Pop icon, Adam Ant, performs his landmark, solo album Friend or Foe for the first time, live in its entirety, as well as classic chart-topping singles and personal favourites.

Following a world tour to sold-out venues throughout the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Adam Ant confirms returns for his 2019 Friend or Foe UK Tour this winter.

Friend or Foe album was Adam’s first release as a solo artist and included three hit singles. The massive hit Goody Two Shoes reached number one in the UK, Friend or Foe, the single, was another top 10 hit in the UK while Desperate But Not Serious was the album’s third UK smash. Friend or Foe his most successful solo album to date, made number five in the UK and was certified gold album status on both sides of the Atlantic after selling over 100,000 copies.

From his early punk days in London to his explosion on the world stage that would lead to him becoming an icon, Adam Ant’s musical career spans the course of nine albums and 22 chart-topping singles worldwide. At one point, Adam had eight singles in the UK Top 40 in one week!

Adam Ant facts:

22 hit singles
Q Icon award
2 Ivor Novello awards
Winner of first Brit Award
Grammy nominee
MTV's sexiest man alive
Eight singles in the Top 40

Tickets £40 £36.50

Jump aboard our magic carpet as we travel to ancient China to meet our hero, young Aladdin.

Aladdin, with his mother Widow Twankey, works long hours in the family laundry.

His life takes a dramatic turn one day when his long-lost uncle, Abanazar, appears and helps him find an ancient lamp from a cave full of treasure.

Disaster falls as Aladdin becomes trapped in the cave and in despair he rubs his hands – accidentally unleashing the genie within.

As the genie offers to grant Aladdin’s three wishes, he soon finds out that magic wishes are not all they seem.

Join us for this traditional family pantomime full of songs, laughter, fun, baddies, silliness – and lots of custard pies!

Starring X Factor winner Sam Bailey and popstar Antony Costa from Blue, as well as Channel 5 Milkshake! presenter Nathan Connor, BBC Radio Leicester's Martin Ballard, Paul Burling from Britain's Got Talent and magicians Matthew Pomeroy and Natasha Lamb.

We need you to star in our pantomime! Auditions for the junior chorus will be held on Sunday 21 July. More information to follow.

Price band A
All performances except Saturday 14 December and Thursday 2, Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 January
£28.50 £25.50 £22.50
Children under 16 £23.50 £20.50 £17.50
Family of four £91 £79 £67 (requires at least one adult or child per party)

Price band B
Saturday 14 December and Thursday 2, Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 January only
£20 £17.75 £14.75
Children under 16 £15 £12.75 £10.75
Family of four £58 £50 £42 (requires at least one adult or child per party)

Group offers
Book 10 or more tickets and save £2 per ticket

Relaxed Performance Thursday 2 January 1pm
For people with an autistic spectrum condition, learning disability or with additional sensory or communication needs. This performance is also a British Sign Language interpreted performance.

Signed Performance Thursday 2 January 5pm
British Sign Language interpreted performance. 

Schools performances
Monday 16 to Thursday 19 December 10am and 1.15pm
All tickets £9.75 plus one teacher free per 10 tickets booked

Join us for the official launch event for Leicester Comedy Festival 2020!

This annual comedy treat is the perfect opportunity to sample some of the acts wo will be performing as part of the main festival when it rolls into town in February. Always a sell-out, the show has previously included appearances from Jimmy Carr, Sarah Millican, Jenny Eclair and Barry Cryer.

Tickets £26.50

Welcome to the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2019/20 season.

Bringing together brilliant artists with some of the greatest music ever written, there is something for everyone to be thrilled, inspired or challenged by in the seven concerts and free talks.
 

Friday 25 October, 7pm
ELIM CHAN: TCHAIKOVSKY & SHOSTAKOVICH
THE LORD MAYOR’S CONCERT
Elim Chan conductor
Sol Gabetta cello
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, Little Russian

Wednesday 20 November, 7pm
BEETHOVEN & SCHUBERT
Philippe Herreweghe conductor
Thomas Zehetmair violin
BEETHOVEN Overture, The Creatures of Prometheus; Violin Concerto
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5

Tuesday 14 January, 7pm
SALONEN CONDUCTS THE FIREBIRD
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay violin
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY The Firebird

Sunday 1 March, 7.30pm
(Please note later start time)
SHOSTAKOVICH & BRAHMS
Alpesh Chauhan conductor
Valentina Lisitsa piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy Overture, The Tempest
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Wednesday 1 April, 7pm
HERAS-CASADO: POEMS AND PAINTINGS
Pablo Heras-Casado conductor
Daniel Kharitonov piano
BOULANGER D’un soir triste
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY arr. RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

Friday 1 May, 7pm
DVORÁK & MENDELSSOHN
Gergely Madaras conductor
Andrei Ionita cello
MENDELSSOHN Overture in C Major
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

Friday 22 May, 7pm
SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI: SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 5
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor
Nemanja Radulović violin
AUDIENCE VOTE*
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

£37.50 £30.50 £24.50 £18.50 £13.50

Students and Under 25s £6 (not available on top price tickets)
Limited number of half price tickets for those in receipt of Pension Credit and Universal Credit (proof will be required)

Subscription packages available. To book, call 0116 233 3111 or visit the De Montfort Hall box office in person - we regret subscription bookings cannot be made online.

They're back at last!

Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman are heading out on tour.

With a selection of old favourites, songs you haven’t heard before and some you wish you’d never heard in the first place. The songs are hilarious and topical - the glamour is unstoppable.

With three Olivier Award nominations and over 25 million YouTube and Facebook hits for Cheap Flights and their incredibly rude Christmas song how can you possibly miss them?

"Cabaret Heaven." ***** Metro

"Outrageous... seductive." **** Guardian

"I can’t recommend this show highly enough." ***** Mail on Sunday

"Hilarious." **** Telegraph

"Engages the brain as well as the funny-bone." ***** Times

£26.50

Who is to blame for the worldwide phenomena of ukulele orchestras and ukulelemania?

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain!

Tap your toes with the royalty of the ukulele scene, the independent rock-stars of the bonsai guitar, who have plucked and sung, joked and whistled with Clean Bandit, Robbie Williams, Madness, Cat Stevens, The Ministry of Sound and Blue Peter.

The world’s very first Ukulele Orchestra is not just about ukuleles; it is about entertainment, joy, fun, strum and artistry.

Tickets £27 £25
Group Offer - Groups of 10+ receive 10% off tickets

Like the name says it’s a Comedy Club 4 Kids!

Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits!

"A highlight for children... giving them a taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club." The Guardian

"The perfect way to entertain the whole family." Three Weeks

"The ethos is just right." The Daily Telegraph

"This show was great!" 

The Scotsman

Tickets

£8

Family of four £20

It has been a while, but the multi-award-winning Welsh comedian is back, with a brand new live show. In a seven-year break from stand-up, a lot has happened to Rhod Gilbert. Almost all of it s**t. And just when he thought he’d hit rock bottom, he met a bloke...called John.

This show sees Rhod as funny as ever, but like never before. Raw, personal and brutally honest; no more lies, no more nonsense. Tour extended due to phenomenal demand. 

As seen on 'Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience', ‘'Would I Lie to You?’, 'Taskmaster’, ‘Qi’, 'The Apprentice: You’re Fired’, 'Live at The Apollo', 'Have I Got News for You?’, and much more…

"Darkly hilarious. Gilbert's most satisfying show for a decade. It's good to have him back." Times

"Volcanic, high octane humour. Uproariously funny."Guardian

"Britain's crossest comic roars back in style. Hilarious tour-de-force." Telegraph

Tickets £29

Please note this is the same show as March 2019

Joe Spud is twelve years old and the richest boy in the country. He has his own sports car, two crocodiles for pets and 100,000 pounds a week pocket money. But what Joe doesn't have is a friend. So he decides to leave his posh school and start again at the local comp. But things don't go as planned for Joe and life becomes a rollercoaster as he tries find what money can't buy!

From the award-winning West End producers of Gangsta Granny and Awful Auntie comes this amazing new production of David Walliams' best-selling story!

"What a magnificent show! If this production was on Britain's Got Talent I'd be giving it the Golden Buzzer! It's fantastic." David Walliams

Tickets

Friday 7pm Saturday 2.30pm 7pm Sunday 11am
£23.50 £21.50 Children £19 £17 Family of four £77 £66

Wednesday 7pm Thursday 7pm
£21.50 £19.50 Children £17 £15 Family of four £69 £61

Thursday 1.30pm Friday 10.30am
£10 all seats plus one teacher free for every 10 children

Running time 2 hour 10 minutes including 20 minute interval

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott are heading out on tour, to coincide with the release of their new album Manchester Calling, in spring 2020.

Their fourth studio album, boasts all the hallmarks of Heaton’s beautifully bittersweet song writing, effortlessly catchy melodies allied with an everyman’s biting exasperation at the modern world alongside some truly heartfelt love songs.

Paul Heaton, one of the UK’s most successful songwriters with some 15 million album sales under his belt, first came to public attention in the early 80s as front man of Hull-based indie poppers The Housemartins (the same group that spawned Norman Fatboy Slim Cook), best known for their third single Happy Hour and their number one acapella Isley Bros cover Caravan Of Love.

In 1988 Heaton formed The Beautiful South, who released 10 hugely successful albums, Jacqui Abbott was lead vocalist in The Beautiful South from 1994 to 2000 and she sang many of their signature hits including Rotterdam, Perfect 10, Don’t Marry Her and Dream A Little Dream. The Beautiful South called it a day in 2007 citing musical similarities. Since then, the pair have released a number of albums together.

Tickets £31.50

A powerful and stirring reinvention of this beloved family favourite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning music and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance.

Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan has rerecorded his mesmerising soundtrack while producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan have completely reimagined the groundbreaking show with innovative and spectacular lighting, projection, stage and costume designs.

The 25th Anniversary show catapults Riverdance into the 21st century and will completely immerse you in the extraordinary and elemental power of its music and dance. Twenty-five years on, both new and devoted fans of all ages will once again fall in love with the magic of Riverdance – the original, the best.

£54.50 tiered stalls, front circle

£49 side circles, rear circle and upper circle

£39.50 upper circle