One of the few remaining theatres of great architectural character, designed by Frank Matcham. It has a magnificent 4-level auditorium with 1,200 seats. All-year-round programme covering all live art forms. Lancashire's premier touring theatre and arts centre.

Witness for the Prosecution

8 - 13 March

Following the success of The Hollow, The Unexpected Guest, And Then There Were None and Spider’s Web, the Agatha Christie Theatre Company is proud to present the next instalment in the highly acclaimed series, Christie's undisputed masterpiece: Witness for the Prosecution.

After huge stage success the play was filmed by Billy Wilder in 1957, starring Tyrone Power (in his last completed film role), Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. It won many awards, including nominations for seven Oscars and was the year's Number One Box Office hit worldwide.

Leading this tour de force cast is Honeysuckle Weeks (from the BAFTA award-winning Foyle’s War), Denis Lill (star of the highly acclaimed series, The Royal), Ben Nealon (Soldier, Soldier), and Robert Duncan who played Gus Hedges in the multi-award-winning comedy Drop the Dead Donkey. Peter Byrne, Jennifer Wilson and 60’s teen idol Mark Wynter round out this all star cast.

Emily French, an elderly woman who recently left her considerable estate to the charming young Leonard, is found dead. Murdered. Though he protests his innocence, Leonard quickly becomes the prime suspect. His plea hinges on his wife’s testimony, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious young woman, bearing an unexpected clue. Will the truth be revealed in time or will Leonard be declared guilty at the hands of the Witness for the Prosecution? In a world where everyone seems to be harbouring a dark secret, this gripping courtroom drama will keep you guessing until the final fatal moment.

Beating Berlusconi

14 March

Fresh from ecstatic reviews and a huge word-of-mouth following in the North-West, Paul Duckworth brings this lump in your throat comedy back to Blackpool.

Despite threats from his wife and bank manager, in May 2005 middle-aged Kenny Noonan travels to Istanbul to watch Liverpool play AC Milan in the Champions’ League final. He carries the scars of thirty years as a Red - Heysel, Hillsborough, Alex Ferguson - and of living in a city which has been demonised.

Beating Berlusconi! is a story of love and friendship, of defeat and of victory. It is also based on the bizarre true story of a real Liverpool fan who ended up sitting next to Silvio Berlusconi at the Attaturk Stadium.
Using stand-up comedy and comic storytelling, Beating Berlusconi! is the hilarious story of one man’s attempt to rediscover his belief in himself, his club, his city and his class.

The Rat Pack

15-17 March

Take a trip back in time to the glamorous, glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 60s where, in the company of three of the world’s most popular entertainers, the fabulous Burrelli Sisters and The Rat Pack Big Band, you will experience Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin performing at the famous Sands hotel.

Hit follows hit, including: Witchcraft, The Lady is a Tramp, Mr Bojangles, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, That’s Amore, Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime, New York, New York, My Kinda Town, Fly Me to the Moon, Sway, Volare, Me And My Shadow, My Way, Memories Are Made Of This and many more.

If you wish you’d swung with the hardest partying pack in town, now’s your chance!

The Woman in Black

18-20 March

Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best selling novel combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It is a formula that provides audiences with an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world.

A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black, engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It all begins innocently enough, but as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. The borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep...

Now in its 21st year in the West End, over 7 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most chilling and successful theatre events ever staged.

Charley Boorman with special guest Simon Pavey

21 March

The star of TV’s Long Way Round, Long Way Down, Race To Dakar and By Any Means hosts an evening of stories, anecdotes and tales from his worldwide escapades.

Charley Boorman is the epitome of the modern adventurer constantly in pursuit of fresh challenges away from the success of his personal life.

Charley has been riding motorcycles since he was seven years old. The son of renowned film director John Boorman; he grew up on a farm in Ireland and used to ride through the fields on his first motorbike and took part in schoolboy motor cross and Enduro races. The bike bug remained with Charley and, for four years, he ran a motorcycle race team and spent the years riding with David Jeffries and Matt Llewelyn.

Add to this a very special guest on the show Simon Pavey, the BMW Dakar Legend and director of the BMW Off Road School will be on stage discussing his own amazing life - together with his experiences in Charley's TV shows - This guy is hardcore!

Horrible Science

23-27 March

Billy Miller has no idea what’s in store when he enters the crazy, awesome world of HORRIBLE SCIENCE and soon he is under attack from beastly bacteria, vicious volts and foul fluids! Will he regain control before it’s too late?!


Using actors and jaw-dropping 3D Bogglevision, this astounding show has the awful answers - guaranteed to thrill you and your children!


From the acclaimed producers of HORRIBLE HISTORIES comes the seriously squishy world premiere HORRIBLE SCIENCE!

The Circus of Horrors - The Day of the Dead

28 March

Set in Mexico during the early 1900s, the cast of chaosmongers transport the body of their ringmaster Dr Haze to a remote area of Mexico. Unbeknownst to them they have settled in a former burial ground of Aztec Warriors. There they join the local inhabitants’ ‘Day of the Dead’ rituals to try and revive their esteemed leader.

Witch-doctors, Voodoo Acrobats, Pickled People, Bendy Bodies, Demon Dwarfs, and Flying Vampires perform their amazing blood curdling stunts amid a backdrop of an Aztec Temple.

Don't miss this very last performance of The Day of The Dead.

Jus’ Like That – A Night Out With Tommy Cooper

29-30 March

Jus’ Like That! brings Tommy Cooper back to life with all the familiar trademarks - the fez, the laugh and the magic.

Jus’ Like That! is an hilarious tribute to one of the greatest comedians this country has ever seen.

‘I GOT A NEW CAR FOR THE WIFE YESTERDAY... NOT A BAD SWAP!’

Clive Mantle - best known for his role as Dr Mike Barratt in Casualty and Holby City as well as Simon Horton in The Vicar of Dibley, stars as the legendary comedian...all 6’4 of him!

This show is the closest you can get to seeing the late, great comedian live.

Book now for a genuinely funny and outstanding evening of stand up comedy

For more information on these and other great shows  - visit the Grand Theatre website