Sat 23 Nov - Sat 1 Feb

When it comes to Christmas, New Vic shows knock spots off all the rest. That’s why  they’re seen by more than 35,000 people every year! 

Mon 2 - Sat 14 Dec

Join the one and only Uncle Eric, Madge and our favourite musical misfits for a fantastic night of Christmas comedy and great 60s music! Eric’s had a brilliant idea – he’s going to join the local amateur dramatic society.

Tues 17 Dec

Folk rock pioneers, pop stars and an inspiration to generations! With Maddy Prior at the helm, the line-up features band stalwart and fiddler extraordinaire Peter Knight, Rick Kemp on bass, Peter Zorn and Julian Littman on Guitars and Liam Genockey on the drum stool.

Tale Trial to The Hundred and One Dalmatians

Sat 14 Dec - Sat 28 Dec

This 45 minute interactive event is suitable for children aged 3-5 along with their parents, grandparents or carers.

Sat 21 Dec

Our favourite visitors have been performing here every Christmas for more than 30 years. One of the finest of all Welsh choirs, their annual concert is always as sell-out – make sure to book soon!

Weds 8 Jan

A sell-out New Year visit from the legendary Pasadena Roof Orchestra is becoming a New Vic tradition.

Weds 15 Jan

Simply one of the finest acoustic guitar players in the  world. His solo shows are famously intense, spellbinding  and deeply moving. Finally he’s coming to the New Vic!

Weds 22 Jan

Legendary comic Sean Hughes was the youngest ever;winner of the coveted Perrier Award. His many TV and;radio credits include writing and starring in the cult hit Sean’s Show and a long stint as team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

Weds 29 Jan

Two outstanding young musicians. The exceptionally gifted young violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen studied at the Royal College of Music, winning all the available violining prizes and being named their String Player of the Year in 2005. 

Fri 7 Feb - Sat 11 March

An idyllic summer in 1914 rural Lancashire. Excitement is building for Wakes week and the annual Rushbearing Festival with its singing, courting, drinking and dancing.

The looming war barely registers …

Weds 12 Feb

The self-styled ‘Bard of Salford’, the voice of a generation, figurehead of the Punk movement, the godfather of British performance poetry. John Cooper Clarke is a true original.

Mon 17 Feb

A clash of dance cultures set in an old English pub with live music by BBC Radio 2 award winning; folk powerhouse The Demon Barbers

Mon 24 Feb

A first New Vic visit for the company specialising in the true stories of forgotten people.

Fri 7 - Sat 22 March

This big-hearted, bittersweet play brilliantly mixes hilarity and regret in a moving look at families and childhood memory. It was the winner of the Olivier Award for Best  New Comedy in 2000 and voted UK Play of the Year in 2001.

Weds 12 March

We’re delighted to welcome back  this seriously good bluegrass band. With five well-received albums and a touring schedule that includes Glastonbury and California by way of Sweden and France, they’re making musical waves on both sides of the Atlantic.

Tues 18 March 1.00pm & 7.30pm

Bianca has men running after her. Kate has men running a way from her. Either they both get married or neither of them do. Is anyone man enough to take on the shrew?

Weds 26 March - Sat 12 April

Salford. 1880. Get ready for a battle of the sexes as a father and daughter go head to head in this classic comedy.

Mon 31 March

Dylan Thomas was born in Wales in 1914 and died in New York in 1953. Towards the end of his life he toured America performing his works for sell-out audiences across the country.

Mon 7 April

It’s taken us six years to get these New Vic favourites back – they’re busy people. But it will be worth the wait

Tues 15 - Sat 19 April

Entertaining Mr Sloane was first staged at the Arts Theatre in London in 1964,  winning the London Critics ‘Variety’ award for Best Play of the Year. Its unique  blend of farce and black comedy beautifully captures the suppressed desires of a society on the cusp of a sexual revolution.

Weds 23 - Sat 26 April

A classic comedy from the BAFTA-winning writer of Bouncers and Up ‘n’ Under. Teechers puts the education system under the microscope in a no-holds-barred look that’s as funny, fresh and relevant as the day it was written.