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• Fastlove: A Tribute to George Michael

  28th September 2017

  Get ready for an unforgettable evening with a global superstar, as he puts the Boom Boom into your heart in the all new production for 2017

• The Dreamboys 2017 Tour

  29th September 2017

  If you’re looking for the very best girl’s night out in the UK, then look no further then these incredible stripping hunks.

• The Limehouse Golem

  29th September 2017 - 4th October 2017

  Set on the unforgiving, squalid streets of Victorian London in 1880.

• Buddy Holly & The Cricketers: 25th Anniversary Tour

  30th September 2017

  25 Years of Rock ’n’ Rolling The World! 2017

• Warwick Words History Festival Service

  1st October 2017

  The Service takes place in the historic setting of St Mary's Church, which is itself a living document of history in Warwick, the British Isles and Europe.

• Step Up to the Mic 2017

  1st October 2017

  A spectacular celebration of songs from musicals past and present.

• The Feast of King James I

  3rd October 2017

  To celebrate the 400th anniversary of King James I’s visit to Warwick in 1617, a special event will be held in the Lord Leycester Hospital to mark the occasion.

• The Reformation at 500: Warwick Historians Discuss Luther and his Legacy

  4th October 2017

  October 2017 marks 500 years since Martin Luther, an obscure German monk, started a protest against Church teaching on indulgences and launched what came to be known as the Reformation.

• Sean Kelly and the stars of Storage Hunters

  4th October 2017

  A night of stand-up comedy & charity auction.

• NT LIVE: Hamlet (Encore)

  5th October 2017

  Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC's Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare's great tragedy

• Leamington Spa Tennis Court Club & The History of Tennis

  5th October 2017

  Leamington’s court opened for play on 29th December 1846, making it the oldest extant tennis club with its own court.

• Back in the Day!

  5th October 2017

  Jan and Campbell Perry and Friends.

• Navarra String Quartet

  6th October 2017

  The first of the monthly Investec International String Quartet Season

• History Pub Quiz 2017 Marcus Berkmann

  6th October 2017

  Join quizmaster (and compiler of Private Eye’s Dumb Britain column) Marcus Berkmann for a prize-packed pub quiz with a history theme.

• Hidden Depths

  6th October 2017

  Join local canal enthusiast Trevor Langley for a short return coach journey and guided tow-path tour of some of the remarkable features of canals in the Warwick area.

• The Missing Bronte: Juliet Barker

  6th October 2017

  Branwell has always been written out of the Bronte story as a drunken wastrel who failed at everything he attempted: even his self-portrait has been expunged from his painting of his sisters.

• Robert Dudley, Queen Elizabeth and the Kenilworth Entertainment of 1575

  6th October 2017

  For three weeks in the summer of 1575 the eyes of England were on Kenilworth, where the Castle’s owner, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was entertaining his sovereign, Queen Elizabeth I.

• Bookstart Party

  6th October 2017

  Knights and Castles.

• Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation

  7th October 2017

  Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church on 31 October 1517 is among the most famous events of history.

• Lenin the Dictator - An Intimate Portrait - Victor Sebestyen

  7th October 2017

  Victor Sebestyen’s intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century.

• WARWICK CASTLE: A Tour of its Grounds, Gardens and Veteran Trees

  7th October 2017

  Join Matt Halford who is responsible for the upkeep of the castle and its grounds for a tour concentrating on the wonderful variety of veteran and notable trees.

• History Society Fair

  7th October 2017

  Meet members from local history groups and find out what they do at our History Fair at the recently refurbished Market Hall Museum.

• Leamington Cemetery Walk

  7th October 2017

  Leamington Cemetery has been in use since 1852 and is still in use today, now having expanded to some twenty acres from the initial two.

• War Stories - Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion

  7th October 2017

  A uniquely intimate account of ordinary men and women who rose to the challenge of war with acts of great heroism and humanity.

• Elephants in Royal Leamington Spa

  7th October 2017

  Once upon a time, not so very long ago... There were elephants in Royal Leamington Spa!

• Sir Anthony Eden - A Re-evaluation - David Howe

  8th October 2017

  In 1955 we had a new Prime Minister: Sir Anthony Eden, Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington.

• Martin Luther - Catholic Dissident - Peter Stanford

  8th October 2017

  A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther’s private and spiritual life. Melvyn Bragg

• Leamington Comedy Festival 2017: In Conversation with Standard Issue Magazine

  8th October 2017

  Sold out!

• Henning Wehn: Westphalia Is Not An Option

  8th October 2017

  Sold out!

• Thomas Oken's Warwick

  8th October 2017

  Your Tudor Warwick Guide for the morning is Master Thomas Oken, local poor boy made good – 21st century alias Trevor Langley.

• The Templars: Dan Jones

  8th October 2017

  Join bestselling author, historian, award-winning journalist and TV presenter, Dan Jones as he tells the remarkable story of the Knights Templar.

• Jane Austen Tea in the Ballroom

  8th October 2017

  To mark the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, Unlocking Warwick and Warwick Words present a Regency-style afternoon tea of traditional crumpets and Madeira cake.

• Ex Cathedra

  10th October 2017

  Monteverdi: in search of 1610

• Rob Rouse - Are You Sitting Comfortably

  10th October 2017

  Rob takes this trademark comedic storytelling to a career high in this full length show.

• Lords and Landlords: The Earls of Warwick, their Castle, and their Town - A Study Day

  10th October 2017

  The Study Day will include lectures, a guided walk around Warwick, lunch in the historic Thomas Oken Tea Rooms, and exclusive access into Warwick Castle.

• The Horne Section

  11th October 2017

  Following their hit BBC Radio 4 series, and many years of sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London's West End.

• RSC LIVE: Coriolanus (LIVE)

  11th October 2017

  A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome.

• Apehangers Comedy Club

  12th October 2017

  Comedy Fun with our new venue partners the Apehangers Club @ Procaffeinate!

• Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert

  13th October 2017

  I originally intended to call the show, “I’ll Millennial You in a Minute”, but my promoter considered the title, “off puttingly baffling”. That’s my own chainsaw in the photo, by the way.

• Patrick Monahan 'rewind selector' Show

  13th October 2017

  Patrick compares life as an Irish/Iranian teenager in 90's Cool Britannia to today's Teen Brexit Britain.

• Victoria and Abdul

  14th October 2017 - 19th October 2017

  Abdul Karim arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

• Leamington Comedy Festival Finale 2017

  14th October 2017

  Featuring comedy legend and TV star Alan Davies, musical mirth from Mr David Jordan, Javier Jarquin the card ninja, rising comedy star Eshan Akbarr

• Comedy Club 4 Kids

  14th October 2017

  Like the name says it's a Comedy Club 4 Kids! Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires).

• Georgie Fame In Concert

  20th October 2017

  "Sends us home happy to have been in the presence of genuine cool" The Guardian

• Goodbye Christopher Robin

  20th October 2017 - 26th October 2017

  British author A.A. Milne finds inspiration from his son to write "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner" in the 1920s.

• Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor

  21st October 2017 - 26th October 2017

  Thomas and his friends travel to the mainland to save James.

• The Rat Pack with special guest Anita Harris

  27th October 2017

  Don't miss the star studded cast of the UK's original and longest running Rat Pack show

• Nick Helm: There is Nothing You Can Do To Me That I Haven't Already Done To Myself

  27th October 2017

  Stop fearing the worst. It's already happened. So instead of crying about it, why not crawl out of your homemade nuclear fallout shelters and witness Living Legend Nick Helm.

• Raphael Wallfisch Cello

  28th October 2017

  Johann Sebastian Bach - The Six Cello Suites

• Warwick District Remembers

  28th October 2017

  Passchendaele 100 - Falklands 35

• Stalin - Writing the Biography of a 'Monster'

  28th October 2017

  Stalin is widely considered one of the most destructive and evil rulers of modern times.

• The Sooty Show

  29th October 2017

  Izzy wizzy let's get busy! TV's Sooty and friends are back with guaranteed giggles for all the family - plus a chance to meet Sooty and Richard after the show!

• Young Frankenstein (1974)

  31st October 2017

  Halloween special!

• Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour. The Gossip.

  2nd November 2017

  The Queen of Dance reveals all from 40 years in showbusiness.

• Foster & Allen: In Concert

  3rd November 2017

  International Recording artists Foster & Allen are bringing their 40th Anniversary Tour to the UK this October and November.

• Walk Like a Man

  4th November 2017

  WALK LIKE A MAN takes you back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

• Drinking Matters

  4th November 2017

  Bodily need, addictive pleasure, health hazard and public nuisance – drink can be a bit of a headache. Historically, however, sharing a pint has lubricated infinite varieties of social exchange.

• Palisander Recorder Quartet

  7th November 2017

  Lydia Gosnell, Miriam Nerval, Caoimhe de Paor and Charlotte Barbour- Condini recorders with Louise Anna Duggan percussion

• That'll Be The Day

  7th November 2017

  The UK's premier Rock & Roll production That'll Be The Day returns with another brand new show!

• Mister Maker and The Shapes Live!

  12th November 2017

  Join CBeebies' Mister Maker in his hit live theatre tour!

• NT LIVE: Follies

  16th November 2017

  Stephen Sondheim's legendary musical is staged for the first time at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.

• Takacs String Quartet

  16th November 2017

  Edward Dusinberre and Karoly Schranz violins Geraldine Walther viola, Andras Fejer cello

• Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra - Family Concert 2017

  19th November 2017

  The Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra returns with their ever-popular Family Concert.

• Side by Side Theatre - Ready to Go!

  21st November 2017 - 22nd November 2017

  "The most inspiring show of the year!"

• Avesta Saxophone Quartet

  23rd November 2017

  LEAMINGTON MUSIC PRIZE WINNERS FOR 2017

• The Nutcracker: Vienna Festival Ballet

  23rd November 2017

  Be swept away on a magical adventure in one of the most famous classical ballets of all time - The Nutcracker.

• The Great British Take Off starring Jon Culshaw & Bill Dare from Radio 4's Dead Ringers

  24th November 2017

  Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and legendary comedy producer Bill Dare come to Leamington for the first time following their sell-out tour earlier in the year.

• House Satire in the Dock: Restaging the Hone Trials of 1817

  25th November 2017

  In December 1817 the radical publisher and satirist William Hone was put on trial by the government.

• Kodaly String Quartet

  30th November 2017

  Attila Falvay and Ferenc Bango violins Janos Fejervari viola, Gyorgy Eder cello

• Sleeping Beauty Pantomime

  2nd December 2017 - 31st December 2017

  Come and join us for a beauty of a pantomime this festive season.

• The Mellstock Band

  5th December 2017

  When Icicles Hang

• NT LIVE: Young Marx

  7th December 2017

  Rory Kinnear (The Threepenny Opera, Penny Dreadful, Othello) is Marx and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night, Green Wing) is Engels, in this new comedy written by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman.

• Tom Allen: Absolutely

  8th December 2017

  Catch him now and you'll be able to tell people how you saw him before he was famous!

• The York Waits with Deborah Catterall Singer

  12th December 2017

  Goday my Lord Sir Christemas

• THE CARICE SINGERS directed by George Parris with Lucy French cello

  21st December 2017

  O Holy Night

• John Robins: The Darkness of Robins

  25th January 2018

  Double Chortle Award winning comedian & one of the most exciting and distinctive voices in comedy returns

• Michael Portillo: Life: A Game Of Two Halves

  26th January 2018

  It took Michael Portillo little more than 10 years to get a seat in the Commons and then rise in power and esteem to a point where he was a favoured leader of his party and possible future PM.

• An Evening with Ant Middleton

  16th February 2018

  2018 TOUR

• Milkshake! Live 'The Magic Story Book'

  17th February 2018

  Starring Milkshake! favourites...

• Psychic Sally - Kisses to Heaven Tour

  23rd February 2018

  World renowned psychic, television and theatre star and the UK’s favourite award winning medium Sally Morgan is back and better than ever with her phenomenal interactive stage show.

• Milton Jones is Out There

  10th March 2018

  Milton Jones is Out There. No, really out there and this time he hasn't just forgotten his keys.

• The Bach Players

  13th March 2018

  Music for Easter

• Bobby Mair: Loudly Insecure

  17th March 2018

  Over the past couple of years, Bobby has become an instantly recognisable face on British television and the UK comedy circuit. This year, he returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for his latest show.

• The Schubert Ensemble of London

  18th March 2018

  Simon Blendis violin, Douglas Paterson viola, Jane Salmon cello, Peter Buckoke double bass, William Howard piano

• Iain Stirling "U OK Hun? x"

  21st March 2018

  BAFTA-winning comedian Iain Stirling is back after a summer narrating smash hit Love Island (ITV2) and now you can see his actual face on his brand new tour!

• NT LIVE: Julius Caesar

  22nd March 2018

  Broadcast live from The Bridge Theatre, London.

• Remembering Fred

  29th March 2018

  On the eve of the UK tour for Strictly Come Dancing stars Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara bring their new theatre show Remembering Fred.

• Audience with Ian Waite and Oti Mabuse: Rhythm of the Night...

  13th May 2018

  Ian and Oti will deliver a night of Latin and Ballroom numbers with high intensity.

• Joe Lycett: I'm About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett

  28th July 2018

  'If you want to bet on the next mainstream stand-up star put your shirt on Joe Lycett' (Evening Standard).