What’s on

New Writing Night at The Rondo

Thu 30 Jan • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre

Join us for an exciting evening of theatre; all written, directed, and produced by The Rondo team, past and present!

For the first time, The Rondo team will showcase their work in a series of short plays. Expect to laugh, expect to cry, and more so, expect to wonder ‘what goes through their minds?’

Recommended age: 16+

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Stable

Fri 31 Jan • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre

Written by Taruna Nalini
Presented by Theatre Nisha UK

Jack, a troubled psychologist, finds himself drawn to his client, Ava, over the course of their therapy sessions. In his own therapy with Tara, he attempts to explore these feelings but falters – resulting in a breakdown in the very safeguards surrounding therapy. This gripping narrative delves into relationships, boundaries and the repercussions of our actions.

Told through duologues between the four characters, Stable is a modern cautionary tale. The play is a journey through the slow and dangerous collapse of a therapist’s internal compass leading to devastating consequences. It poses the question: Is the misuse of power ever forgivable?

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Colin Hoult: Colin

Sat 1 Feb • 8pm • Admission £18 • Comedy

Berk’s Nest in association with United Agents presents Colin Hoult: Colin.

The 2022 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee heads back out on tour. This time as himself, Colin. As seen in Netflix’s Afterlife, BBC’s Ghosts, and BBC’s This Time With Alan Partridge, Colin Hoult heads across the UK with a not-to-be-missed stand-up show!

Following a huge national tour of The Death of Anna Mann in 2022/2023 that saw Colin sell out shows across the country, including additional performances in London’s West End, the critically acclaimed comedian is back with a stand-up show about family, fatherhood, and a formative childhood experience with a Ouija board and a gorilla.

As seen in Avoidance (BBC), The Completely Made Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin (AppleTV) and judging the 2023 BBC New Comedy Awards.

★★★★★ “Terrific… you will laugh yourself silly throughout” The Telegraph.

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Behold Ye Ramblers

Thu 6 Feb • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre

Written by Neil Gore
Presented by Townsend Theatre Productions

From about 1890 up to the 1930s, readers of the The Clarion newspaper formed clubs and societies dedicated to leisure and educational pursuits for the furtherance of health and wellbeing – Clarion Cycling, Clarion Rambling, Scouts, Vocal Unions (choirs), drama groups, brass bands – as well as the Clarion Van for the promotion of Socialism.

New, lively arrangements of songs from the Clarion Song Book (from such luminaries as William Morris, Edward Carpenter and Edith Nesbit) and popular songs amongst the cyclists and ramblers will be front and centre of the performance.

The show invites existing choirs to join the performances, but audiences will also be encouraged to become choir members for the night and actively enjoy the interactive experience. It promises to be an evening of breezy, energetic entertainment that will leave you with the desire to join in with the performance, and then get up onto the nearest hillside and out into the fresh air!

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Rock The Tots: Around the World!

Fri 7 Feb • 11am • Full £8 per head • Music

By Steph and Craig Mitchell

Gigs for little ones… and their grown-ups!

The theme this month is… Around The World! Where in the world will we be taking you?

Expect to hear some super tunes with destinations in their titles and lyrics. There might be some Toto, there may well be some Beach Boys, and who knows, George Ezra might feature! Come along with your wee adventurers, and we will take you on a fun journey. And of course we will have our puppet friends, insane dance moves, stories, memes, and more.

Sessions are approximately 1 hour long, without an interval.
Suitable for children aged 0-6, and their adults. Under 1s go free!
Please note that space is limited so, if you can, ditch the buggy and bring a sling instead.

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Spencer Jones

Fri 7 Feb • 7:30 pm • Full £16 • Comedy

The star of BBC’s The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk and of BBC’s Mister Winner comes to you on tour with his irresistibly madcap show.

Twice BAFTA nominated. Twice Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated. Spencer has the story of moving house from the city to the countryside. Expect some prop-based tomfoolery, chickens rapping over looped songs, visual gags, and a very angry cockerel.

As seen on Ted Lasso, Upstart Crow and Live at the Apollo.

Age restriction: 16+
Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types. Telephone bookings incur an additional booking fee per transaction.

Sparks in the Darkness Live

Sat 8 Feb • 8pm • Full £18 Concs £16 • Music

Presented by Cephid

Cephid is a cutting-edge journey into electronic music, pushing boundaries with innovative music technology and immersive soundscapes and visuals. Their debut album Sparks in the Darkness found fans in places from OMD to Prog Magazine and now, exactly one year after its release, we are excited to bring it to the stage.

The show will be performed by Cephid’s creator, composer and musician Moray Macdonald, accompanied by drummer and keyboardist Graham Brown (Grace and Fire, The Paradox Twin). The flamboyant progressive singer and songwriter That Joe Payne (The Enid, Jordan Rudess) will perform a solo set to open the evening.

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Romance & Revenge

Fri 14 7:30pm & Sat 15 Feb 2:30pm & 7:30pm • Full £15 Concs • Community Theatre

Presented by Luna Theatrics

Following their hit runs of Carrie and The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical in 2024, Luna Theatrics are thrilled to be returning to the Rondo Theatre with Romance & Revenge: An original story of love and loathing told through all of your favourite musical theatre songs.

Whether you’re hopelessly devoted or feeling a little rocky this Valentine’s season, let us keep you company for a night of heartfelt hits from Wicked, Legally Blonde, La La Land, and many more beloved musicals!

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Ahir Shah: Ends

Wed 19 Feb • 7:30pm • Admission £17.50 • Professional Theatre

Ahir Shah presents his award-winning stand-up show Ends. The show spans six decades, three generations, and two continents, synthesising past and present in search of hope for the future. It’s funnier than it sounds, honestly. Loads of absolutely cracking gags.

Ends was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, winning the 2023 Sky Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show. He’s now finally able to take it on tour, and he’s very much looking forward to it. You should come, it’ll be good.

“A show so magnificent on every level… Absolutely my show of the Fringe” The Times
★★★★★ “this is truly outstanding stand up” Evening Standard

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

A Warning to the Curious: Two Ghost Stories by M R James

Thu 20 Feb • 7:30pm • Full £15 Concs £13 • Professional Theatre

Presented by Nunkie

“Sometimes you see him, and sometimes you don’t. It’s just as he pleases, I think: he’s there, but he has some power over your eyes…”

M R James wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in Kings College Cambridge. Now, 120 years after their first publication, Nunkie have bought two of the eeriest and most entertaining back to life in this gripping, candlelit one-man show.

Lost Hearts offers one of James’s most memorable villains, the predatory scholar Mr Abney. It is paired here with perhaps his most poignant and personal work: A Warning to the Curious, in which a young archaeologist is haunted and hunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure.

The English seaside has never looked so menacing…

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.