Canolfan UCHELDRE Centre

An the end of term festive performance with songs, dance and a story devised by our talented students.

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please call the Ucheldre box-office on 01407 763361 or email:  box-office@ucheldre.org

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Cordon, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen all come together this Christmas, joining visionary director Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King’s Speech) for the cinema event of the year.

CATS tells the story of a Young kitten abandoned in London, who encounters a tribe of cats who come together once a year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

Each Cat shows off their distinctive personalities shine through via song & dance.  The tribe’s decision nearing, a marginalized cat, Grizabella, attempts to overcome prejudice and bullying from the group to be selected. However, her dreams are threatened by the re-emergence of the villainous Macavity, who is determined to become the chosen cat by any means necessary.

From the mind of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Cats is one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history. It received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981 where it played for 21 record-breaking years and almost 9,000 performances.

To watch the trailer please click here

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is drafted in to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film, with all its mystery and intrigue is wonderful updating of the good old fashioned "who dunnit". Also starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Kinky Boots The Musical, filmed live at London’s Adelphi Theatre, is strutting onto the big screen!

Charlie is a factory owner struggling to save his family business, and Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair learn to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy stilettos unlike any the world has ever seen!

To watch the trailer please click here

Kinky Boots The Musical, filmed live at London’s Adelphi Theatre, is strutting onto the big screen!

Charlie is a factory owner struggling to save his family business, and Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair learn to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy stilettos unlike any the world has ever seen!

To see the trailer please click here

James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, broadcast live to cinemas from the West End in London.

Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one big problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano - or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight?

Edmond Rostand’s masterwork is adapted by Martin Crimp, with direction by Jamie Lloyd (Betrayal). This classic play will be brought to life with linguistic ingenuity to celebrate Cyrano’s powerful and resonant resistance against overwhelming odds.

Eddy The Teddy and his best friend Sammy Ragdoll decide that tomorrow would be just the day for a picnic.

Sammy says she'll have to organise everything because Eddy probably won't be able to. Eddy pleads for Sammy to give him a chance to help. Sammy doesn't want her friend to think she doesn't trust him so she agrees, fearing the worst.

Will she be pleasantly surprised?

The show uses many elements of theatre, mime, puppetry and songs to join in with. It's a perfect introduction to live entertainment for children who've never been to a show before, and a welcome return for Eddy the Teddy's young fans.

Suitable for children aged 3-6 years old

Treasure Island is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of pirates and buried treasure from Bristol to a faraway Island.

"Pieces of Eight! Pieces of eight!" yells Captain Flint, the parrot. This book is also where the phrase "You ho ho and a bottle of Rum!" comes from.

Meet Jim Hawkins, a young lad who gets himself caught up in an adventure across the seas. Follow the story as Jim meets Captain Smollett, Billy Bones and the most famous pirate of them all Long John Silver.

Barking Dog's two talented actors (with the help of a some puppets and children from the audience) present this exciting tale.

With original music and audience participation as well as use of puppetry and mime, this is ideal for any book week, projects on travel, pirates, adventure, Music or Drama.

Suitable for children aged 5-10 years old

One life in the hands of 12 women.

The Welkin is an unpredictable, gritty, thriller. A bold story packed with tension and dark humour, told in a striking, contemporary way.

Rural Suffolk in England, 1759. As the country waits for Halley’s comet, a young woman is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder.

When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she’s telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose. With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.

James Macdonald (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) directs Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything, Funny Cow) and Ria Zmitrowicz (Three Girls, Mr. Selfridge) in this bold and gripping thriller from Tony Award-nominated writer Lucy Kirkwood (Chimerica, Skins).

Leontes rips his family apart with his jealousy but grief opens his heart. Will he find the child he abandoned before it is too late?

Set across a 16-year span from Mad Men to the moon landings, this new production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale imagines a world where the ghosts of fascist Europe collide with horrors of The Handmaid’s Tale, before washing up on a joyful seashore.

King Leontes rips his family apart with his jealousy but grief opens his heart. Will he find the child he abandoned before it is too late?

 A moving new production directed by Deputy Artistic Director Erica Whyman.

A man arrives in a strange town only to find that everyone knows his name, but thinks he’s someone else.

“So I to find a mother and a brother

In quest of them, unhappy, lose myself”

How do any of us really know who we are? A man arrives in a strange town only to find that everyone knows his name, but thinks he’s someone else. A woman wonders why her husband is not the man he was, but starts to rather like it. Confusion mounts as everyone uncouples from themselves. Will they ever find themselves again? And do they really want to?

Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, a fairytale farce of everyday miracles, mistaken identity and double vision, is directed by comedy master Phillip Breen (The Provoked Wife 2019, The Hypocrite 2017, The Merry Wives of Windsor 2012).

Miles Jupp will make his RSC debut as Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors. 

    Shakespeare’s touching and hopeful tale of loss and reconciliation located in a familiar world of precarious journeys.

 

Forced to flee his native land, Pericles becomes a refugee at the mercy of sea and strangers. Scarred by the heart-breaking loss of family and home, he submits to the rhythms of the ocean in the hope of a miracle. Located in a familiar world of precarious journeys and treacherous alliances, this is Shakespeare’s touching and hopeful tale of loss and reconciliation.

 Director Blanche McIntyre returns to the RSC after her acclaimed Titus Andronicus (2017) and The Two Noble Kinsmen (2016).