Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds. Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet’s ever-popular opera.

An all-star cast brings this white-hot drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role, alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Following his 2023 Royal Opera debut, Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet’s electrifying and sensual score.

Come and enjoy a fantastic evening of entertainment jam-packed with non-stop hits, big-screen action, expert narrative and lots of fun.

You will be taken on a journey through several decades of pop as we celebrate the music of Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Beatles’ George Harrison, as well as the collective genius that was The Traveling Wilburys.

Although the Wilburys never toured, here you have the chance to experience what it might have been like to see them live, as we explore their many collaborative hits.

Now in its ninth year of successful touring this popular show is an up-tempo feel-good celebration of classics such as Pretty Woman, Mr Blue Sky, Please Please Me, End of The Line, Handle With Care, Free Falling, Blowin’ in the Wind, Tweeter and the Monkey Man, Heading for the Light, Only the Lonely and many more.

RMTC are back this autumn with “Stepping Out”

Written by Richard Harris in 1984, “Stepping Out” was produced in the West End, London, where it received the Evening Standard Comedy of the Year Award, and on Broadway, New York.

A warm and extremely funny play, it follows the lives, laughs and loves of a group of women (and one man) from disparate backgrounds who attend a weekly tap-dance class in a dingy North London church hall.

Ex-professional dancer Mavis who runs the class is joined by cheerfully overweight Sylvia; Andy, a plain do-gooder with no confidence; snobby but well-meaning Vera; timid Dorothy who works in Social Security; Maxine who is attractive, sharp and very shrewd; fat, plain Lynne; Rose, who is just here for a good time, and Geoffrey, the lone male of the group. Watch as these once complex characters, navigate the challenges and triumphs of their journey, as they head towards a grand public, charity show performance, transformed into triumphant tappers, worthy of any chorus line.

Tap your troubles away with this fabulous story that is testament to the power of community, friendship, and the transformative experience of dance and has been praised for its witty dialogue, memorable characters, and the uplifting message it conveys about the courage and resilience of ordinary people.

20th & 21st November

7.30pm

All Tickets £20.00

This amateur production of “Stepping Out” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

GIANT, filmed live at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre !

The play is currently playing on Broadway and has been nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Play and Leading Actor for John Lithgow.

A world-famous children’s author under threat, a battle of wills in the wake of scandal and one chance to make amends, GIANT tells the story of Roald Dahl and the true scandal that shook his legacy. GIANT stars Tony, Golden Globe, and Olivier Award-winner John Lithgow (Conclave, The Crown) as author Roald Dahl; Aya Cash (The Boys, The Franchise, You’re the Worst) as US Publisher Jessie Stone; Olivier Award-winner Elliot Levey (Cold War, Patriots, Good) as Tom Maschler, Dahl’s British Jewish Publisher; Olivier Award-nominee Rachael Stirling (The Divine Mrs S) as Felicity Crosland, Roald Dahl’s fiancée; Tessa Bonham Jones (Dune: Prophecy, The Young Woman and the Sea) as Hallie; and Richard Hope (Hijack) as Wally Saunders, Dahl’s handyman.

It’s the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation.

Inspired by real events, GIANT explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon.

John Lithgow says: ‘I play the central character of Roald Dahl, a man of dizzying complexity, on a day of crisis in his life. The story takes place forty years ago, but it resonates powerfully with events of our present day. No play I’ve ever been in has had such an impact on audiences.'

 ★★★★★ 'John Lithgow is mesmerising as Roald Dahl' THE TELEGRAPH

★★★★★ 'GIANT is all that theatre should be' DAILY MAIL

★★★★★ 'The most thought-provoking play of the decade' THE TIMES

Critic’s Pick 'As Roald Dahl, John Lithgow is a study in monstrosity' THE NEW YORK TIMES

TICKETS ON SALE - 9TH JULY

At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll. Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole world of enchantment: fantastical landscapes of flurried snow and glittering confection where toys come alive and the magic never stops.

Peter Wright’s production of this festive family favourite sparkles to the wondrous swell of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral score, alongside the glow and grandeur of Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs.

Andrea Arnold’s highly acclaimed film, winner of top prizes at Cannes and the BFI London Film Festival, is a haunting drama about a woman confronting past demons.

Jackie (Kate Dickie) is a CCTV operator and gets a perverse satisfaction from observing the lives of other; until one day a man from her past appears on her monitors - one whom she never wanted to see again. Now she has no alternative but to confront both the man, and the demons inside herself.

Andrea Arnold's (Fish Tank, Wuthering Heights) superb debut feature was the first in a planned trilogy of Scotland-set films produced by Lars Von Trier’s Zentropa company. The winners of numerous awards including major prizes at Cannes and the BFI London Film Festival, it was also voted one of the best British films of the last 25 years in a poll conducted by The Observer’s Film Quarterly.