PHS-PTA Theatre Trips Group†
Organiser: Elaine Roe
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Transport by coach is included in the prices of all the tickets and a
minimum number of 25 people are needed to make any trip viable.
Payment for any of the trips should be made at General Meetings or by
post before the cutoff date.
Places cannot be reserved without payment. Please see a full list of events itemised below. †Organised on behalf of Poynton High School PTA but open to Poynton u3a members. |
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The current bookings are: (Last Updated: 9th March 2026) MAMMA MIA! - Palace Theatre - 7.30pm Tuesday 17th March 2026 Sophie's quest to discover the father she's never known brings her mother face to face with three men from her distant romantic past on the eve of a wedding they'll never forget. Set on a Greek island paradise, a story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA. Price: £68.50 Front Circle(rows E,F,G) /Centre Stalls (rows K,L&M) £55.50 Centre Circle (rows H&J)/Rear Stalls (row R) £43.50 Rear Circle (row M) PRIVATE LIVES - Royal Exchange Theatre - 7.30pm Friday 27th March 2026 In Noel Coward's savage comedy, sparks fly on a honeymoon from hell and sexual chemistry is always only a heartbeat away from an explosion. This new production of a vitriol-laced classic with sparkling dialogue and art deco glamour, is directed by award-winning director Blanche McIntyre. Price: Stage Level Seats Row B: £44, Row C: £49 TOP HAT - Lowry Theatre - 7.30pm Wednesday 1st April 2026 Based on the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers legendary Hollywood hit of the 1930s this comedy musical tells the story of an American dancer, Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show and meets and falls for Dale Tremont. Complications arise when Dale mistakes him for someone else, leading to comic misunderstandings and confusion. Featuring brilliant dance routines and Irving Berlin's classics Cheek to Cheek, Let's Face the Music and Dance, Isn't It A Lovely Day To Be Caught In The Rain and Top Hat, White Tie and Tails. Price: £69 Front Circle/Stall INSPECTOR MORSE - HOUSE OF GHOSTS - Lowry Theatre - 7.30pm Wednesday 8th April 2026 A chilling mystery unfolds when a young actress suddenly dies on stage during a performance and Detective Chief Inspector Morse embarks on a gripping investigation. What begins as a suspicious death inquiry takes a darker turn when the legendary inspector, together with DS Lewis, uncovers a connection to sinister events in his own past, twenty-five years earlier. Based on the novels by Colin Dexter and starring Tom Chambers as Morse. Price: £54 Front Circle/Stalls SOMETHING ROTTEN - Opera House - 7.30pm Tuesday 23rd June 2026 The '90s are back! The 1590s, that is. Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but remain stuck in the shadow of that pompous Renaissance rockstar, Will Shakespeare. When a quirky soothsayer foretells an outlandish future for theatre - full of acting, singing, and dancing all at the same time - Nick and Nigel set out to write this strange new creation called A MUSICAL! But amidst the scandalous excitement of Opening Night, the Bottom Brothers discover that reaching the top means being true to thine own self - and all that jazz. Price: £62 Centre Circle (rows D&E)/Centre Stalls (rows Q,R&S) £52 Centre Circle (Row G)/Side Stalls row R Stalls HIGH SOCIETY - Lowry Theatre - 7.30pm Wednesday 30th September 2026 Clear your diary, because you're invited to the most swell party of the year, Cole Porter's, High Society. Helen George (Call the Midwife) leads the cast as glamorous socialite Tracy Lord in this lavish new production, where plans for the society wedding of the year descend into chaos as old and new flames vie for attention, and a sharp-eyed tabloid reporter hunts for scandal at the waterfront estate. The score overflows with the best of Cole Porter's songbook including Just One Of Those Things, Let's Misbehave, I Love Paris, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?, Well Did You Evah?, True Love and many more. Price: £70.50 Centre Circle (rows B,C&D) Stalls (rows J&L) KING LEAR - Royal Exchange Theatre - 7.30pm Saturday 3rd October 2026 David Threlfall returns to the Theatre after 27 years to play Lear. Shakespeare's most elemental tragedy charts a kingdom where power corrupts, families become enemies and prosperity devolves into war. At its centre is the mind of a man who can no longer understand what it means to be human. Lear is a searing portrait of a king unable to distinguish truth from lies. As the storm rises and night falls, language, identity and meaning break down completely. This reimagining of Shakespeare's masterwork is adapted and directed by Matthew Dunster. Price: Stage Level Seats Row B: £44, Row C: £49 CATS - Palace Theatre - 7.30pm Wednesday 11th November 2026 From Euston station to Victoria Grove, the strays and rebels of London gather under the Jellicle moon in the hope they'll be the chosen one. Based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and with a legendary score featuring, Old Deuteronomy, Macavity: The Mystery Cat, Jellicle Ball and the chart-topping hit Memory, this brand-new production of CATS is directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie. Price: £69 Front Circle(rows B,C,D) /Centre Stalls (rows M&O) £62 Centre Circle (rows H&J)/Rear Stalls (row Q) £49 Rear Circle (row M) MATTHEW BOURNE'S CINDERELLA - Lowry Theatre - 7.30pm Wednesday 25th November 2026 Matthew Bourne's interpretation of the classic fairy tale sets the story in London in the second world war. A chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and a dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz. Danced to a specially commissioned recording of Prokofiev's famous score. Price £69 Centre Circle/Stalls A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Royal Exchange Theatre - 7.30pm Wednesday 9th December 2026 In Sondheim's enchanting musical, set in turn-of-the-century Sweden, mismatched couples waltz through a series of self-delusions in search of a happy ending in this Tony award winning musical comedy. This lighter-than-air confection of romantic misfires and magical songs features Sondheim's bittersweet masterpiece, 'Send in the Clowns'. Price: Stage Level Seats Row B: ££53 BILLY ELLIOT - Palace Theatre - 7.30pm Wednesday 16th December 2026 Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/'85 miners' strike, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy's struggle against the odds to make his dream come true. Follow Billy's journey as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever. Price: £79 Stalls(rows C,P & Q)/Circle (rows F&G) £69 Side Stalls (rows L&M)/ Side Circle (rows H&J) £49 Outer side Circle BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL – Opera House - 7.30pm Wednesday 11th August 2027 The iconic 1985 film, about time-traveling teenager Marty McFly, has been turned into a stage musical with an all-new score alongside the movie's iconic hits, including The Power of Love, Johnny B Goode, Earth Angel and Back in Time. When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he's in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past and send himself... back to the future. Price: £73 Front Circle (rows C&D)/Centre Stalls (rows M&N) £59 Side Stalls (rows L&M)/ Centre circle (rows G&H) ££44 Off-centre circle (rows L&K) †Organised on behalf of Poynton High School PTA but open to Poynton u3a members. |