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As if by magic

Enchantment and invention are brought together this winter in our just-announced family show The House with Chicken Legs, based on Sophie Anderson’s much-loved novel. And coming up soon, avant-pop artist and alpine witch Livia Rita leads us into her own bewitching realm.

Read on to discover cracking comedy events and wild and wonderful international performance.

Finding your feet

The cast of The House with Chicken Legs gathered against a nebulous backdrop

The House with Chicken Legs

WED 13 – SAT 30 DEC

Follow the story of a young girl finding her feet, in a show featuring puppets, music and magic.

Marinka dreams of a normal life, where she can stay somewhere long enough to make friends. But there’s one problem – her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning.

Members' presale now open. Tickets go on general sale from 10am on Friday 11 August.

A woman wearing an orange fish suit with spikes with pearls in her hair.

Livia Rita: Dystopia Wetlands

SAT 19 & SUN 20 AUG

Weaving spells through tender melodies and earthy beats, the emerging avant-pop artist and alpine witch is joined by creatural dancers and a band for a live show.

Time for a laugh

A person wearing a sheer black shirt, a shiny red blazer and long fluffy fake eyelashes.

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back

FRI 8 – SAT 30 DEC

Fast, on the edge and brutally funny – Australia’s favourite comedian is back, backed by a full band, to tear the world apart and put it back together.

British Sign Language interpreted (BSL): Thu 14 Dec


A dystopian painting of comedian Frankie Boyle. He bears his teeth and raises his arms to the sky in front of a wall of flames. He has a white vest top on, a gold medal and wears square framed glasses. A tomato and an egg are painted as if about to hit him in the face.

Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame

FRI 24 NOV

Grab a few laughs with the cynical stand-up, before the world gets any worse.

The logo for the Adam Buxton Podcast is a graphic of Adam's face against a sky blue background. He has dark hair and a grey beard peppered with black. He wears dark, half-framed glasses and smiles.

Adam and Joe: The Christmas Podcast Live

TUE 12 DEC

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish set off on more ludicrous rambles in their first live festive show.

This event is British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) and Speech-to-Text transcribed (STT).


International events

Performance artist binding their legs to a chair in front of an audience in a white room.

Marina Abramović Institute Takeover

WED 4 – SUN 8 OCT

Performers grabbing each other whilst holding and popping balloons

Alice Ripoll: Zona Franca

THU 2 – SAT 4 NOV

A dining table with six people sat around with one waving a purple flag and another playing the violin.

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

THU 25 – SUN 28 JAN

Different performers grasping at each other.

(LA)HORDE & Ballet National de Marseille: Roommates

FRI 1 – SUN 3 MAR

Puppy pals

A cartoon dog family, two of which are blue and the other two are brown, lie on a green rug against a wooden floor gazing up at the sky. There is a pink owl toy, a ball and a xylophone on the rug with them.

Bluey's Big Play

WED 20 DEC – SUN 7 JAN

The playful Blue Heeler puppy is brought to real life in the UK premiere of a theatrical adaptation of the smash-hit children’s TV show.

Relaxed Performance: Fri 29 Dec, 4.30pm and Wed 3 Jan, 11am

British Sign Language interpreted (BSL): Fri 5 Jan, 2pm


A boy wearing a yellow shirt with bubbles on underwater

The SpongeBob Musical

UNTIL SUN 27 AUG

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and became the hottest star on Broadway? It's SpongeBob SquarePants, in an all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show.

Relaxed Performance: Wed 16 Aug, 2pm

British Sign Language interpreted (BSL): Sat 19 Aug, 2pm

Audio Described: Sat 26 Aug, 2pm


Shows a snowscape of a throughway in a park at night. There is a graphic of a red ribbon tied around it so it looks like a present.

Christmas Actually

THU 7 – MON 11 DEC

Christmas is all around you at the ultimate festive variety show, curated by Love Actually writer and director Richard Curtis, in partnership with Comic Relief.

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UNTIL SAT 4 NOV | YOUNG VIC

This award-winning comedy explodes lifetimes of repeating Asian stereotypes, wrestling history for the right to control your own narrative in a world that thinks it can tell you who you are.

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