Theatre and Comedy

The plot might be weaker than the Dame’s knicker elastic, but Robin Hood still manages to hit the target when it comes to delivering a couple of hours of knockabout, slapstick fun at The Cresset in Peterborough.

Folklore hero Robin Hood brings the good fight to Peterborough starting today (Saturday)... and he will have a little help from a former Coronation Street favourite.

Panto season is upon us (oh yes it is!) and the fun begins tonight (Thursday) with Peter Pan at the Key Theatre in Peterborough.

TV star John Challis has postponed his one man show at the former Broadway Theatre for 11 months.

Peterborough Scouts returned to the Key Theatre stage last night with their annual show, performing a mixtures of songs, dances and comedy sketches from past and present.

Telling Tales Children’s Theatre Company gives pantomime a hilarious twist with a spooky Halloween adventure for the whole family at the Key Theatre tomorrow and Friday.

One of the key aims of shows like Rustle, by Paddleboat Theatre Company, is to engage with young theatregoers.

The former Broadway Theatre is set to hold its first big stage performance since its previous management company ran into major financial difficulties.

Platform 8’s fifth festival of theatre for Peterborough is packed with shows for everyone, with nine days of adventures and take-overs, including a new venue – Peterborough Town Hall.

Peterborough’s SuperDrama Productions are back with another of Alan Ayckbourn’s classics, Absurd Person Singular at the Key Theatre from October 9-12.

The newly renamed Broadway Theatre is set to host its first shows since being forced to close due to the financial struggles of the previous management team.

Vivacity’s Key Theatre in Embankment Road is to receive £2,500 to install a hearing loop in its studio theatre, making the venue’s programme even more accessible to the local community.

The troubled Broadway Theatre has been renamed the Peterborough Theatre to “draw a line on its history”.

Customers left out of pocket by the cancellation of the Christmas pantomime at the Broadway Theatre are being offered free tickets to other pantos in Peterborough.

The man hoping to revive the fortunes of The Broadway has launched an astonishing attack on “greedy performers” blaming them for the city theatre’s woes - and became involved in a war of words with one of the companies left out of pocket .

The curtain went up on Tuesday on the annual summer musical starring more than 40 mostly teenagers from the Key Youth Theatre.

Ed Sheeran may be a global superstar with five UK top selling singles, but back in 2010 he was a relatively unknown singer performing at The Cresset in Bretton.

A leading local am-dram group is looking for actors, dancers, singers and performers ahead of an autumn production in Peterborough.

Kindred Drama return to The Key Theatre with their annual summer musical - and this year present KYT (Key Youth Theatre) in Guys and Dolls - with a cast of 48 aged 14-21.