Stories - Bought to Life - National Portrait Gallery
Immersive Tour : Stories - Bought to Life
Thursday 29 May 2025 All day event
Media City Square, Salford Quay
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Immersive Tour : Stories - Bought to Life
Thursday 29 May 2025 All day event
Media City Square, Salford Quay
Stories – Brought to Life is created by FRAMELESS, the leading creator of immersive experiences, in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery. It combines the highest quality digital projection, Hollywood-style visual effects and the latest audio technology to build a multi-sensory world around these stories.
Tickets now availableat npgunframed.com.
Saturday 31 May 2025 at 2.30pm
Oxford Playhouse
Join the March sisters - tomboy Jo, beautiful Meg, sensitive Beth, and spoilt Amy, as they navigate the challenges of the American Civil War era, forging unbreakable bonds of love and family. Step into their world of sisterhood, courage, ambition, as they progress into womanhood
Website: https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com
Box Office: 01865 305305 Monday – Saturday, from 12noon
Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 2.30pm
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Featuring much loved pop and musical theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door, There’s One More Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go Joseph. Book your dream ticket today!
Website: https://www.atgtickets.com
Access Booking Line: 0800 912 6971.
Saturday 7 June 2025 at 2.30pm
Birmingham Hippodrome
Step siblings Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil engage in a cruel bet: Kathryn goads Sebastian into attempting to seduce Annette Hargrove, the headmaster’s virtuous daughter. Weaving a web of secrets and temptation, their crusade wreaks havoc on the students at their exclusive Manhattan high school. It’s not long before the duo become entangled in their own web of deception and unexpected romance, with explosive results…
Website: https://www.birminghamhippodrome.com
Booking Line: 0844 338 5000
Access Line on 0121 689 1060
Saturday 14 June 2025 at 7.30pm
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouser and curiouser… As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts. Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream?
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
Saturday 21 June 2025 at 2.30pm
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as Juliet ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way. Created by the Emmy-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asks, what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo?
https://www.wmc.org.uk
Box Office: 12 – 5pm from Monday to Saturday. 029 2063 6464.
Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 7.30pm
Birmingham Hippodrome
From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them. Set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her iconic hits, including The Best, What’s Love Got To Do With It?, Private Dancer and River Deep, Mountain High, discover the heart and soul behind the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Experience her inspiring story live on stage as this exhilarating celebration reveals the untold story of a woman who dared to dream fiercely, shatter barriers and defy the bounds of age, gender and race to conquer the world against all odds.
Website: https://www.birminghamhippodrome.com
Booking Line: 0844 338 5000
Access Line on 0121 689 1060
Thursday 26 June 2025 Tours throughout the day.
Frameless Gallery, Marble Arch, London
Frameless is an immersive art experience located in the heart of London, showcasing 42 masterpieces by 29 world-renowned artists across four stunning galleries. It represents a cutting-edge digital art extravaganza, blending classical masterpieces with state-of-the-art technology.
website: https://frameless.com
Tele: 020 7871 7750
Saturday 12 July 2025 at 2.30pm
Northcott Theatre, Exeter
As Romeo and Juliet fall in love, defy their warring families and make their disastrous decision to escape together, the play powerfully brings home the inescapable truth that a peaceful world can only be achieved through compassion, love and understanding. Creative Director, Martin Berry, once again brings together a brilliant professional cast and creative team, this time putting Shakespeare’s drama, original language and contemporary themes back on the Northcott stage.
Box Office: Open Tuesday – Friday from 10am – 2pm, and always around performance times.
Tele: : 01392 72 63 63. Tuesday – Saturday from 10am – 2pm, and always around performance times.
Email:: boxoffice@exeternorthcott.co.uk
Thursday 17 July 2025 at 7.30pm
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Troubadour Manrico and military commander Count di Luna have become rivals vying for Leonora’s heart. Though Leonora loves Manrico, the jealous Count will do everything in his power to have her. Battles between the Count’s army and Manrico's men ensue, and he and Manrico agree to a duel. Meanwhile, haunted by a gruesome past, Azucena, Manrico’s mother, harbours a secret that affects both Manrico and the Count: years before, in a vow to avenge the murder of her mother at the hands of the aristocratic Luna family, she abducted their younger son. Will she reveal this truth, or will she see her revenge through at any cost?
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
Saturday 26 July 2025 at 2.30pm
Birmingham Hippodrome
Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, the story of the World’s favourite nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane is even more magical than ever before featuring dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs.
Website:: https://www.birminghamhippodrome.com
Booking Line:: 0844 338 5000
Access Line on 0121 689 1060
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced into making a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
27 September 2025 at 3.00pm
Wales Millenneum Centre, Cardiff
In a city gripped by tyranny, three lives are bound by passion, power and deceit. Floria Tosca is a celebrated prima donna caught in a web of lies. Her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, a rebellious artist with a conscience, hides a political fugitive wanted by the city’s ruthless Chief of Police Scarpia - who has his sights on two things: the fugitive - and Tosca herself. As tensions rise, Tosca must navigate a labyrinth of blackmail and betrayal, making an impossible decision between love and survival.
Website: https://www.wmc.org.uk
Telephone: 02920 666464
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Sicily is living under French occupation. Hélène, a Sicilian noblewoman, seeks revenge for her brother’s execution at the hands of the French. Meanwhile her lover, Henri, is torn between his Sicilian roots and his loyalty to Montfort, the French governor – whom he learns is his father. As the young couple’s romance begins to fracture and political tensions rise, the Sicilians plot a rebellion against their French occupiers, culminating in a climactic confrontation during the evening prayers.
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera , Covent Garden
Tita grows up in the kitchen of the family cook, surrounded by its sights and smells. She falls in love with Pedro, a boy who lives nearby. They want to marry – but she is bound by an unquestioned family tradition: being the youngest daughter, she must remain unmarried to take care of her mother in old age. Caught between her yearning for Pedro and the formidable hand of Mama Elena, Tita’s emotions spill out in her cooking, often in ways unexpected and startling.
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
Friday 3 October 2025 at 7.30pm
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
In a city gripped by tyranny, three lives are bound by passion, power and deceit. Floria Tosca is a celebrated prima donna caught in a web of lies. Her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, a rebellious artist with a conscience, hides a political fugitive wanted by the city’s ruthless Chief of Police Scarpia - who has his sights on two things: the fugitive - and Tosca herself. As tensions rise, Tosca must navigate a labyrinth of blackmail and betrayal, making an impossible decision between love and survival.
Website: https://www.mayflower.org.uk
Box Office: 02380 711811.
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Prince Tamino promises the Queen of the Night that he will rescue her daughter Pamina from the enchanter Sarastro. He begins his quest, accompanied by the bird-catcher Papageno – but all is not as it seems
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Lise is the only daughter of Widow Simone, the owner of a prosperous farm. She is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has higher ambitions for her, hoping to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans.
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
Saturday 18 October 2025 at 7.30pm
Bristol Hippodrome
In a city gripped by tyranny, three lives are bound by passion, power and deceit. Floria Tosca is a celebrated prima donna caught in a web of lies. Her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, a rebellious artist with a conscience, hides a political fugitive wanted by the city’s ruthless Chief of Police Scarpia - who has his sights on two things: the fugitive - and Tosca herself. As tensions rise, Tosca must navigate a labyrinth of blackmail and betrayal, making an impossible decision between love and survival.
Website: https://www.atgtickets.com
Access Booking Line: 0800 912 6971
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Emilia Marty, a famous and mysterious opera singer, has lived for over 300 years thanks to an elixir of immortality. But when she becomes entangled in a battle to obtain a crucial document that will help her renew the life-extending formula, she begins to grapple with the emptiness and isolation her centuries-long existence has brought her.
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Revel in the poetry of movement with George Balanchine’s Serenade, the world premiere of a new ballet by Cathy Marston and Justin Peck’s Everywhere We Go, the first of the American choreographer’s works to be performed by The Royal Ballet.
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
The magician Herr Drosselmeyer is on a quest to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker doll by the wicked Queen of the Mice; the only way to break the spell is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes to Drosselmeyer in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at the Stahlbaum’s Christmas party. With a swish of Drosselmeyer’s cape and a little bit of magic, a cosy festive gathering turns into a marvellous adventure.
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.
date to be confirmed
Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Ariodante has it all. He is young, in love, and his fiancée, Ginevra, is first in line to the throne. But when a jealous rival conspires against them, Ginevra, falsely accused of infidelity, is stripped of her status, while Ariodante, believing himself betrayed, seeks oblivion. Can justice be restored?
website: https://www.rbo.org.uk
Box Office: 0207 304 4000.