Tickets are now on sale for the Spring/Summer 2026 season, offering a diverse programme of theatre, music, comedy and family entertainment from February through to August.
The season opens on 20 February with the Saltburn Smugglers, bringing their foot-stomping folk and sea shanties to the Georgian stage. Music continues to feature strongly, with the Richmond Chamber Orchestra presenting Prodigies and Whizz-Kids on 8 March, followed by fiddler Tom McConville and pianist Michael Biggins on 17 April. Springsteen On Broadway hits the stage on 1 May, with All-Age Musical Safari on 27 May and Late Night Bach on 29 May. Other highlights include The Rozzers on 19 June, Budapest Café Orchestra on 27 June, Fleetwood Bac on 3 and 4 July, and Twice Nightly on 10 and 11 July.
Drama fans can enjoy a strong season of storytelling, starting with Fakespeare on 28 February and The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged on 6 March. When Vincent Met John follows on 13 March, with George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion on 28 March and H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man on 2 April. Making a Killing plays on 18 April, Dyad Productions’ General Medical Emergency Ward 10 on 25 April, The Maladies on 15 May, and Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night on 16 May.
Comedy highlights include Tom Davis on 25 and 26 February, The Noise Next Door: Comedy, Improvised on 27 February, Marcus Brigstocke on 7 March, Rob Rouse on 27 March, and The Mayor’s Big Comedy Night on 11 April, featuring a mix of national and local comics.
Family audiences can enjoy Hop, Scamper, Scurry! on 6 June, alongside performances by the Georgian Youth Theatre, pupils of Richmond School, and the Rhythm and Shoes Dance Academy.
Local theatre groups also feature prominently, with The Castle Players presenting Ladies’ Day on 21 February, Richmond Amateur Dramatic Society staging The Mirror Crack’d on 18–21 March and The Tempest on 23–25 July and 29 July–1 August, Richmond Operatic Society bringing Little Shop of Horrors on 19–23 May, and STEPPS Theatre Group performing Little Women on 13 June.
Special presentations include mountaineer Simon Yates sharing his adventures on 2 May, and the History Wardrobe’s Divine Deco celebrating 1920s glamour on 9 May. Best-selling author Sally Coulthard also presents The Wildlife Year: How to Connect with Nature Through the Seasons on 27 May.
Details of all shows and events are in the programme brochure, available from the Box Office, on the website or by calling 01748 825252.