SAVS are back in May 2025 with Rock of Ages! It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star...

Please note this event takes place at St Andrew's Church, Montpellier, not at the Playhouse. Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra Saturday 10 May 2025 at 7.30 pm St Andrew's Church, Montpellier, Cheltenham Conductor: Toby Purser Leader & Violin Soloist: George Ewart Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, 15' Delibes: Le Roi s'Amuse, 12' John Frith: The Crystal Sea, with solo violin, World Premiere, 10' Poulen...

Deep Red 18 Italy | 1975 | 127 minutes DIRECTED BY Dario Argento STARRING David Hemmings | Daria Nicolodi 12th May MONDAY 19:30 AUDITORIUM Dario Argento established himself in the 1970s as Il Duce of giallo , a stylised form of Italian horror drenched in blood. many international actors were featured and dubbed into Italian. In Deep Red the star is British actor, David Hemmings, who had starred...

Sallie Taylor - keeping the memory of Chapel Art alive João Menezes is a Portuguese guitarist and singer who specialises in Brazilian music. He has been performing in the UK and Europe, both solo and with his band, exploring the different rhythms of Brazil like Bossa Nova, Samba Jazz and MPB. Expect an exciting evening with music from Djavan, Tom Jobim, Tim Maia, João Bosco, Gilberto Gil and many...

Due to significant initial demand, an extra performance has been added on the 15th May 2025! PRIMARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY BANGERS LIVE! Join James for an evening of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time with some joyous singalong tunes to take you back to your Primary School days. You won’t have to sit cross legged on the school hall floor, but you will be encouraged to sing along! As well as the asse...

Part of our season of fundraising performances celebrating 80 Years of Theatre at the Cheltenham Playhouse. Comic Sans Script presents: Whose Trophy is it Anyway – 3! Following the unrivalled success of 'Whose Trophy is it Anyway – 1 and 2, our intrepid comedy teams return from their intense mountain training retreats with new games, new challenges and a thirst to take home the comedy crown. If...

Slaminal Farm ! The 15th Cheltenham Poetry Festival Slam Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham, GL53 7HG Saturday 17th May 2025 Tickets £15 Get ready for the bardic battle of the year when 15 of the UK’s most exciting spoken-word artists go head-to-head for the prestigious Cheltenham Poetry Festival Cup and the coveted title of 2025 Slam Champion. Who will win this poetry power struggle and demonstrat...

Part of our season of fundraising performances celebrating 80 Years of Theatre at the Cheltenham Playhouse. Fund raising concert 11 am - 12 pm (no interval) - Robin A Smith (piano/keyboard/vocals). Renditions of some of the world’s most wonderful music and songs. Robin is a fabulous musician and a brilliantly spontaneous performer. Every penny of the ticket sales go to the lovely Playhouse who ...

Ammonite 15 UK | 2020 | 117 minutes DIRECTED BY Francis Lee STARRING Kate Winslet | Saoirse Ronan | Gemma Jones 19th May 2025 MONDAY 19:30 GREEN ROOM Mary Anning was a 19th-century palaeontologist who made some important and celebrated discoveries around Lyme Regis. As a working-class woman, her work was air-brushed out of scientific history and recognition came only after her death. Almost not...

The University of Gloucestershire presents Pinocchio: Geppetto, the puppet master, longs for a child and is granted his wish by a fairy who brings a wooden puppet to life. In order to become a real boy, however, Pinocchio must prove his worth, and so he sets out on a journey of self-discovery under the guidance of his conscience in the guise of a cricket! Told through musical theatre this piece ...

CFF25: Sonic the Hedgehog the Fanfic the Podcast: The Live Show! This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Green Room bar. Comedian, Eddie O'Keefe, and Sonic the Hedgehog aficionado, LT Fletcher, decided to write the worst possible Sonic fanfiction to ever exist, one chapter at a time, without knowing what the other person had written. The end res...

CFF25: Extra Ordinary This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Auditorium. Rachel and Max are an ordinary couple, living ordinary lives until something extraordinary turns everything upside down. Now they have the single most important decision of their life to make. They piece together their thoughts, bit by bit, good and bad, speaking the thin...

CFF25: End Game This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Green Room. Tickets to this event are Pay What You Can (rec. £5), and all the money will be going to the Cheltenham Playhouse's 80 for 80 fundraiser. Think you know the story of the Wooden Horse of Troy? Think again. Two miles from Troy, Odysseus dreams. Every night since the war began th...

CFF25: Once More, With Feeling This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Auditorium. Step into the supernatural world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer like never before with Once More, With Feeling: A Live Musical Tribute Concert . Get ready to slay the night away as talented performers bring your favourite characters to life through iconic song and da...

CFF25: Happening This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Montpellier Room. Please note: The Montpellier Room require walking up a flight of stairs. If this poses any difficulties regarding access, please let us know, and we can accommodate you. What happens when the creator of all living being fails their omnipotent purpose? Doesn't everything ...

CFF25: Yawn This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Auditorium. Eat. Sleep. Diarrhea. Spoons? A twenty-something woman with a high-flying career is suddenly struck down by the debilitating chronic illness, ME. Bed bound and thrust into a new world of strange symptoms, she quickly realises just how invisible her illness makes her. As she search...

CFF25: Poetry Night This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Green Room bar. A selection of poetry readings from various poets. Event Length: 3 hours This is a free event but any donations made will go directly to the Playhouse.

CFF25: Whose Fringe is it Anyway? This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Auditorium. Cheltenham Playhouse's resident improvised comedy group, Comic Sans Script, are back this year at the Cheltenham Fringe. They've put together their A-Team to perform their unique brand of completely made-up-on-the-spot comedy. Think Whose Line is it Anyway? but...

CFF25: Disney Song & Dance Workshop This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Montpellier Room. Please note: The Montpellier Room require walking up a flight of stairs. If this poses any difficulties regarding access, please let us know, and we can accommodate you. Reception - Yr 3 Event Length: 60 Minutes

CFF25: Fun Drama Workshops This event is part of our Cheltenham Fringe Festival 2025, and will be taking place in our Montpellier Room. Please note: The Montpellier Room require walking up a flight of stairs. If this poses any difficulties regarding access, please let us know, and we can accommodate you. Reception - Yr 3 Event Length: 60 Minutes