From 17 May in England, according to the Government’s 'Roadmap,' theatres will be allowed to open and Darlington Hippodrome has announced a range of shows from June 2021 right through to 2023.
There will be an array of one-night shows featuring music, comedy, talks and screenings, plus straight plays, musicals, dance and shows for children:
- 24–27 June
Darlington Operatic Society celebrates the reopening of the theatre to the public with And We Will Come Back Home, a fusion of live performance and video projection. - 3–4 August
Birmingham Stage Company returns with Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain—and all the nasty bits are left it! - 7–8 August
Another show for the kids, In the Night Garden Live. - 10–12 September
Freckle Productions presents Stick Man, another show for children. - 15–16 September
A new production of Helen Forrester’s By the Waters of Liverpool. - 8–10 October (various times)
The creators of Dinosaurs World Live present a new huge puppet show, Dragons and Mythical Beasts. - 16–20 November
A new adaptation (by South Shields playwright Philip Meeks) of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. - 23–27 November
The hit musical Rock of Ages comes to Darlington. - 10–31 December
This year’s panto will be the perennial favourite Cinderella.
Other shows are in the process of being rescheduled into 2022 and 2023. More details will be revealed later.