Theatre and Dance: Autumn/Winter 2026

Unmissable theatre and dance from around the world...

Renowned American choreographer Pam Tanowitz joins forces with composer Caroline Shaw and painter Sarah Crowner on Pastoral, a striking reimagining of Beethoven's beloved symphony. Following a smash-hit run in Japan, the boundaries between dreams, memories and realities blur in a stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel, End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland. And the staggering, Brazilian production about masculinity and homophobia Tom at the Farm (Tom na Fazenda) comes to our stage.

Plus, Dance Umbrella present Cie Omar Rajeh and Maqamat's Dance is Not for Us, an intimate solo performance that sees the Lebanese performer ask what it means to keep dancing when everything around you says stop. And Engruna Teatre, a women-led company based in Catalonia, returns with Univers, the hugely popular sensory experience for babies.

Events

A man wearing a brown shirt looks tired, exhausted, as orange paint runs down his face.

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Theatre & dance

Tom at the Farm (Tom na Fazenda)

Tue 13 –Sat 17 Oct 2026

Seductive, volatile and fiercely political, this staggering five-star production by Armando Babaioff is a raw and gripping confrontation with masculinity, homophobia and the patriarchy.

Omar Rajeh is dancing around a black room with a white floor littered with basil

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Theatre & dance

Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat: Dance is Not for Us

Fri 16 –Sat 17 Oct 2026

Both a personal memoir and a political act, this intimate solo performance asks what it means to keep dancing when everything around you says stop.

A group of performers on stage. The central figure holds a loudspeaker

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Theatre & dance Contemporary music

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

Sat 31 Oct 2026 –Sat 23 Jan 2027

Shakespeare’s great tragedy and Radiohead’s critically acclaimed album collide for a mesmerising live experience that fuses theatre, music and movement.