Sunderland Shows

Connect Theatre Company September

Inclusive theatre group for adults aged 18+ with additional needs

Graham Parker & The Goldtops

Movers September

Movers Ballet and Contemporary Dance class for adults over 60

Josie Long: Re-Enchantment

Community Chorus October

Community Chorus is based at Sunderland Empire Theatre on Fridays

We Are Champion

Annie

The smash-hit West End production of ANNIE, the world’s favourite family musical, returns to a city near you in 2023.Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she's chosen...

Venue Tour

Always wanted to know what goes on backstage at Sunderland Empire? Tread in the stardust footsteps of the young Beatles, Kate Bush, Laurel and Hardy and Gary Barlow and immerse yourself in our theatre’s 116 year history.

Bootleg Blondie (all-ages show)

Lost In Music - One Night at the Disco

The show that everyone is talking about, now even BIGGER!Join us as we recreate the Magical 70’s and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco!Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind...

The Bootleg Beatles

From Love Me Do to Let It Be, from the Cavern to the Apple rooftop, from black and white to psychedelic technicolour, the world’s premier Beatle band returns to take you on a whistle-stop journey through the most vibrant revolutionary and divisive decade of all - the Swinging Sixties. It’s...

Bright Minds Youth Theatre (Sept - Oct Term)

A youth theatre group for young people on the autism spectrum aged between 13 – 18.

Musical Theatre Choir Term 1

Our Musical Theatre Choir is based at Sunderland Empire Theatre on Tuesday evenings during term time.

Punishment of Luxury

Jimeoin: the Craic!

Sunderland Empire Academy of Performing Arts (Term 2 - end of term payment)

Sunderland Empire Theatre hosts a weekly performing arts academy.

Lisa O'Neill

The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

Featuring the classical reimaginings of a 13-piece Chamber Orchestra, guests will be able to re-live and experience some of the most well-known and well-loved Rock & Metal songs from the last 40 years, including the likes of Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine, Linkin Park and more.Audiences can expect...

Mark Chadwick (Levellers)

Axel Blake - In Style

Martin Stephenson & The Daintees

Jon Richardson: The Knitwit

Best known as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), host of Dave’s Ultimate Worrier, and upcoming sitcom Meet the Richardsons. As well as Would I Lie To You (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC...

Sing-a-Long-a Encanto

Please note this is a screening of the movie not a live stage show.From the producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a Frozen,  the brand new smash hit film musical of 2021 about the Family Madrigal with lyrics on screen that everyone can’t stop singing. Cheer on Mirabel as...

Penguin Cafe

Everything That's Me Is Falling Apart

Ghost hunt - Royalty Theatre (Sunderland)

Greatest Days

Relight Your Fire with this sensational new production of Take That’s smash hit musical Greatest Days.Greatest Days features more than 15 record-breaking Take That songs, alongside a heart-warming and hilarious story of love, loss and laughter from award-winning writer Tim Firth that will make your heart Shine.The musical follows five...

The Sensational 60s Experience

DOZY BEAKY MICK & TICH. Originally called Dave Dee And The Bostons formed in 1961. Changing their name to Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich in 1964. In 1966 the band were in the charts for 50 weeks out of 52. In Germany alone in 1967, record sales outsold...

Madagascar The Musical

Join all of your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central...

Livewire The Ac/Dc Show

Ward Thomas

Hampshire country music duo Ward Thomas have announced an intimate, acoustic UK tour, following on from the release of their fifth album ‘Music In The Madness’ earlier this year.Hailed as the UK’s most successful country act, twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas will tour across the country with a...

Sister Act

This sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, sisterhood and music tells the hilarious story of the disco diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a murder. Under protective custody she is hidden in the one place she won’t be found – a convent! Disguised as...