Drawing from Jazz, Hip-Hop, Drum & Bass, Balkan, Trap, Grime, Dubstep, Latin, Classical, this 9-strong troupe is comprised of three trumpets, three trombones, drums, sousaphone, and is fronted by the prodigious MC Chunky.

A vibrant dance and circus cabaret and humorous outdoor street performance celebrating fabulousness.

A vibrant dance and circus cabaret and humorous outdoor street performance celebrating fabulousness.

A virtual reality dance experience that uses the architectural features of windows, mirrors and doors as metaphors for duality, reflection and portals.

Withered Optimism is a tender comic ode to the tyranny of work.

Waterside’s legendary comedy night for Refract is back featuring a top drawer line up created especially for Refract.

A vibrant dance and circus cabaret and humorous outdoor street performance celebrating fabulousness.

A vibrant dance and circus cabaret and humorous outdoor street performance celebrating fabulousness.

SPLAT is a family friendly physical comedy about Art. Two artists, one neat the other messy, attempt to cover the history of art with chaotic consequences.

Like Animals is a funny and poignant investigation into love and communication in human (and not-so-human) relationships

Devil Wears Prada meets Spy Kids in this fabulous and surreal choose-your-own-adventure comedy. The stakes and the shoulder pads have never been higher...

In 2002, John Osborne won a competition on John Peel’s Radio 1 show. His prize was a box of records that took eight years to listen to. This is an ode to radio, those records and anyone who’s ever sought solace in wireless

Julie's songs from musicals including Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady are intertwined with stories and anecdotes about Andrews' own life.

Family favourite Groove Baby arrives with an exciting, jazz and funk fuelled show especially for 3 - 7s and their grown-ups!

Groove Baby presents a sensational sensory voyage specially created for under 3s and their grownups.

A queer rom-com from Will Jackson ("Rising Comic Star"-Attitude). Confetti follows wedding planner Felix, as he embarks on a romance of his own - and you’re invited!

This romp through the 70s is a highly dynamic and energetic collage of the stories, the time, the people and the music.

A thought-provoking, poignant, dynamic, and semi-immersive theatre collage of the worlds and era that surrounded the “Mother of Free Festivals.”

This is the true story of how hundreds of innocent people fought to clear their names against the Post Office's refusal to accept responsibility for its failings.

Join us in celebrating one of the greatest sitcoms ever made, as we welcome renowned stand-up Joe Rooney for a night of all things Father Ted!

Born in a cardboard box on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent, two circus cats extraordinaire fling themselves 5 metres straight up their scratch pole for your delight!

Born in a cardboard box on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent, two circus cats extraordinaire fling themselves 5 metres straight up their scratch pole for your delight!

Born in a cardboard box on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent, two circus cats extraordinaire fling themselves 5 metres straight up their scratch pole for your delight!

Solo performer Harriet Dagnall and four piece euphoric indie alternative band Foxglove.

Mimbre is a female-led company creating nuanced, breathtaking and highly skilled acrobatic theatre.

Mimbre is a female-led company creating nuanced, breathtaking and highly skilled acrobatic theatre.

Kabantu is a collective from Manchester, each born in a different country, who unravel new marriages of music in a globalised 21st century.

'The Formidable Lizzie Boone' will pull you into Lizzie's world for a night of drama, healing and dark humour.

Lyrically intriguing with tenderly beautiful vocals, the songs of Little Sparrow are projected with honesty and passion presenting every word as a truth burning from deep within her heart.

The Dick Kerr Ladies and how they went on to defy a ban on women’s football in 1921.