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Draw near for a feast of mistletoe and merriment in the company of Marley, Fezziwig, and Cratchit et al to discover the true meaning of Christmas: tenderness for the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future. Taking inspiration from Dickens’ original performances of his own work and utilising the brilliant narrator of the novel to bring the story to life, this solo piece by is performed by Dyad Productions is performed by Andrew Margerison and directed by Rebecca Vaughan.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Since 2009, Alan Bissett’s ‘one-woman show’ The Moira Monologues, about Moira Bell – single mother, cleaner and Falkirk’s Hardest Woman – has been leaving audiences all over Scotland weak with laughter and garnering rave reviews. Alan continued Moira’s story with More Moira Monologues in 2017, which won a Fringe First and was shortlisted for Best New Play at the Critics Awards’ for Theatre in Scotland (CATS), then 2022’s Moira in Lockdown. Now, for the first time, Alan will be touring all three shows as a ‘one-nighter’, giving audiences the chance to experience Moira’s hilarious journey in a single sitting.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The Downright Homespun Radio Company presents Amerrycana Christmas 2024 It’s another Christmas Ho-Ho-Hoedown at the Grand Old Eastgate Theatre with the DHRC House Band and our Royal Company of Radio Actors bringing you baw-bustin’ music and razor-sharpcomedy this yuletide season. .
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join the creative team and cast for their first informal sharing of some of the songs and scenes from this developing work. In addition to the sharing you will hear more about the vital work that Andys Man Club undertakes, meet some members, and hear from the creative team about plans for this new musical.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Improve balance, strength and control by building technique and add lyrical expression to beautiful music.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Peebles Orchestra present their Autumn Concert, featuring Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Leckie Memorial Church
Church
Blue Giant Orkestar are a tunetastic trans-European gold-plated instrumental hydra of nuclear brass, searing fiddle, pounding tuba, one enormous Russian concert accordion and a percussion section that could flatten your house.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Would you like to find out what being a Humanist is all about? The Borders Group of Humanist Society Scotland is holding an awareness event where they will give background on Humanist weddings and funerals, update on active campaigns such as The Assisted Dying Bill (Scotland), and allow you a chance to meet members of the local group to find out if you might be a Humanist.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Kris Drever and Chris Stout are icons of the Scottish roots culture and two of the most powerful contemporary voices to sing out of it in the last quarter century.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Ingrid Campbell aims to boost the festive spirit lby showing participants how to make their own Christmas wreath from natural materials. All materials will be provided but please bring secateurs if you have them. Age 16+
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
This swinging Christmas tips its hat to the golden era of the Las Vegas stage. La Dolce Vita’s five piece band will play all the holiday hits with songs by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Torme,Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Don’t miss this unfiltered and hilarious evening with Scotland’s favourite high-octane Kilty Pleasure as Craig brings his new show to the Eastgate. Stand-up comedy, dancing and everything you ever thought, but never said out loud! Much loved and renowned world-wide for his cheeky, irreverent and uproarious live comedy, Craig’s tours are firmly established as a guaranteed laugh-out-loud night out. His razor-sharp wit and unsurpassed audience rapport have seen him perform all over Europe, Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) all over Scotland as well as south of the border and even a season of shows off-Broadway in New York.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join the Little Stars pre-school pupils as they take to the stage for their annual show. They will proudly show off what they’ve been learning in their Ballet, Highland, Tap, Modern and Acrobatic Dance classes. The show will also feature special performances by pupils from FHSD’s Senior School pupils.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The annual FHSD Senior Show is a highlight ofthe dance year in Peebles with its wide range of dance styles including ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, Highland, street, acro and modern.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join the friends for a very special screening of South Pacific. Doors will open at 7pm for a themed evening of fun, frolic and surprises. Dig out your grass skirts, lays and navy uniforms and sing-a-long to some old favourites.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
It’s time for another big laughs, high spirits, Friends of the Eastgate Quiz Night! Teams can be up to 5 people, but we’re all friends here, so please feel free to enter on your own and the Friends will make up teams on the night.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Follow Buddy the Elf on a hilarious adventure to New York City as he discovers his true identity and spreads Christmas cheer.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Experience holiday hijinks as young Kevin McCallister defends his home from burglars in the classic Christmas comedy Home Alone.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join a magical journey on Christmas Eve aboard the Polar Express, where a young boy discovers the true spirit of Christmas.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Explore the whimsical world of Willy Wonka, where imagination, wonder, and adventure collide in this enchanting film.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
FitSteps is an energetic, upbeat dance fitness class featuring all of your favourite strictly dances taught by our very own energetic and upbeat dance coach Alex! This is a high energy, full body workout designed to give real measurable fitness results – but you’ll have so much fun you won’t even realise you’re getting fit. Five weeks of sessions running Thursday 21 November - 19 December.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Stardust Performance Arts burst onto the Eastgate stage with exhilarating results in this musical rendition of Footloose. This all-singing, all-dancing musical based on the cult classic film will make you kick off your Sunday shoes and tap your toes with hit numbers including ‘Let’s Hear It for the Boy’, ‘Holding out for a Hero’ and of course ‘Footloose’.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people. With Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal. Runtime: 2h 28 mins
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers return with Holly at Christmas, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies. Holly’s hits, other contemporary classics and some Christmas crackers are all wrapped up in a fast, furious and funny feast of entertainment to make the perfect gift for all the family
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Written and performed by Remi Rachuba, Polish writer/performer, INTRUDER | INTRUZ, is a semi-autobiographical non-linear bilingual solo-piece about fulfilling your dreams, mental health, and forgiveness.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Enjoy rhythmic music?, take this one off opportunity to laugh and build strength ready for the festive season.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Three fantastic singers, a live band, authentic stage set and state of the art production transport you to Nashville and back in one night. Acclaimed tributes to country music legends including Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and Kenny Rogers, plus new ones to Hank Williams, Alan Jackson, Glen Campbell, Garth Brooks and Jim Reeves.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The Odysseus Piano Trio’s programme includes two great classics of the piano trio repertoire, Beethoven’s Trio in D Major, Op.70, No.1 (the “Ghost”) and Brahms’ Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The Patron’s Concerts have been highlights of recent seasons. As well as being treated to recitals by Gina McCormack herself, with regular duo partner Nigel Clayton, the concerts have also introduced audiences to some outstandingly talented young musicians, hand-picked by Gina, including cellist Madelyn Kowalski, violinist Michelle Dierx, pianist Maurizio Arroyo Reyes and saxophonist Lewis Banks, all of whom have since embarked on exciting musical careers.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Roo Geddes and Neil Sutcliffe combine their shared experience across classical, folk and jazz to create original music for violin and accordion. Their compositions are inspired by landscape and people, and by the ways in which music can evoke a sense of place and community.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Scozzesi (Italian for “Scottish men”) have been called “the latest word in posh boy bands”. All classical trained, with their own individual careers in the worlds of opera, recitals and teaching, they come together with pianist Ed Cohen, to sing harmonies arranged specifically for a male vocal quartet.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Scotland's dramatic history is illuminated by story and folksong. Singer Robyn Stapleton, a BBC traditional musician of the year, and historian Professor David Purdie present a national story, reflecting the unique musical heritage of the people. The history and the songs are accompanied by glorious images from the National Records of Scotland and the music of pianist Alistair Iain Paterson.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced. Runtime 1h 40 mins.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Rafiki relays the legend of Mufasa to lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion a journey of misfits searching for their destiny and working together to evade a threatening and deadly foe. Runtime 2 hours approx.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Paddington embarks on an adventure through the Amazon rain forest and the mountains of Peru.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Peeblesshire Young Farmers return with their annual variety show full of songs, stories, hilarious sketches and jokes.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Stars Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey. Runtime 2h 18 mins.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Shake, rattle and roll in this lively class full of fun and musical games with percussion instruments. This is the perfect place to start exploring the world of music with your toddler.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
The greatest love story ever told – through ballet.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Opera Highlights is back on the road in 2025, touring to 24 venues across Scotland with an original piano-accompanied production. This season’s snappy, playful show by director Rebecca Meltzer and designer Kenneth MacLeod explores and celebrates Scotland’s rich landscape. The operatic snapshots, curated for the first time by Fiona MacSherry, Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, form vignettes taking place at the country’s many varied train stations – places of greetings and goodbyes, reunions and setting off on new adventures, where all walks of life can coexist and interact equally.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Improve balance, flexibility, coordination and confidence in this fun creative class. With movement and singing to live piano, this class is suitable for adults living with chronic pain, mobility issues, Parkinson's, MS - any condition that would benefit from regular physical activity and social interaction.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness. Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, Swan Lake on the big screen will be an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The Borders, with plentiful fishing opportunites, forested areas for nesting sites and very little disturbance, provides the perfect habitat for ospreys. Tony Lightly discusses how the birds were attracted to the area and the current staus of the population.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Volcanologist Dr Stephen Blake reveals how the volcanic rocks of southern Scotland are globally significant to the scientific understanding of how the Earth works as a planet.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Prof. Jane Bower FRSE, Chair of the Campaign for a Scottish Borders National Park as she tells of life and strife in the Valley of Rulewater in the late mediaeval period and the drive to establish the new National Park.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Dr Keith Dawson is an environmental scientist and agronomist who has worked on six continents in over five decades. This talk will focus on food security and his global travels being involved in projects in Sudan and Cuba.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Tae Sup wi' a Fifer delivers a relaxed evening with a multi-artist line-up of big names and new discoveries from the worlds of music, poetry and spoken word. Singer-songwriter and author James Yorkston's travelling road show returns with multi-platinum-selling Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall who rose to fame with her 2004 debut album ‘Eye To The Telescope’ (Relentless Records) and has since won two Brit Awards, a Grammy and an Ivor Novello Award; writer for publications including The New York Times and Guardian, NPR favourite and comedian Maeve Higgins whose starring role in the comedy horror movie ‘Extra Ordinary’ garnered her acclaim around the world; and Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop maverick and Lost Map records champion of idiosyncratic music talent Pictish Trail, bringing music from his fifth and latest album ‘Island Family’.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The Dreamtime Fellrunner is a poetic, fun and moving exploration of Julie’s fellrunning life. Presenting fellrunning as a type of land art and spiritual practice, this is an aesthetic performance which allows people to experience the beauty of a wonderful sport, regardless of their degree of familiarity with the fells and running.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
“They are simply one of the most formidable combinations of musicians in today’s folk music scene, and in "We Know by the Moon", they have created one of the year’s outstanding albums.”...Thomas Blake folk radio UK
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join Peebles Civic Society in another instalment in this fascinating partnership project helping to record and preserve the history and heritage of the industry through those who made it happen.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive, on screen, treat for the whole family. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, as fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
X Factor finalists the MacDonald Bros celebrate everything wonderful about Scotland’s music scene in their new show the Pride of Scotland. Covering all genres of Scottish music from the Bay City Rollers, to the Proclaimers to traditional Scottish music and a nod to some of their famous influences, this is sure to be a night to remember.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
BBC’s Bob Harris and author/music journalist Colin Hall set out upon an intimate speaking tour based around their mutual love and appreciation of The Beatles, including rare archive from Bob Harris’ collection of interviews with Lennon & McCartney.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing is as it seems. Particularly when the devil himself is involved… Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model student in every sense. Doomed love follows him into adulthood, where the dancer, Antonia, is taken from him too soon. Meanwhile, the sensual courtesan Giulietta has her own secret agenda. As memory and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, will Hoffmann find the enigmatic Stella before it is too late? Sung in French with English subtitles. Running time 4 hours (including two intervals).
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Tweed Theatre presents lots of Dahl-icious fun and nonsense as the repulsive Mr and Mrs Twit play revolting pranks on one another. The Muggle Wumps and the birds will get their revenge. Or will they? Could The Twits get their wish to train the trapped monkeys to become amazing circus acts? Only you in the audience can help the Roly.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Up Town Comedy is an exciting pop-up comedy show dedicated to providing a laugh-out-loud, local night out. Created by Scottish comedian Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and rising TikTok star, this quarterly comedy night showcases some of the very best performers across the UK as well as international acts and surprise appearances from the biggest stars testing new material before their arena tours as well as rising stars preparing to hit the big time!
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
An award-winning poet and novelist with a wonderfully eclectic body of work, Helen Mort has a particular interest in women and mountaineering
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Longer, higher, steeper! The reissue of this lactic acid-inducing follow-up to Simon Warren’s original bestselling 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs is packed with another century of deliciously painful ascents. Join Simon as he shares his fascination with seriously steep roads and takes his audience on an enticing tour of brutal hill climbs from Cornwall to the Isle of Skye, via East Anglia and the Isle of Man. Simon appears in conversation with travel writer, presenter and keen cyclist Stuart Kenny.
The Cross Keys
The Cross Keys
The word ‘bothy’ conjures many things in the minds of those who love the mountains and wild places – and Kat Hill’s stirring, erudite book will likely make many of us feel even more deeply about why these simple mountain shelters are so special.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
A writer and ecologist who loathes the idea of harming any animal, Hugh Warwick has described Cull of the Wild as the hardest book he has ever written. Taking a balanced and often humorous approach to an emotive subject, he explores the global movement of species and their impacts.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Join Derek as he uncovers the true nature of a shadowy animal and his dream that, with greater understanding, we might one day see wolves return to these shores.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Runners, cyclists, swimmers – and sometimes all three! Come and hear what makes some of these remarkable ‘local heroes’ tick – and perhaps be inspired to follow in their footsteps.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
How can we balance our need to belong with our desire for freedom? It is a question explored by veteran champion fell runner Julie Carter in a memoir grounded in a three-day run from Cumbria to Tyneside.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
A fabulous opportunity to hear from two phenomenal female endurance athletes as Anna Wells (the first woman to climb all 282 of Scotland’s Munros in a single winter season) and Jamie Aarons (World Record holder – male or female – for the fastest self-propelled, continuous Munro round: 31 days, 10 hours) compare notes and chat about their love of Scotland’s mountains.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
A delightfully left-field look at the life of lipstick-wearing, potty-mouthed, no-nonsense artist and shepherd, Orla Barry. She escapes the studio by going to the sheep and escapes the sheep by hiding in her studio: a floating between worlds that reveals a primal, poetic and unpredictable bond with nature and the outdoors.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
After a decade exploring brain cells in the lab, writer and biologist Ben Martynoga has turned his scientific eye to writing about intriguing subjects in his Explodapedia series of illustrated popular science books for young adults. Join us for an engaging discussion where a panel of Tweed Reads readers from Peebles High School will put their questions to Ben.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
In this courageous memoir, Jen has written about running, yes, but also much more: grief, childlessness, career burnout, a chronic health condition, resilience, the power of exercise and how, sometimes in life – or often – our expectations have to be reset.
The Park Hotel
The Park Hotel
Pulling back the curtain on the reintroduction process, combining breathtaking visuals with heart stopping action, and even turning the cameras onto the filmmakers themselves, this sweeping documentary asks whether we will ever learn to live alongside the eagle with the sunlit eye. Includes online Q&A with director, Ted Simpson.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
After completing her PhD in marine biology, Natalie Sanders developed a deep fascination with orcas, particularly the culturally and ecologically unique community off Scotland’s West Coast. In The Last Sunset in the West, Natalie shares the poignant story of these orcas and others around the world struggling to survive in a rapidly changing environment.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Having suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson's world changed forever. The Mountain Within Me charts Ed’s journey of recovery as he scales the mental and physical heights of Snowdonia, the Alps and Himalayas and comes to terms with life-altering challenges closer to home.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Having appeared with us in 2023 with her book The Cold Fix – a journey into the allure of cold-water swimming – Sara Barnes makes a welcome return with her first work of fiction.
Neidpath Castle
Laigh Hall
Cosy up in beautiful Milne & Pickles as Kate Rawles, a writer and cyclist who uses adventurous journeys to raise awareness about environmental issues, explores the importance of telling stories about adventures in wild places – and how we can all play our part.
Milne & Pickles
Milne & Pickles
Join Leif Bersweden, author of Where the Wildflowers Grow and The Orchid Hunter to revel in the joy of ‘botanising’ – the simple act of wandering along and noticing the wild plants growing around you.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
A mix of short films – from fast and wild to more contemplative – that celebrate outdoor adventure and exploration in all its forms.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
An up-and-coming chef (Florence Pugh) and a recent divorcée (Andrew Garfield) find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. Runtime 1h 48 mins.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Three outstanding West End artists pay tribute to the kings of Rock 'n' Roll, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley - all backed by a four-piece band and done in true Rock 'n' Roll style!
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. As the two girls struggle with their opposing personalities, their friendship is tested as both begin to fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. Runtime 2h 40 mins.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join the Will Barnes Quartet for the second leg of their ‘Source of the Severn’ tour this Autumn and Winter. Presenting songs from their acclaimed album, which is an exploration of the rugged landscape of Mid Wales and the Marches. They will be joined by skilled landscape artist Erin Hughes, providing a captivating live visual show to accompany the quartet’s performance, igniting the imagination of the audience, and making this a performance not to be missed.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Do not miss this screening of an 'enchantingly staged' family folk opera, following the triumphant, Olivier Award-winning run in 2021. Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Draw near for a feast of mistletoe and merriment in the company of Marley, Fezziwig, and Cratchit et al to discover the true meaning of Christmas: tenderness for the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future. Taking inspiration from Dickens’ original performances of his own work and utilising the brilliant narrator of the novel to bring the story to life, this solo piece by is performed by Dyad Productions is performed by Andrew Margerison and directed by Rebecca Vaughan.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Since 2009, Alan Bissett’s ‘one-woman show’ The Moira Monologues, about Moira Bell – single mother, cleaner and Falkirk’s Hardest Woman – has been leaving audiences all over Scotland weak with laughter and garnering rave reviews. Alan continued Moira’s story with More Moira Monologues in 2017, which won a Fringe First and was shortlisted for Best New Play at the Critics Awards’ for Theatre in Scotland (CATS), then 2022’s Moira in Lockdown. Now, for the first time, Alan will be touring all three shows as a ‘one-nighter’, giving audiences the chance to experience Moira’s hilarious journey in a single sitting.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The Downright Homespun Radio Company presents Amerrycana Christmas 2024 It’s another Christmas Ho-Ho-Hoedown at the Grand Old Eastgate Theatre with the DHRC House Band and our Royal Company of Radio Actors bringing you baw-bustin’ music and razor-sharpcomedy this yuletide season. .
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join the creative team and cast for their first informal sharing of some of the songs and scenes from this developing work. In addition to the sharing you will hear more about the vital work that Andys Man Club undertakes, meet some members, and hear from the creative team about plans for this new musical.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Improve balance, strength and control by building technique and add lyrical expression to beautiful music.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Peebles Orchestra present their Autumn Concert, featuring Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Leckie Memorial Church
Church
Blue Giant Orkestar are a tunetastic trans-European gold-plated instrumental hydra of nuclear brass, searing fiddle, pounding tuba, one enormous Russian concert accordion and a percussion section that could flatten your house.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Would you like to find out what being a Humanist is all about? The Borders Group of Humanist Society Scotland is holding an awareness event where they will give background on Humanist weddings and funerals, update on active campaigns such as The Assisted Dying Bill (Scotland), and allow you a chance to meet members of the local group to find out if you might be a Humanist.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Kris Drever and Chris Stout are icons of the Scottish roots culture and two of the most powerful contemporary voices to sing out of it in the last quarter century.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Ingrid Campbell aims to boost the festive spirit lby showing participants how to make their own Christmas wreath from natural materials. All materials will be provided but please bring secateurs if you have them. Age 16+
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
This swinging Christmas tips its hat to the golden era of the Las Vegas stage. La Dolce Vita’s five piece band will play all the holiday hits with songs by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Torme,Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Don’t miss this unfiltered and hilarious evening with Scotland’s favourite high-octane Kilty Pleasure as Craig brings his new show to the Eastgate. Stand-up comedy, dancing and everything you ever thought, but never said out loud! Much loved and renowned world-wide for his cheeky, irreverent and uproarious live comedy, Craig’s tours are firmly established as a guaranteed laugh-out-loud night out. His razor-sharp wit and unsurpassed audience rapport have seen him perform all over Europe, Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) all over Scotland as well as south of the border and even a season of shows off-Broadway in New York.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join the Little Stars pre-school pupils as they take to the stage for their annual show. They will proudly show off what they’ve been learning in their Ballet, Highland, Tap, Modern and Acrobatic Dance classes. The show will also feature special performances by pupils from FHSD’s Senior School pupils.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
The annual FHSD Senior Show is a highlight ofthe dance year in Peebles with its wide range of dance styles including ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, Highland, street, acro and modern.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join the friends for a very special screening of South Pacific. Doors will open at 7pm for a themed evening of fun, frolic and surprises. Dig out your grass skirts, lays and navy uniforms and sing-a-long to some old favourites.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
It’s time for another big laughs, high spirits, Friends of the Eastgate Quiz Night! Teams can be up to 5 people, but we’re all friends here, so please feel free to enter on your own and the Friends will make up teams on the night.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Follow Buddy the Elf on a hilarious adventure to New York City as he discovers his true identity and spreads Christmas cheer.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Experience holiday hijinks as young Kevin McCallister defends his home from burglars in the classic Christmas comedy Home Alone.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Join a magical journey on Christmas Eve aboard the Polar Express, where a young boy discovers the true spirit of Christmas.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Explore the whimsical world of Willy Wonka, where imagination, wonder, and adventure collide in this enchanting film.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
FitSteps is an energetic, upbeat dance fitness class featuring all of your favourite strictly dances taught by our very own energetic and upbeat dance coach Alex! This is a high energy, full body workout designed to give real measurable fitness results – but you’ll have so much fun you won’t even realise you’re getting fit. Five weeks of sessions running Thursday 21 November - 19 December.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Stardust Performance Arts burst onto the Eastgate stage with exhilarating results in this musical rendition of Footloose. This all-singing, all-dancing musical based on the cult classic film will make you kick off your Sunday shoes and tap your toes with hit numbers including ‘Let’s Hear It for the Boy’, ‘Holding out for a Hero’ and of course ‘Footloose’.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people. With Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal. Runtime: 2h 28 mins
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers return with Holly at Christmas, the show that is now as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies. Holly’s hits, other contemporary classics and some Christmas crackers are all wrapped up in a fast, furious and funny feast of entertainment to make the perfect gift for all the family
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Written and performed by Remi Rachuba, Polish writer/performer, INTRUDER | INTRUZ, is a semi-autobiographical non-linear bilingual solo-piece about fulfilling your dreams, mental health, and forgiveness.
Eastgate Theatre
Auditorium
Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Enjoy rhythmic music? Take this opportunity to laugh and build strength and fitness week by week.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Enjoy rhythmic music?, take this one off opportunity to laugh and build strength ready for the festive season.
Eastgate Theatre
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Three fantastic singers, a live band, authentic stage set and state of the art production transport you to Nashville and back in one night. Acclaimed tributes to country music legends including Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and Kenny Rogers, plus new ones to Hank Williams, Alan Jackson, Glen Campbell, Garth Brooks and Jim Reeves.
Eastgate Theatre
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David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.
Eastgate Theatre
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The Odysseus Piano Trio’s programme includes two great classics of the piano trio repertoire, Beethoven’s Trio in D Major, Op.70, No.1 (the “Ghost”) and Brahms’ Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8.
Eastgate Theatre
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The Patron’s Concerts have been highlights of recent seasons. As well as being treated to recitals by Gina McCormack herself, with regular duo partner Nigel Clayton, the concerts have also introduced audiences to some outstandingly talented young musicians, hand-picked by Gina, including cellist Madelyn Kowalski, violinist Michelle Dierx, pianist Maurizio Arroyo Reyes and saxophonist Lewis Banks, all of whom have since embarked on exciting musical careers.
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Roo Geddes and Neil Sutcliffe combine their shared experience across classical, folk and jazz to create original music for violin and accordion. Their compositions are inspired by landscape and people, and by the ways in which music can evoke a sense of place and community.
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Scozzesi (Italian for “Scottish men”) have been called “the latest word in posh boy bands”. All classical trained, with their own individual careers in the worlds of opera, recitals and teaching, they come together with pianist Ed Cohen, to sing harmonies arranged specifically for a male vocal quartet.
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Scotland's dramatic history is illuminated by story and folksong. Singer Robyn Stapleton, a BBC traditional musician of the year, and historian Professor David Purdie present a national story, reflecting the unique musical heritage of the people. The history and the songs are accompanied by glorious images from the National Records of Scotland and the music of pianist Alistair Iain Paterson.
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After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced. Runtime 1h 40 mins.
Eastgate Theatre
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Eastgate Theatre
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Rafiki relays the legend of Mufasa to lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion a journey of misfits searching for their destiny and working together to evade a threatening and deadly foe. Runtime 2 hours approx.
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Paddington embarks on an adventure through the Amazon rain forest and the mountains of Peru.
Eastgate Theatre
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Peeblesshire Young Farmers return with their annual variety show full of songs, stories, hilarious sketches and jokes.
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In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Stars Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey. Runtime 2h 18 mins.
Eastgate Theatre
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Shake, rattle and roll in this lively class full of fun and musical games with percussion instruments. This is the perfect place to start exploring the world of music with your toddler.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
The greatest love story ever told – through ballet.
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Opera Highlights is back on the road in 2025, touring to 24 venues across Scotland with an original piano-accompanied production. This season’s snappy, playful show by director Rebecca Meltzer and designer Kenneth MacLeod explores and celebrates Scotland’s rich landscape. The operatic snapshots, curated for the first time by Fiona MacSherry, Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, form vignettes taking place at the country’s many varied train stations – places of greetings and goodbyes, reunions and setting off on new adventures, where all walks of life can coexist and interact equally.
Eastgate Theatre
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Improve balance, flexibility, coordination and confidence in this fun creative class. With movement and singing to live piano, this class is suitable for adults living with chronic pain, mobility issues, Parkinson's, MS - any condition that would benefit from regular physical activity and social interaction.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness. Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, Swan Lake on the big screen will be an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.
Eastgate Theatre
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The Borders, with plentiful fishing opportunites, forested areas for nesting sites and very little disturbance, provides the perfect habitat for ospreys. Tony Lightly discusses how the birds were attracted to the area and the current staus of the population.
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Volcanologist Dr Stephen Blake reveals how the volcanic rocks of southern Scotland are globally significant to the scientific understanding of how the Earth works as a planet.
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Prof. Jane Bower FRSE, Chair of the Campaign for a Scottish Borders National Park as she tells of life and strife in the Valley of Rulewater in the late mediaeval period and the drive to establish the new National Park.
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Dr Keith Dawson is an environmental scientist and agronomist who has worked on six continents in over five decades. This talk will focus on food security and his global travels being involved in projects in Sudan and Cuba.
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Tae Sup wi' a Fifer delivers a relaxed evening with a multi-artist line-up of big names and new discoveries from the worlds of music, poetry and spoken word. Singer-songwriter and author James Yorkston's travelling road show returns with multi-platinum-selling Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall who rose to fame with her 2004 debut album ‘Eye To The Telescope’ (Relentless Records) and has since won two Brit Awards, a Grammy and an Ivor Novello Award; writer for publications including The New York Times and Guardian, NPR favourite and comedian Maeve Higgins whose starring role in the comedy horror movie ‘Extra Ordinary’ garnered her acclaim around the world; and Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop maverick and Lost Map records champion of idiosyncratic music talent Pictish Trail, bringing music from his fifth and latest album ‘Island Family’.
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The Dreamtime Fellrunner is a poetic, fun and moving exploration of Julie’s fellrunning life. Presenting fellrunning as a type of land art and spiritual practice, this is an aesthetic performance which allows people to experience the beauty of a wonderful sport, regardless of their degree of familiarity with the fells and running.
Eastgate Theatre
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“They are simply one of the most formidable combinations of musicians in today’s folk music scene, and in "We Know by the Moon", they have created one of the year’s outstanding albums.”...Thomas Blake folk radio UK
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Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
Eastgate Theatre
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Join Peebles Civic Society in another instalment in this fascinating partnership project helping to record and preserve the history and heritage of the industry through those who made it happen.
Eastgate Theatre
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Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive, on screen, treat for the whole family. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, as fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet.
Eastgate Theatre
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X Factor finalists the MacDonald Bros celebrate everything wonderful about Scotland’s music scene in their new show the Pride of Scotland. Covering all genres of Scottish music from the Bay City Rollers, to the Proclaimers to traditional Scottish music and a nod to some of their famous influences, this is sure to be a night to remember.
Eastgate Theatre
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BBC’s Bob Harris and author/music journalist Colin Hall set out upon an intimate speaking tour based around their mutual love and appreciation of The Beatles, including rare archive from Bob Harris’ collection of interviews with Lennon & McCartney.
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Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing is as it seems. Particularly when the devil himself is involved… Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model student in every sense. Doomed love follows him into adulthood, where the dancer, Antonia, is taken from him too soon. Meanwhile, the sensual courtesan Giulietta has her own secret agenda. As memory and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, will Hoffmann find the enigmatic Stella before it is too late? Sung in French with English subtitles. Running time 4 hours (including two intervals).
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Tweed Theatre presents lots of Dahl-icious fun and nonsense as the repulsive Mr and Mrs Twit play revolting pranks on one another. The Muggle Wumps and the birds will get their revenge. Or will they? Could The Twits get their wish to train the trapped monkeys to become amazing circus acts? Only you in the audience can help the Roly.
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Up Town Comedy is an exciting pop-up comedy show dedicated to providing a laugh-out-loud, local night out. Created by Scottish comedian Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and rising TikTok star, this quarterly comedy night showcases some of the very best performers across the UK as well as international acts and surprise appearances from the biggest stars testing new material before their arena tours as well as rising stars preparing to hit the big time!
Eastgate Theatre
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An award-winning poet and novelist with a wonderfully eclectic body of work, Helen Mort has a particular interest in women and mountaineering
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Longer, higher, steeper! The reissue of this lactic acid-inducing follow-up to Simon Warren’s original bestselling 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs is packed with another century of deliciously painful ascents. Join Simon as he shares his fascination with seriously steep roads and takes his audience on an enticing tour of brutal hill climbs from Cornwall to the Isle of Skye, via East Anglia and the Isle of Man. Simon appears in conversation with travel writer, presenter and keen cyclist Stuart Kenny.
The Cross Keys
The Cross Keys
The word ‘bothy’ conjures many things in the minds of those who love the mountains and wild places – and Kat Hill’s stirring, erudite book will likely make many of us feel even more deeply about why these simple mountain shelters are so special.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
A writer and ecologist who loathes the idea of harming any animal, Hugh Warwick has described Cull of the Wild as the hardest book he has ever written. Taking a balanced and often humorous approach to an emotive subject, he explores the global movement of species and their impacts.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
Join Derek as he uncovers the true nature of a shadowy animal and his dream that, with greater understanding, we might one day see wolves return to these shores.
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Runners, cyclists, swimmers – and sometimes all three! Come and hear what makes some of these remarkable ‘local heroes’ tick – and perhaps be inspired to follow in their footsteps.
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How can we balance our need to belong with our desire for freedom? It is a question explored by veteran champion fell runner Julie Carter in a memoir grounded in a three-day run from Cumbria to Tyneside.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
A fabulous opportunity to hear from two phenomenal female endurance athletes as Anna Wells (the first woman to climb all 282 of Scotland’s Munros in a single winter season) and Jamie Aarons (World Record holder – male or female – for the fastest self-propelled, continuous Munro round: 31 days, 10 hours) compare notes and chat about their love of Scotland’s mountains.
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A delightfully left-field look at the life of lipstick-wearing, potty-mouthed, no-nonsense artist and shepherd, Orla Barry. She escapes the studio by going to the sheep and escapes the sheep by hiding in her studio: a floating between worlds that reveals a primal, poetic and unpredictable bond with nature and the outdoors.
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After a decade exploring brain cells in the lab, writer and biologist Ben Martynoga has turned his scientific eye to writing about intriguing subjects in his Explodapedia series of illustrated popular science books for young adults. Join us for an engaging discussion where a panel of Tweed Reads readers from Peebles High School will put their questions to Ben.
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In this courageous memoir, Jen has written about running, yes, but also much more: grief, childlessness, career burnout, a chronic health condition, resilience, the power of exercise and how, sometimes in life – or often – our expectations have to be reset.
The Park Hotel
The Park Hotel
Pulling back the curtain on the reintroduction process, combining breathtaking visuals with heart stopping action, and even turning the cameras onto the filmmakers themselves, this sweeping documentary asks whether we will ever learn to live alongside the eagle with the sunlit eye. Includes online Q&A with director, Ted Simpson.
Eastgate Theatre
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After completing her PhD in marine biology, Natalie Sanders developed a deep fascination with orcas, particularly the culturally and ecologically unique community off Scotland’s West Coast. In The Last Sunset in the West, Natalie shares the poignant story of these orcas and others around the world struggling to survive in a rapidly changing environment.
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Having suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson's world changed forever. The Mountain Within Me charts Ed’s journey of recovery as he scales the mental and physical heights of Snowdonia, the Alps and Himalayas and comes to terms with life-altering challenges closer to home.
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Having appeared with us in 2023 with her book The Cold Fix – a journey into the allure of cold-water swimming – Sara Barnes makes a welcome return with her first work of fiction.
Neidpath Castle
Laigh Hall
Cosy up in beautiful Milne & Pickles as Kate Rawles, a writer and cyclist who uses adventurous journeys to raise awareness about environmental issues, explores the importance of telling stories about adventures in wild places – and how we can all play our part.
Milne & Pickles
Milne & Pickles
Join Leif Bersweden, author of Where the Wildflowers Grow and The Orchid Hunter to revel in the joy of ‘botanising’ – the simple act of wandering along and noticing the wild plants growing around you.
Eastgate Theatre
Anne Younger Studio
A mix of short films – from fast and wild to more contemplative – that celebrate outdoor adventure and exploration in all its forms.
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An up-and-coming chef (Florence Pugh) and a recent divorcée (Andrew Garfield) find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. Runtime 1h 48 mins.
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Three outstanding West End artists pay tribute to the kings of Rock 'n' Roll, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley - all backed by a four-piece band and done in true Rock 'n' Roll style!
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Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. As the two girls struggle with their opposing personalities, their friendship is tested as both begin to fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. Runtime 2h 40 mins.
Eastgate Theatre
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Join the Will Barnes Quartet for the second leg of their ‘Source of the Severn’ tour this Autumn and Winter. Presenting songs from their acclaimed album, which is an exploration of the rugged landscape of Mid Wales and the Marches. They will be joined by skilled landscape artist Erin Hughes, providing a captivating live visual show to accompany the quartet’s performance, igniting the imagination of the audience, and making this a performance not to be missed.
Eastgate Theatre
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Do not miss this screening of an 'enchantingly staged' family folk opera, following the triumphant, Olivier Award-winning run in 2021. Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.
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