Workshop Price: £35

This is your chance to Takeover the Theatre!

Now in its forth year, 14/48:UK is once again looking for a team of budding playwrights to work alongside professional writers and create 4 plays in one weekend!

A fantastic opportunity to improve your creative writing skills, share and develop your own ideas and see your play brought to life by professional actors!

Could you be one of our young writers?  Hurry spaces are limited!

Please note these workshops are for 8-14 year olds and take place on the 19th, 26th & 27th May between 10:00am and 3:00pm. Final performance takes on Monday 28th May.

A tale of foul and fortune, murder and deceit, Macbeth is a gory, bloody and darkly wonderful tale of one man and his pursuit of power. Is This a Dagger? explores the paths between fact and fiction, myths and truths or a perfect introduction for newcomers or a fresh take for Shakespeare enthusiasts.

By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes…. Andy Cannon, one of Scotland's finest storytellers, takes audiences on a thousand-year journey from fact to fiction and back again, in his telling of Shakespeare's classic tale.

"A tale of sound and fury, signifying first class theatre for everyone over eight.'' (The Herald)

Ticket Price: £3.50

Gather inside our cosy theatre where we bring you tales full of magic, warmth and giggles. Share a bedtime story with hot chocolate and cookies at this ever popular event presented by Leicester Library Services. 

Limited spaces available, book early! 
2-8 years.

Ticket Price: £4

The World's Quickest Theatre Festival is being taken over by Leicester's young writers!  What will they produce?

Come and watch 4 plays written by young people and performed by professional actors who bring their scripts to life in just 24 hours!

Find out how you can take part! If you are aged 8-14yrs, you could be one of our young writers. Click for more information.

Wednesday 30 May, £6

Come and join the invincible Captain Cauliflower and his faithful companion Marvin on an unforgettable adventure, filled with extreme silliness and unquestionable danger. 

Marvin the Mischievous Moose presents Captain Cauliflower with a mystical magic hat that gives him super powers. We then follow his adventures into outer space and deep under the ocean, saving those in peril, but can he beat his arch nemesis the evil and odorous Captain Onion?

Dan Lees and Neil Frost invite you on an adventure that combines clowning, playful games and chaotic fun that's suitable for all the family.  

In Victorian London, dark rumours are spreading about Dr Henry Jekyll and his relationship with the brutish and dangerous Mr Hyde. Reckless and impulsive, the newfound acquaintance threatens to ruin the Doctor’s reputation - why would a gentleman associate with such a monster? As his family and friends draw ever closer to the truth, so too do they draw themselves into danger. All the while the exploits of the evil Mr Hyde become more frequent and violent, as “increasingly they suspect the fiend in human shape to be an important member of society”.

Tickets:  £12/£10 Conc / £40 family of 4

Join Ballet Theatre UK on this dramatic re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s all-time favourite story of The Little Mermaid, who falls in love with a human Prince and gives up everything to win his love.

The kind hearted Little Mermaid rescues the Prince during a storm at sea, and begins a journey that takes her far from her home beneath the waves. Determined to pursue her love on to the shore she makes a bargain with an evil Sea Witch, but it comes at a heavy price.

Ballet Theatre UK’s charming and poignant ballet explores the nature of longing, how making choices have lasting consequences and how goodness can be rewarded in unexpected ways.

Join Ballet Theatre UK for this new production touring the UK and Ireland Spring 2014.

4 Stars- Whatsonstage.com

“Glittering costumes, expressive dancers...a pleasure to witness a production of this calibre” - Dance Europe

Critics Choice - “Top Five Dance Productions Touring the UK” - The Independent

“A ballet company of great achievement” - The Dancing Times

Tickets:  £10

If you could put together your perfect tribute album to all things Mod, 2-Tone and Ska - then this is it...only live! Covering huge floor-filling anthems with one mission….to make sure the public gets what the public wants!

Now entering their 23rd year, The Moderators came together out of a mutual love of old Jam, Specials and Madness Singles, wearing Fred Perry's and riding their Scooters. They embarked on a mission to recruit the perfect ‘faces’ to enable them to become a live act that demands your attention and your dancing shoes.

The band thrives on raw energy and love nothing more than seeing their huge array of followers skanking, bouncing and sweating along with them at their shows.

Tickets: £15

Plus support from: Sons of Liberty

UK Guns N Roses are indisputably the Top Guns N Roses Tribute. Formed in 2002 they are the longest running and most established Guns N Roses cover band, having toured extensively throughout The UK, Europe, The Middle East and the United States. With fans on multiple continents, they continue to astonish and entertain crowds with their outstanding, energetic & accurate live shows.

All the classics are lovingly and accurately replicated live from 'Sweet Child O' Mine', 'Welcome to the Jungle' and 'Paradise City' from the all time classic rock album 'Appetite For Destruction' right through to the phenomenal hits like 'November Rain', 'Estranged' and 'Civil War' from the later 'Use Your Illusion' albums.

The band is very proud to be widely recognized by fans, music critics and venue owners, to be the very best at what they do. For the masses of Guns N' Roses fans, UK Guns N’ Roses are also regarded as a very real alternative to the original. Many believe the band to be as close as you will ever get to seeing the original line up of GN'R live and some even rate this tribute to be better than the real thing.

Put simply.... if you want Guns N' Roses, get UK Guns N’ Roses!

Ticket Price: £15

Danielz and his great band return for the eagerly anticipated return visit of the world's only officially acclaimed definitive tribute to Marc Bolan and T Rex.

Bring along your bopping shoes, warm up your vocal cords and sing and dance the night away to all your favourite hits including Hot Love, Metal Guru and Jeepster.

One of The Y's most eagerly awaited shows - book early to avoid disappointment!

"Absolutely amazing! If there's anyone who can step into Marc's shoes I'd like it to be him." June Bolan

Tickets: £17.50

Lee Hurst, star of BBC1’s They Think Its All Over’ is back on the road in 2018 with his brand new show ‘Mucking About’.

In his new show Lee will be exploring the relationship between...
No he won't, he'll be leaving that old twaddle to comedians at the Edinburgh Festival.

There's no journey or message. If you want to go on a journey, buy an airplane ticket. If you want a deep message, run your voicemail through a sub-base woofer. If you want plenty of laughs this is for you.

Lee will be turning up, lobbing gags and funny stuff at you from all angles.

A hilarious night is about to hit town.

*** This is for tickets for the afternoon convention only ***

Twin lead guitar legends Wishbone Ash will start their XLIXUK Tour with a very special event at the Y Theatre on Saturday October 13th.  Doors will open at 7.30pm for a fully extended concert featuring special guests to celebrate their 49th Anniversary.

 

This will be preceded by their annual fan club convention commencing at midday. The event will feature a tribute band, a solo acoustic set by an ex member of the band and a matinee set by Wishbone Ash themselves.

 

Tickets for the main evening performance are priced at £23 and for the afternoon convention at £12.

*** This is for tickets for the Evening Performance only ***

Twin lead guitar legends Wishbone Ash will start their XLIXUK Tour with a very special event at the Y Theatre on Saturday October 13th.  Doors will open at 7.30pm for a fully extended concert featuring special guests to celebrate their 49th Anniversary.

 

This will be preceded by their annual fan club convention commencing at midday. The event will feature a tribute band, a solo acoustic set by an ex member of the band and a matinee set by Wishbone Ash themselves.

 

Tickets for the main evening performance are priced at £23 and for the afternoon convention at £12.

Tickets: Adults £16.50, Conc £15

Austentatious is saddling the horses for a Grand Tour of the United Kingdom!

Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country’s quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjure up a brand new ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience.

The show comes fresh from six sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, a monthly residency in London’s West End and a BBC Radio 4 special to mark the bicentenary of Austen’s death. Now their show will be appearing at two dozen theatres across the country to entertain and astonish audiences in equal measure.

Previous ‘lost’ masterpieces have included Sixth Sense & Sensibility, Double 0 Darcy and Mansfield Shark, and no two shows are ever the same. Performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment, this is a Regency treat guaranteed to delight Austen novices and die-hard fans alike.

★★★★★ “Ridiculously silly…wickedly funny” –The Times

★★★★ “A joy to behold” The Guardian

★★★★ “Supersmart and terrifically funny” The Scotsman

“A bravura slab of improvisation” – Independent

Age Rec: 12+

Austentatious said:“We are thrilled to be travelling the length and breadth of the country, rediscovering the lost classics Austen wrote and promptly forgot about. We love and admire Jane’s works and the public deserve an intimate acquaintance with them, particularly the very prescient ones about Donald Trump.”

Austentatious is performed by:
Amy Cooke-Hodgson
Andrew Hunter Murray
Cariad Lloyd
Charlotte Gittins
Daniel Nils Roberts
Graham Dickson
Joseph Morpurgo
Rachel Parris

Line-up varies. Each show stars 5-6 members of the cast.

Ali Cook returns with his own brand of awe-inspiring magic and off-beat comedy. Expect to be genuinely amazed.

Suitable for ages 8+ (Recommended Guidance)

Star of the West End magic spectacular ‘Impossible,’ ‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us’ (ITV1), 'Dirty Tricks' (Ch4), 'Monkey Magic' (Five), ‘Psychic Secrets ‘(Five).

“The Show is Perfection” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
“Jaw dropping” ★★★★ Metro
“Awe-inspiring” ★★★★ Chortle

Ticket Price:  £15

Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide.

The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world renowned solo artist) Gary Moore.

Limehouse Lizzy enter their 21st year with their most explosive show and critically-acclaimed line-up yet.

Its therapy you can dance to!
Following last year’s total sell-out tour RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE favourite JINKX MONSOON and lyrical genius MAJOR SCALES return to showcase new music from their upcoming album... however Jinkx worries that her best years are behind her. In order to avoid a breakdown of diva proportions Major must act as both pianist and therapist to the Manic Miss Monsoon. Music and mental health collide in this witty, biting look at the dark side of Drag fame.

Due to phenomenal demand the Bafta-winning stand-up and voice of Love Island is back on UK stages this autumn, as his sell-out tour is extended for the third and final time. This is your last chance to catch Iain Stirling’s brilliant observations of modern millennial life in U OK HUN? x.
 
Back on TV this summer reprising his role as the voiceover man  ”Love Island fans go wild for” (Daily Mail), the in-demand comedian will then be back to doing what he does best, as he hits the road to perform his acclaimed smash hit show one last time.
 
Join the ‘star of comedy’ (The i) as he explores dinner party etiquette and the pressures on a generation brought up in a world of instant gratification. How has modern living affected our ability to find long term happiness? Can social media ever reflect real life? And why is the floor lava?
 
★ ★ ★ ★
Metro
 
‘At his best the Edinburgh native is an unhinged free-form anecdotist – his closing tale of a disastrous CBBC gig is a belter’
★ ★ ★ ★
Mail On Sunday
 
'Provides an intriguing twentysomething perspective on the current state of his nation'
The Guardian