTURE (Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 Winner),  PAIGE THREE (Drag Race Season 7) and ELLE VOSQUE (Drag Race Season 7).

Expect saucy jokes, outrageous antics, and enough cheek to make even Mrs. Potty blush. Will Beauty break the spell before the last rose petal falls, or will she end up the wildest of them all?

Leave the kids at home and be our guest — this one’s strictly for the adults!

Ages 16+

NICE! Stories and Rhymes with Michael Rosen

Poetry legend Michael Rosen celebrates his 80th birthday with a brand-new live show!

Michael looks back at a lifetime in poetry, performing beloved classics including Hot Food, No Breathing and Chocolate Cake, along with never-before-heard poems from his new collection Peas On Your Knees.

NICE! Is a show for all ages, from the young to the young at heart.

1984

‘To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free: From the age of uniformity, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink… greetings!’

Award winning Box Tale Soup present a stunning new adaptation of Orwell’s dystopian classic.

Known for their ingenious sets and slick storytelling, Box Tale Soup’s unique puppetry becomes a striking metaphor for Orwell’s chilling vision of power and control.

The year is 1984, perhaps – it is impossible to tell for certain. We are being watched, Big Brother is everywhere, truth changes daily, and everyone conforms. But for Winston Smith, insignificant cog in the Party’s vast machine, this half-life is not enough. He dreams of freedom, but is he the only one? Dreams can be deadly when rebellion begins with a thought.

Featuring the voices of Sophie Aldred & Joanna Lumley, with Simon Russell Beale as the voice of Big Brother.

“They are wonderful.” The Times

★★★★★ “..absolute excellence..” British Theatre Guide (Casting the Runes)
★★★★★ “..a wonder to see.” The Skinny (Casting the Runes)
★★★★★ “..remarkable..” Three Weeks (Gulliver)

The Bubble Show 2 – More Bubbles!

From the creator of The Bubble Show® comes a dazzling new adventure full of bubble artistry and visual magic!

Journey through the awe-inspiring legends of Bubbleland, as they are brought to life in a breathtaking theatrical experience made of soap and water. Watch as the master of bubbles breathes life into: light, water, plants, animals, stars, and even the essence of human nature itself — in a celebration of creation!

This magical production is a feast for the senses, featuring fire effects, poetic puppetry, light-displays, majestic music, and brand-new bubble masterpieces never seen before. Whether you’re discovering bubble theatre for the first time or returning for more, this show promises a fresh and unforgettable delight for all ages.

Don’t miss this mesmerizing family spectacle that will leave you spellbound.

Book your tickets today and enter an enchanted realm where dreams do come true — through the wonder and joy of bubbles!

Lieven Scheire: Artificial Intelligence

Discover the show that combines science and side-splitting comedy with Lieven Scheire! 

 

 Get ready for a night of laughter and mind-expanding insights with Lieven Scheire, Belgium’s beloved science-comedian. Dubbed the “secret love child of Stephen Fry and Dara Ó Briain,” Lieven makes the mysteries of science both hilarious and accessible. 

 

With a background in physics and razor-sharp wit, he explores everything from Artificial Intelligence to the cosmos—delighting audiences across Europe with his unique blend of intellect and charm. 

 

A sell-out sensation in Belgium and the Netherlands, Lieven’s English-language debut at the Edinburgh Fringe was a runaway success. He’s since wowed UK audiences at the Barbican, Oxford, Cambridge, and the ‘Pint of Science’ tour. In 2026, he’ll be touring across England, bringing his celebrated show to even more curious, comedy-loving fans. 

 

Lieven is also the creator of Nerdland, Belgium’s leading science brand, featuring a hit podcast, best-selling books, and the country’s biggest science festival. His mission: make science fun, engaging, and for everyone. 

 

“An excellent theatre show that provides insights into the spectacular evolution of A.I. with great flair.” 

— Focus Knack ★★★★ 

 

“So intelligent and well-read that I expect Google to make a takeover bid for him soon.” 

— De Morgen 

 

Don’t miss out! 

 

Join the growing UK audience discovering Lieven Scheire—a show that will leave you laughing, enlightened, and inspired. 

Round the Horne: 60th Anniversary Tour

Round the Horne: 60th Anniversary Tour

“Oh, Mr Horne! How bona to vada your dolly old eek!”

From the producers of the UK tour of Hancock’s Half Hour comes another radio comedy classic live on stage.

From 1965 to 1968 there wasn’t a bigger radio programme in Britain than the ground-breaking Round the Horne. For half-an-hour every Sunday afternoon, audiences of up to 15 million people would gather around the wireless to listen to Kenneth Horne and his merry crew get up to all sorts of mischief.

With its infamous movie spoofs and hilarious regular characters such as Rambling Sid Rumpo, Charles and Fiona, J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock, and Julian and Sandy, Round the Horne was one of the biggest and best radio comedy shows of all time, and still endures today, 60 years on.

So come and take a step back in time to the BBC’s Paris Studios and experience this comedy classic live.

Original scripts by Barry Took and Marty Feldman

Compiled and Directed by Tim Astley

Reviews:

★★★★★ – London Theatre 1

★★★★ – London Theatre Guide

★★★★ – Live Theatre UK

★★★★ – The Wee Review

★★★★ – Surrey Advertiser

“a superb evening’s entertainment and I left the theatre wanting more” – Robin Strapp, British Theatre Guide

“I laughed so much… I was in danger of being led out of the theatre” – Linda Kirkman, Scene One

“a must-see show for fans of 60s humour” – Bona Ruocco, London Theatre Guide

Comedy Club 4 Kids

It’s a comedy club, right, but for kids. Also any adults who enjoy a swear-free hour with the international circuit’s best stand-ups and sketch acts. Non-patronising. Pure awesome.

Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and their families… but without the rude bits!

Taking the stage will be Andrew O’Neill (MC), improvisers Comedy Sportz and musical comic Duncan Oakley.

A decade later, the company has expanded from one London residency to being countrywide, running shows and workshops all over the UK from Peebles to Portsmouth, even producing a book on how to write and perform stand-up.

The show is family friendly, but without any patronising idiocy. In fact, it’s just like a normal comedy club, but it’s on in the day, kids are allowed in, and thus there is a higher than usual chance of heckles like “why is that your face!?”

Please note: Layout has been changed to rows of chairs. Seats will be allocated on arrival.

Reviews:

“Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up sets from grown-up, high-quality acts who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bits.” – The Independent

‘A highlight for children… giving them a taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club.’ – The Guardian

‘The perfect way to entertain the whole family.’ – Three Weeks

‘The ethos is just right’ – The Daily Telegraph

‘This show was great!’ – The Scotsman

Age 6+