WHAT'S ON AT THE SUNDERLAND EMPIRE, SUNDERLAND
What's On at the Sunderland Empire, Sunderland
Most Popular Shows and Events at Sunderland Empire, Sunderland
Tue 17 Jun - Sat 26 Jul 2025
What's On at the Sunderland Empire, Sunderland
Calamity Jane
Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 February 2025
Gosh almighty! Grab a posse because the whip crackin' musical comedy classic Calamity Jane is a rollin' on over the plains to a theatre near you. Based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, this plumb fancy new production stars the multi-award...
Public Venue Tour
Saturday 8 February - Saturday 24 May 2025
Always wanted to know what goes on backstage at Sunderland Empire? Tread in the stardust footsteps of the young Beatles, Kate Bush, Laurel and Hardy and Gary Barlow and immerse yourself in our theatre?s 116 year history....
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 February 2025
For the first time ever, all of Dolly Parton's biggest hits can be experienced together in a rollicking and joyous new musical comedy. Packed with the iconic songs Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come...
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight
Sunday 16 February 2025
Featuring the classical reimaginings of a 13-piece Chamber Orchestra, guests will be able to re-live and experience some of the most well-known and well-loved Rock & Metal songs from the last 40 years, including the likes of Metallica, L...
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Monday 17 February 2025
Direct from a week long run in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, a sold out Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back!Using huge projection photos and original film footage, th...
Bright Minds Youth Theatre
Monday 17 February 2025
Bright Minds Youth Theatre is a vibrant and inclusive youth theatre group designed specifically for neurodiverse young people between the ages of 12 and 18....
Connect Theatre Company
Monday 17 February 2025
Connect Company is an inclusive theatre group for adults with additional needs....
Broadway Babies Music and Movement
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Our Broadway Babies class provides a lovely opportunity to bond with your baby as well as encouraging movement and interaction with the world through musical theatre themed sessions....
Giovanni Pernice - The Last Dance
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice returns in 2025 with his tour 'The Last Dance'. The 2021 Strictly champion and BAFTA winner will be taking to the stage once again with his company of world class performers. Giovanni, the...
Dance Fit
Wednesday 19 February 2025
A Dance Fitness class for adults. Have fun and get fit at the same time by participating in choreography that focuses on stamina, coordination, mobility and balance....
Thursday Movers
Thursday 20 February 2025
Movers Ballet and Contemporary Dance class for adults over 55s...
Sing-a-Long-a The Greatest Showman
Friday 21 February 2025
Sing-a-Long-a Productions, producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a Grease brings you their newest show, the smash hit film musical that everyone can't stop singing - The Greatest Showman! Look out 'cause here it com...
Community Chorus
Friday 21 February 2025
Community Chorus is a community choir for individuals aged 55+ and is based at Sunderland Empire Theatre on Fridays...
Friday Movers
Friday 21 February 2025
Movers Ballet and Contemporary Dance class for adults over 55s...
Jimmy Carr
Saturday 22 February 2025
Star of the UK's most streamed Netflix comedy special of 2021, Jimmy is back on the road with a brand new show, Laughs Funny. Jimmy's show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have affected you or pe...
One Night of Elvis - Lee 'Memphis' King
Saturday 22 February 2025
Europe's most successful Elvis Presley tribute artist with consummate ease and an almost unbelievable combination of stunningly accurate vocals and incredible passion in every performance. Lee 'Memphis' King recreates it all with stunning a...
The Magic of Motown
Sunday 23 February 2025
Get ready for all the hits, glittering costumes, dazzling dance routines and outstanding musicianship in this breath-taking live concert spectacular. You will be going Loco down in Acapulco as we take you back down memory lane with all the ...
Killer Couples featuring Emma Kenny
Friday 28 February 2025
Killer Couples is not just another true crime show; it's a riveting exploration of romance gone horrifically awry. Emma unravels the complex psychology of couples who commit the unthinkable, transforming their intimate bond into a pact of d...
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Cinderella
Thursday 13 - Saturday 15 March 2025
Step into the magical world of Cinderella, where Fairy Godmothers triumph over cruel stepmothers, pumpkins turn into sparkling carriages and a jewelled slipper changes one young woman's life forever. This timeless story of love, courage and...
Ellen Kent's La Traviata
Monday 17 March 2025
Senbla presents Opera internation's award-winning Ellen Kent Production featuring the Ukranian National Opera of Kharkiv in collaboration with the Ukranian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv, with international soloists, highly-praised choru...
Ellen Kent's Madama Butterfly
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent and the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv production, with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra. Back by overwhelming public demand, this award-w...
Horrible Histories - Awful Egyptians
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 March 2025
So it's time to prepare yourselves for an amazing show with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping 3D special effects, these astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and eve...
Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 March 2025
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it's time to prepare yourselves for Terrible Tudors live on stage! From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about t...
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Wednesday 26 March - Saturday 5 April 2025
West End mega-hit TINA - The Tina Turner Musical announces its first ever UK & Ireland tour. From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn't just...
An Inspector Calls
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 April 2025
Stephen Daldry's multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley's classic thriller returns. Hailed as the theatrical event of its generation, winning more awards than any other production in history, An Inspector Calls has ...
Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners
Sunday 13 April 2025
Direct from the West End, the show brings to life the music of Ireland's favourite sons 'The Dubliners'. Telling the story of a career spanning 50 years and evoking the spirit of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Jim McCann, Ciaran B...
Hairspray The Musical
Monday 14 - Saturday 19 April 2025
The international musical phenomenon Hairspray returns to a venue near you this year! After breaking box office records and delighting audiences in the West-End, on Broadway and on the big screen since 1988, this smash hit musical-comedy ha...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Tuesday 22 - Sunday 27 April 2025
In a brand-new production of this much-loved family favourite, directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade), choreographed by Karen Bruce (BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard) and designed by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the T...
Northern Live - Do I Love You
Monday 28 April 2025
Keeping the faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect ...
Tim Rice - My Life in Musicals - I Know Him so Well
Thursday 1 May 2025
The show will see Tim Rice reflect on his illustrious career at the heart of musical theatre, sharing anecdotes behind the songs ? the hits and the misses along with stories of his life and live performances from the wonderful catalogue of ...
The Sunderland Story
Thursday 15 - Saturday 31 May 2025
Having played to standing ovations in 2023, Sunderland AFC and Alterean Media are delighted to announce the return of The Sunderland Story!...
Katherine Ryan
Saturday 14 June 2025
Star of UKTV's hugely popular new series Parental Guidance as well as Comedy Central's upcoming Out of Order with Rosie Jones and Judi Love, TV's beloved Katherine Ryan makes a hugely welcome return to the stage with her brand-new live stan...
Hamilton
Tuesday 17 June - Saturday 26 July 2025
Lin-Manuel Miranda's multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary...
Derren Brown
Tuesday 29 July - Saturday 2 August 2025
Prepare to be astonished! The multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, returns with his brand new live show, ONLY HUMAN. The content of ONLY HUMAN is still under wraps, but we can guarantee you a ...
Chicago
Monday 4 - Saturday 9 August 2025
CHICAGO, the "sexiest musical ever" (Metro) comes to Lowry in August for a full week only starring Strictly Come Dancing Professional Dancer and TV Star Janette Manrara (It Takes Two, Burn The Floor, Glee) as Roxie Hart. "Murder, greed, cor...
Bat Out Of Hell
Monday 18 - Saturday 23 August 2025
Bat Out of Hell makes a triumphant return, with a thrilling spectacle of a show where the timeless music of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf reigns supreme! Get ready for an electrifying experience that will ignite your passion for rock 'n' roll....
2:22 A Ghost Story
Monday 8 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Following seven West End seasons, a record-breaking UK and Ireland tour and twelve productions across the globe, the stage phenomenon 2:22 A Ghost Story now comes on a UK tour. Winner of BEST NEW PLAY at the WhatsOnStage Awards, this edge-o...
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Tue 17 Jun - Sat 26 Jul 2025
