Outside may be getting colder, but things are heating up on The Atkinson stage. November brings a fantastic mix of spectacular dance, hilarious comedy, and touch of festive magic.
Take a look at some of this month’s highlights:
Desperate Scousewives: Nessa’s Story
Thursday 19 November 2026, 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Following its sell-out run earlier this year, the Scousewives are back. Fast, funny and full of attitude, Desperate Scousewives Nessa’s Story is the perfect Christmas night out. Strictly 18+, not for the faint hearted!

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The Snow Queen
Friday 06 November 2026, 7:30pm
Join Ballet Theatre UK in their beautiful re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy-tale ballet, The Snow Queen.

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Murder Impossible: A Christmas Murder Mystery
Friday 13 November 2026, 8pm
Join DBY Interactive for this interactive theatrical Murder Mystery Christmas Special. A night of secrets, disguises, broken hearts and murder.

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Ignacio Lopez: Nada
Saturday 14 November 2026, 8pm
A brand new, completely unique and blisteringly funny stand up show right in front of your eyes, from absolutely nothing! Star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, QI, Richard Osman’s House of Games & Comedy Central Live; Ignacio Lopez returns with perhaps his most ambitious and pretentious project yet.
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Christmas Gothic
Friday 20 November 2026, 7:30pm
Come in from the cold and enter into the Christmas spirit as a dark and spectral woman tells haunting tales of the festive season, lighting a candle to the frailties of human nature and illuminating the cold and chilling depths of the bleak, wintry dark…
