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The Visual Poetry of 1001 Objects - 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2014
Date: January 2012 - January 2014
Time: All day
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
Tickets: FREE
Description: This exhibition space is nestled in the heart of the museum, a place where we hope to inspire you with an eclectic selection of objects. The Visual Poetry of 1001 Objects profiles an amazing 1001 objects in a dynamic presentation, designed to celebrate the diversity of our collection and add visual delight to the museum experience.
Derby Roundhouse Tour Gift Voucher - 04/12/2012 - 31/12/2013
WE ARE NOW SELLING DERBY ROUNDHOUSE TOUR GIFT VOUCHERS
For a gift that's a little bit different why not purchase a Derby Roundhouse Tour Gift Voucher?
Join us on a journey to explore the oldest turning shed in the WORLD where the golden age of steam once ruled the world!The crumbling remains of The Roundhouse has been restored into a truly unique learning centre for Derby College and this special tour reveals how the impressive new buildings complement the character of this historical site.
The vouchers are £6 each and can be redeemed against one scheduled Derby Roundhouse Tour.
TO PURCHASE A GIFT VOUCHER: Visit in person the Derby Tourist Information Centre, Assembley Rooms, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AH
Terms & Conditions:
- One voucher per person
- Voucher can be redeemed againgst one scheduled Derby Roundhouse Tour >> UPCOMING TOUR DATES
- Voucher must be used within 6 months of the issue date
- Voucher cannot be exchanged for cash
- Voucher cannot be refunded or replaced if lost or stolen
Farmer's Market - 24/01/2013, 21/02/2013, 21/03/2013, 18/04/2013, 16/05/2013, 20/06/2013, 18/07/2013, 15/08/2013, 19/09/2013, 17/10/2013, 21/11/2013, 19/12/2013
Date: Every third Thursday in each month
Time: 09:00 - 15:00
Venue: Market Place, Derby
Tickets: Free entry.
Description: A range of local products from ostrich burgers to poacher's cheese. The market also stocks freshly baked bread and for the gardeners, a selection of plants. Be sure to get there early as produce goes quickly!
KidsQUAD: Mad Machines - 19/02/2013 - 06/08/2013
Date: Monday 18th February to Tuesday 19th February 2013
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Venue: Derby QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
Tickets: £20 for both sessions. Booking essential as places are limited, through QUAD Box Office 01332 290 606.
Description: To tie in with FORMAT International Festival's FACTORY THEME, KidsQUADers will work together to create and film a piece of magical, mechanical mayhem! We will be building fantastical machines, amazing animations and filming the journey through our creations.
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The Comedy Club Derby - 01/03/2013, 31/05/2013, 19/07/2013, 06/09/2013, 29/11/2013
Date: Friday 1st March, 31st May, 19th July, 6th September & 29th November 2013
Time: Doors Open 19:30 - Meal served 20:00 - Show Time 21:00
Venue: Jurys Inn Derby, King Street, Derby, DE1 3DB
Tickets: £19.95 incl. Comedy Show, Basket Meal and Disco. Members £18.95 Incl. Comedy Show, Basket Meal and Disco.
Description: A brilliant night out including stand-up comedy, basket meal, waitress service at your table and a disco afterwards - join The Comedy Club in Derby for its first show. Special hotel rate availablefor those wanting to stop the night too!
Comedy at Sadlergates - 02/03/2013, 06/04/2013, 04/05/2013, 01/06/2013, 06/07/2013, 03/08/2013, 07/09/2013, 05/10/2013
Date: Saturday 2nd March, 6th April, 4th May, 1st June, 6th July, 3 August, 7th September, 5th October, 2nd November & 7th December 2013
Time: 19:30 doors, 20:30 show starts
Venue: Sadlergates, 19-20 Sadler Gate, Derby, DE1 3NH
Tickets: £10. Comedy meal deal £24.95 includes 2 course meal in the Black Rock Grill restaurant and comedy ticket.
Call 01332 368 822 or <<BOOK ONLINE>>
Description: Join us on the first Saturday of every month for live comedy. Set in our vibrant Cafe Bar on Sadler Gate we host a monthly comedy night where top acts from around the country perform to an exclusive audience in our intimate cafe bar setting.
Eric Kessels: Album Beauty - 08/03/2013 - 26/05/2013
Date: Friday 8th March - Sunday 26th May 2013
Time: All Day
Venue: Derby QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
Tickets: FREE
Description: Album Beauty, an exhibition of found photographs curated by Erik Kessels, is an ode to the vanishing era of the photo album. Once commonplace in every home, the photo-album has been replaced by the digital age where images are now jpegs and live online and in hard drives. These visual narratives are testament to the once universal appeal to document and display the mundane. Often a repository for family history, they usually represent a manufactured family as edited for display. The albums speak of birth, death, beauty, sexuality, pride, happiness, youth, competition, exploration, complicity and friendship.
Erik Kessels: Album Beauty is curated by Erik Kessels in collaboration with Foam Amsterdam.
Towers and Tunnels of the Cathedral Quarter Tour - 09/03/2013, 13/04/2013, 25/05/2013, 15/06/2013, 20/07/2013, 24/08/2013, 28/09/2013, 26/10/2013, 30/11/2013
Date: 9th March, 13th April, 25th May, 15th JUne, 20th July, 24th August, 28th September, 26th October & 30th November 2013
Time: 14:45 (Tours take approximately 2-3 hours)
Venue: The Guildhall entrance, Market Place, Derby
Tickets: £10.
Description: Learn some little known facts on the historic Cathedral Quarter. First of Derby's historic Cathedral. Then Climb the tower to see the spectacular views over the city. Back on the ground Take a journey with Richard Felix into Some of the tunnels below our city.
Unfortunately there is no disabled access to the towers or tunnels but all are welcome to look around the Cathedral.
To book: call The Mecca in the Derby Market Hall 01332 381076 Or Derby Tourist Information Centre 01332 643 411
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Time Trail - 21/03/2013 - 01/09/2013
Date: Thursday 21st March - 1st September 2013
Time: All day
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
Tickets: 50p per child, just drop in.
Description: Take part in our 'Time Trail' at Derby Museum. Throughout the 'Time 2013' season, follow our family friendly trail around the museum to discover time-related objects.
Suitable for families.
'History and Mysteries' of the Cathedral Quarter - 08/04/2013 - 02/09/2013
Date: Every Monday
Time: 12:00
Venue: Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby, DE1 3GP
Tickets: £6 (to include a discount voucher for use in the Derby Cathedral coffee shop)
Description: Join renowned historuian Richard Felix, for a 45 minute tour of Derby's cathedral Quarter, where you will learn fascinating facts about one of Derby's most historical areas.
Meet Outside Derby Cathedral.
Telephone: 01332 419 053 for further details.
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Absolute Salsa Party - 12/04/2013, 10/05/2013, 15/06/2013, 12/07/2013
Date: 12th April, 10th May, 15th June & 12th July 2013
Time: 20:00
Venue: Déda, Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU
Tickets: £8.
Description: Show us your moves and spice up your social life with a night of Absolute Salsa, the East Midlands' biggest and most popular salsa promoter. Absolute Salsa parties are the perfect addition to your salsa schedule alongside weekly classes at Déda. Hosted by Lee Hunter UKA (voted UK Top Teacher) and the Absolute Salsa team, the evening kicks-off with fun 45-minute Salsa and Latin American dance classes for everyone from complete beginners to intermediates. Then dance the night away to either Hot Salsa Dura in the CUBE café|bar or chill-out with a great R&B salsa vibe in the theatre 'til 1am.
Patchwork Team Challenge - A Stitch in Time Saves 9 - 08/05/2013, 24/05/2013, 12/06/2013, 22/06/2013, 09/07/2013, 19/07/2013
Date: Wednesday 8th May, Friday 24th May, Wednesday 12th June, Saturday 22nd June, Tuesday 9th July & Friday 19th July 2013
Time: 8 May 09:30-12:30, 24 May 13:00-16:00, 12 June 09:30-12:30, 22 June 10:00-13:00, 9 Jul 12:30-15:30 & 19 July 10:00-13:00.
Venue: Pickford's House, 41 Friar Gate, Derby, DE1 1DA
Tickets: FREE but please book on Derby Adult Learning Service Learner Helpline on 01332 717 900
Description: Work in a team, against the clock, to create patchwork blocks which will be stitched together to make quilts. We need teams of six people - maximum of 3 teams a session - to cut out, assemble, press and sew simple patchwork blocks. If you do not have a whole team we can link individuals/groups to form a team. We will supply the sewing machines and the materials, please bring cotton fabrics if you would like to donate these to the project.
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Derbyshire Open Arts 2013 - 25/05/2013 - 27/05/2013
Date: Saturday 25th - Monday 27th May 2013
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Venue: Various
Tickets: FREE
Description: Annual open arts and crafts event taking place across Derbyshire over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May. You are invited to visit homes, studios, public halls and other venues to meet the artists free of charge.
The Pitmen Painters - 28/05/2013 - 01/06/2013
Date: Tuesday 28th May - Saturday 1st June 2013
Time: Tuesday 28th May 19:30, Wednesday 29th May 14:30, Wednesday 29th May 19:30, Thursday 30th May 14:30 & 19:30, Friday 31st May 19:30, Saturday 1st June 14:30 & 19:30
Venue: Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF
Tickets: £10 - £25
Description: Following sell out seasons at The National Theatre and written by the creator of the worldwide sensation Billy Elliot, The Pitmen Painters has received huge critical acclaim and won the Evening Standard award for Best New Play.
Time Travel Day - Experience Derby through the ages - 31/05/2013
Date: Friday 31st May 2013
Time: 10:00 - 15:00
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
Tickets: Free, no need to book, just drop in.
Description: Join us on our 'time travelling' day of discovery for the 'Time 2013 season'! Derby Museums are travelling back in time! Take part in time-themed crafts and activities. Meet Vikings, Romans, Egyptians and Knights of Old! Talk to medieval archers and fair maidens, and find out what life was like long ago!
Suitable for families.
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Pickford's House Time Travel Day - 31/05/2013
Date: Friday 31st May 2013
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Pickford's House, 41 Friar Gate, Derby, DE1 1DA
Tickets: Free, no need to book, just drop in.
Description: As part of our 'Time 2013' celebrations join us at Pickford's House as we travel back to Georgian times. Meet some Georgian ladies and gentlemen and take part in our wonderful Georgian themed crafts.
Suitable for families.
Richard Herring - 31/05/2013
Date: Friday 31st May
Time: 20:00
Venue: Derby Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AH
Tickets: £15
Description: Richard Herring intends to find out in this tenth anniversary update of the critically acclaimed show that exposes the truth about men and their flutes of love. Sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2002 and Melbourne Comedy Festival 2003, translated and performed in over a dozen European countries, published as a book by Ebury press.
Ey Up Mi Duck Race - 08/06/2013
Date: Saturday 8th June 2013
Time: The family fun day starts at 11:00 and finishes at 15:00 with the duck race taking place at 13:30. The winner of the duck race will be announced at 14:45.
Venue: Cathedral Green, Derby
Tickets: FREE entry.
Description: Sight Support Derbyshire's biggest annual event the Ey up mi duck race sponsored by Western Power Distribution is back again for 2013. This year promises to be the biggest and best yet.
There will be rides, bouncy castle and slide, stalls, games and much more.
Each ticket you purchase sponsors a rubber duck that will race down the River Derwent and the winning duck wins £250 in cash.
There will be 2 races taking place - the raffle ticket duck race and corporate ducks - companies can buy a giant duck to dress up and race.
There will be a prize for the best dressed duck and the winner of the giant duck race.
Should I Stay or Should I go? at the Funhouse Comedy Club - 10/06/2013
Date: Monday 10th June 2013
Time: 20:00 doors. 20:30 show.
Venue: Bar One, 1 Newland Street, Derby, DE1 1JD
Tickets: £4 adv.
Description: New Acts Competition. 15 comedians compete. Audience judges vote on whether to, keep them on or send them off! Compere Spiky Mike.
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The Seagull - 11/06/2013 - 22/06/2013
Date: Tuesday 11th - Saturday 22nd June 2013
Time: Tue 11 June 19:30, Wed 12 June 14:30 & 19:30, Thurs 13 June 19:30, Fri 14 June 19:30, Sat 15 June 14:30 & 19:30, Tues 18 June 19:30, Wed 19 June 14:30 & 19:30, Thurs 20 June 19:30 & Fri 21 June 19:30
Venue: Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF
Tickets: £10 - £25
Description: A play about unrequited love - a story about how we create stories - and one of the greatest plays of the modern era. In The Seagull, Chekhov explores emotion, creativity and romantic conflict with the clarity of a doctor and the heart of a poet.
Teddy Time! - 14/06/2013
Date: Friday 14th June 2013
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
Tickets: Free, no need to book, just drop in.
Description: Bring your own teddy for a teddies tea party! Make a teddy mask, listen to teddy stories, and complete our teddy challenge!
Suitable for children aged between 2 and 5 years.
The Summer Solstice - An early morning guided walk around the city - 21/06/2013
Date: Friday 21st June 2013
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
Tickets: Free but bring money for optional refreshments.
Description: Meet us at the entrance to Derby Museum and Art Gallery and join us for a walk on the longest day of the year. Enjoy this special early morning walk through the city as the sun comes up over Darley Park. Finish at the Terrace café for an optional breakfast or refreshments before returning to the Museum.
Suitable for all, no need to book.
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Talk: Joseph Wright & the Enlightenment - 22/06/2013
Date: Saturday 22nd June 2013
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
Tickets: Free, booking essential as places are limited.
To book, call in to Derby Museum and Art Gallery or telephone 01332 641 901
Description: Join Lucy Bamford, Keeper of Art at Derby Museums, as she talks about the connections between Joseph Wright and other members of the Lunar Society including John Whitehurst during the exciting age of the Enlightenment.
Suitable for adults.
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Blue Remembered Hills - 25/06/2013 - 29/06/2013
Date: Tuesday 25th - Saturday 29th June 2013
Time: Tuesday 25th June 19:30, Wednesday 26th June 19:30, Thursday 27th June 14:30 & 19:30, Friday 28th June 19:30, Saturday 29th June 14:30 & 19:30
Venue: Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF
Tickets: £10 - £23
Description: "Into my heart an air that kills from yon far country blows: what are those blue remembered hills, what spires, what farms are those?" AE Housman
Dennis Potter's charming and profound play captures his expansive humanity, his wicked humour and his fierce intolerance of ordinary cruelty. The story of seven children one wartime summer, whose hilarious games, complex friendships and moral dilemmas lead them headlong into sudden and unexpected tragedy.
James and the Giant Peach - 02/07/2013 - 06/07/2013
Date: Tuesday 2nd - Saturday 6th July 2013
Time: Tuesday 2nd July 19:00, Wednesday 3rd July 10:30 & 13:30, Thursday 4th July 10:30 & 19:00, Friday 5th July 10:30 & 19:00, Saturday 6 July 14:30 & 19:00
Venue: Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF
Tickets: £13 - £15
Description: Written by Roald Dahl. Adapted by David Wood.
James lives with Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, the most revolting aunts in England. They make him work and slave and never let him play with other children.
Then one day he meets a mystical old man who gives him a bag that contains the strongest magic the world has ever known. When James accidentally spills the bag near an old peach tree, the most incredible things start to happen - and James embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with the most amazing group of characters you could ever meet!
36th Derby City Charter Summer Beer Festival - 10/07/2013 - 14/07/2013
Date: Wednesday 10th - Sunday 14th July 2013
Time: To be confirmed.
Venue: Assembly Rooms & Market Place, Derby
Tickets: To be confirmed.
Description: Preparations are now continuing for the 36th Derby City Charter Summer Beer Festival. The theme for the festival will be John Whitehurst FRS, an eminent clockmaker and scientist who was born 300 years ago and lived in Derby. We will be teaming up with the Derby Museum on this theme. .
The festival will feature an outside 40m by 20m marquee in the market place and we hope to be able to offer an outside seating area to complement this. Beers will also be available from the Darwin suite inside the Assembly Rooms. A Derby City bar will again feature in the Darwin foyee, where we will show case the amazing variety of breweries we are lucky enough to have in the city of Derby.
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DEparture Lounge - 11/07/2013 - 19/07/2013
Date: Thursday 11th - Friday 19th July 2013
Time: Various
Venue: Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF
Tickets: Various
Description: Take off for a new adventure at Derby Theatre this summe. Buckle up and prepare to go on a theatrical adventure with Derby Theatre this summer! For one week in July, DEparture Lounge will showcase some of the most exciting fringe theatre companies from across the UK before they depart for the heady lights of Edinburgh and beyond. The main stage will be transformed into a wonderful summer festival where you can relax on the 'grass' and watch some extraordinary theatre - so, don't forget your picnic blanket!
EDGE-Lit 2013 - 13/07/2013
Date: Saturday 13th July 2013
Time: 10:00 - 00:00
Venue: Derby QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
Tickets: £20 - £25.
Description: QUAD brings together a host of leading science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing for Edge-Lit, an exciting day event for one of the city's leading venues. The ideal day out for fans, readers and aspiring writers of genre fiction, Edge-Lit gathers together over thirty authors, agents and speakers for a wide range of workshops, panels, readings and much more.
Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer at Funhouse Comedy Club - 14/07/2013
Date: Sunday 14th July 2013
Time: Doors 13:00
Venue: Bar One, 1 Newland Street, Derby, DE1 1JD
Tickets: Day tickets £7. Watch as many shows as you like.
Description: Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer;
14:00 IAN D MONTFORD
13:25 DANNY WARD
16:50 BENNY BOOT
18:15 GEOFF NORCOTT
19:40 JOHN ROBINS
21:05 PADDY LENNOX
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Caribbean Carnival - 20/07/2013 - 21/07/2013
Date: Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st July 2013
Time: See main information for all timings
Venue: Derby locations
Tickets: FREE
Description: A weekend of celebration with the Caribbean Carnival. The Carnival Parade leaves Peartree Junior School on Saturday at 13:00 arriving in the Market Place at 15:00 until 18:00.
On Sunday the action moves to Osmaston Park from 12:00 onwards.
Talk: John Whitehurst - 20/07/2013
Date: Saturday 20th July 2013
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS
Tickets: Free, booking essential as places are limited.
To book, call in to Derby Museum and Art Gallery or telephone 01332 641 901
Description: Jonathan Wallis, Assistant Head of Museums, will be talking about John Whitehurst the Derby clockmaker and scientist, who made significant early contributions to geology.
Suitable for adults.
Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer - Funhouse Comedy Club - 21/07/2013
Date: Sunday 21st July 2013
Time: Watch as many shows as you like. Doors 13:30.
Venue: Bar One, 1 Newland Street, Derby, DE1 1JD
Tickets: Day tickets £7.
Description: Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer
14:00 PATRICK MONAHAN
15:25 SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE
16:50 ADDY VAN DER BORGH
18:15 ROBERT WHITE
19:40 STEPHEN CARLIN
21:05 MICHAEL LEGGE
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FANTASTIQ - 09/08/2013 - 11/08/2013
Date: Friday 9th August - Sunday 11th August 2013
Time: All day
Venue: Derby QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
Tickets: To be confirmed.
Description: QUAD and Reel Solutions are proud to announce FANTASTIQ, a new three-day film and TV festival focusing on fantasy, sci-fi and horror. Fans of the genre will be thrilled and chilled to learn that this exciting new venture is born of a dynamic partnership between QUAD, one of the best independent cinemas in the country, and Reel Solutions, the respected Yorkshire-based film bureau known for its work on an array of festivals across the UK.
FANTASTIQ will be heavily rooted in "films fantastique". Fantasy film fans can look forward to the best of the gory, glory days of Universal, AIP, Hammer and Amicus as well as European shockers, forgotten gems from the vaults and an array of cult figures on the guest list. Plans for 2013 include a 50th anniversary celebration of Doctor Who and centenary screenings dedicated to the late, great master of fantastic cinema Peter Cushing (1913-1994).
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The Darley Park Concert - 01/09/2013
Date: Sunday 1st September 2013
Time: From 18:00
Venue: Darley Park, Derby, DE22 1EN
Tickets: FREE
Description: Come along and be part of the 30,000 strong crowd at the UK's biggest free outdoor classical concert, in the stunning natural amphitheatre that is Darley Park. An evening of classic music and fireworks - don't forget your picnic!
With Sinfonia Viva - a full programme for the evening will be released in due course.
Derby Folk Festival 2013 - 04/10/2013 - 06/10/2013
Date: Friday 4th - Sunday 6th October 2013
Time: Fri 18:00, Sat 10:00 & 18:00, Sun 10:00
Venue: Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby DE1 3AH
Tickets: Day/EVENING: £14.75 - £32.75. Tickets cost more when booked via telephone or in person at box office. See Ts & Cs for details.Concessions: Students £8.75 - £17.75, Under 16s £6.25, Family Ticket (4) £37 - £71.
WEEKEND: £18.75 - £68.75. Tickets cost more when booked via telephone or in person at box office. See Ts & Cs for details. Concessions: Students £10.75 - £38.75, Under 16s £6.25 - £16.75, Family Ticket (4) £45 - £155.
Description: Now in it's seventh year Derby Folk Festival goes from strength to strength, with concerts in the Great Hall and Darwin Suite, Folk Club events in the foyers, dance displays, workshops, craft stalls - and a great atmosphere throughout the weekend.
Horrible Histories: Horrible Christmas - 06/12/2013 - 11/01/2014
Date: Friday 6th December 2013 - Saturday 11th January 2014
Time: Friday 6th December 19:15, Saturday 7th December 14:15, Saturday 7th December 19:15, Monday 9th December 10:15, Monday 9th December 19:15, Tuesday 10th December 10:15, Tuesday 10th December 19:15, Wednesday 11th December 10:15 & Thursday 12th December
Venue: Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, St Peters Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF
Tickets: £9 - £18
Description: Get ready for a journey through history but with mince pies and mistletoe. It is Christmas 2013 and something is not quite right. In fact something is hideously, hopelessly, horribly wrong. As children wait for Father Christmas and all the presents are beneath the tree, a fat old man slides down their chimney and nicks the lot! Can this be the real meaning of old Saint Nick?