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For the very first time, your favourite songs and characters from the BAFTA Award-winning BBC TV series will be appearing live (and dead!) on stage in a very special production!

When William Shakespeare is asked to create the greatest show on earth, he’s already facing a tough challenge (he knows he’s good but is he that good?!) but he’s no idea how much trouble he’ll get from monstrous monarchs like Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and Boudica! Things hot up when Death appears – and now Boudica, Napoleon and Cleopatra all want to take over! Can things get any worse? Of course they can – Loo Man’s in the building too!

Featuring a live band, led by the Horrible Histories song master Richie Webb himself, with his sensational TV songs, including Charles II, Dick Turpin and the Vikings, this is one show you don’t want to miss! Bring your singing voices for what promises to be a truly Horrible show!

 

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Tour Dates

23 Jan 2026 - 18 Apr 2026
Darlington Hippodrome
23 Jan 2026 - 24 Jan 2026
Bristol Beacon
30 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2026
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
01 Feb 2026
Opera House Manchester
06 Feb 2026 - 07 Feb 2026
Liverpool Empire
13 Feb 2026 - 14 Feb 2026
Royal Festival Hall, London
17 Feb 2026
The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
20 Feb 2026 - 21 Feb 2026
Milton Keynes Theatre
27 Feb 2026 - 28 Feb 2026
Cambridge Corn Exchange
01 Mar 2026
Sheffield City Hall
08 Mar 2026
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
13 Mar 2026 - 15 Mar 2026
Theatre Royal Glasgow
20 Mar 2026 - 21 Mar 2026
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
29 Mar 2026
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
02 Apr 2026 - 04 Apr 2026
York Barbican
06 Apr 2026 - 07 Apr 2026
Brighton Dome
09 Apr 2026 - 11 Apr 2026
Sunderland Empire
17 Apr 2026 - 18 Apr 2026

Creative Team

Written by Ben Ward and Claire Wetton

Music by Richie Webb

Directed by Neal Foster

Designed by Jackie Trousdale

Choreography by Lucie Pankhurst

Lighting by Jason Taylor

Sound by Nick Sagar

Production Manager Adrian Littlejohns