It's time to roll those dice and beat the odds as the beloved musical takes a bow at the Palace Theatre, courtesy of Leigh Operatic and Dramatic Society! A screwball romantic comedy, Guys and Dolls takes us into the heart of 1920s New York, as imagined by Damon Runyon and scored by Frank Loesser, and includes a raft of toe-tapping musical theatre classics, including 'Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat' and 'Luck Be a Lady'.

Hilarious, charming, and full of toe-tapping numbers from Disney songwriter Alan Menken, Little Shop of Horrors is an entertaining pastiche of the Sci-Fi B movies of the 1950s, with an outlandish villain, a bubbly blonde, and a shambling everyman who's gotta save the world and get the girl. Presented at the Palace Theatre by Southend Operatic & Dramatic Society, get ready to enter the Little Shop of Horrors when it opens its doors from April 22nd to April 25th, 2026!

Middle Ground Theatre Company Ltd presents a newly expanded version of their staging of Charles Dickens' supernatural classic The Signalman, starring Chris Walker (Doctors) and John Burton (Father Brown; Brookside). Adapted by Francis Evelyn and directed by Michael Lunney, atmospheric video projections and an evocative, beautifully realised set bring an unforgettable sense of Victorian suspense to your evening in this excellent production.

Cole Porter's classic comedy musical, Anything Goes comes to you in this marvelous local production staged by the Little Theatre Company! Board an ocean liner in 1934 full of hedonism, God, and gangsters, for a tale of star-crossed lovers coated in a generous amount of golden-era Hollywood sparkle. Porter's iconic standards "I Get a Kick Out of You"; "You'd Be So Easy to Love; You're the Top; "Let's Misbehave", "It's De-lovely", and "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" raise the spirits and provide plenty of toe-tapping moments.