What's on at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre 2024

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Fri 01 Mar 2024 - Sat 02 Nov 2024

The Lichfield Garrick theatre in Staffordshire has launched its biggest-ever season for 2024, featuring a fantastic programme of shows with something for all ages and audiences. The award-winning arts venue and charity continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, bringing everything from West End drama to side-splitting comedy. The season is currently showing Garrick's in-house production of Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy, the sequel to War Horse.

From there, the season continues with a jam-packed programme of drama and comedy, including Original Theatre’s hilarious retelling of H G Wells’ The Time Machine (19-23 March), followed next month by Bill Kenwright’s smash-hit adaption of gritty courtroom drama, Twelve Angry Men (8-13 April). And for music lovers, the theatre welcomes back favourites such as The Drifters, The Upbeat Beatles, and Walk Right Back, as well as brand new offerings such as Musicals: The Ultimate Live Band Sing-A-Long, and Rat Pack Live, one of the country’s finest tribute bands to Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin.



It will be a season full of famous faces – The Chase’s Jenny Ryan visits Lichfield as part of her Out of the Box tour, and the hilarious Omid Djalili visits for two evenings on his stand-up tour, Namaste. The Queen of the West End, Kerry Ellis, will be singing all your show favourites, and Claire Martin OBE & Ray Martin will be putting on A Swinging Affair. Fan-favourite and Lichfield Legend, Sam Rabone, returns with his second variety show in the autumn, and everyone’s favourite comedy group, New Old Friends, bring their brand-new show, Houdini’s Greatest Escape.

And audiences can also see actor and TV presenter Floella Benjamin's Coming to England (2-6 October), which is adapted from her book, telling the story of her emigration to the UK as a child. For younger visitors, there is also plenty to enjoy this year with children’s classics such as The Gruffalo, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, and Dinosaur World Live. For bigger kids, the Garrick can offer Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote and P*ssed Up Panto: Jack & the Beanstalk, as well as the rib-tickling retelling of The Importance of Being... Earnest? - all might not be quite as it seems!



The theatre is pleased to be welcoming back a variety of local theatre companies, with upcoming productions from Brownhills Musical Theatre Company (Oklahoma!), Sutton Coldfield Musical Theatre Company (Kinky Boots), Lichfield Operatic Society (Calendar Girls), Lichfield Musical Youth Theatre (Chicago), Walsall Operatic Society (Sister Act), Lichfield Players (A Bunch of Amateurs, The Opposite Sex, Albert Nobbs), and Different Animal Theatre Company (The Pillowman).

Daniel Buckroyd, the theatre’s Artistic Director & Chief Executive, says: “I want everyone to feel welcome at the Garrick, and a big part of that is making sure we’ve got something that appeals to everyone within our programme. That’s why I’m thrilled that we’ve just put our biggest ever season of shows on sale, so whether you like music, drama, comedy, magic, family shows or variety we should have something happening at the Garrick this year for you. And as well as bringing the very best entertainment to the Garrick, we’re also making shows here in Lichfield ourselves, with our production of Farm Boy currently playing in our Studio before heading out on a regional tour, and preparations underway for this year’s fun-for-all-the-family panto, Jack & the Beanstalk. We look forward to welcoming you to your local theatre soon.”



People can pick up a copy of the new Lichfield Garrick season brochure now or view it on the theatre's website www.lichfieldgarrick.com

Tickets are on sale over the phone on 01543 412121 or in person at the Box Office (current opening times are Tue – Sat, 10am – 2pm) or online via the website.

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