The Arts Theatre Cambridge is thrilled to announce its Spring 2026 season as it prepares to reopen after a transformational redevelopment project.

Rachel Tackley and Victoria Beechey, Co-Chief Executives of The Arts Theatre Cambridge said: “This season feels like a true awakening… the Theatre is not only waking up its stage but stepping confidently into a new chapter.”

The reopening begins with The Arts Theatre Cambridge’s homegrown Christmas pantomime, Sleeping Beauty (27 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026). Cambridge’s favourite panto dame Matt Crosby celebrates his twentieth year on The Arts Theatre stage and will be joined by UK Pantomime Award-winning actor Steven Roberts. The cast is completed by a host of West End performers including Tricia Adele-Turner (Stranger Things: The First Shadow), Matt Harrop (The Phantom of the Opera), Tanisha Butterfield (Mamma Mia!), Joseph Hewlett (Madagascar the Musical) and Daisy Twells (Heathers).

Two highlights of the season include visits from Sir Derek Jacobi and Trevor Nunn, who both have special connections to The Arts Theatre Cambridge. Sir Derek Jacobi in Conversation with Richard Clifford (29 Jan) will be a one-night-only opportunity of incredible insight and joy of Shakespeare, and Trevor Nunn’s production of Noël Coward’s glitteringly risqué comedy Easy Virtue (19 Feb – 7 Mar) will brim with Coward’s mischievous charm and wit.

As part of its first ever UK tour, the phenomenally popular musical Operation Mincemeat (19-24 Oct) dubbed the best-reviewed show in West End history, will visit Cambridge.

Musical fans can also enjoy Guys and Dolls (14-17 Jan) by Cambridge Operatic Society,

Rock and Roll Man (16-21 Mar), the West End hit The Choir of Man (31 Mar – 4 Apr) and

Blood Brothers (15-19 Sep).

Families can enjoy a host of brilliantly engaging children’s theatre; There’s A Snake in my

School (4-5 May), A Squash and a Squeeze (27 – 31 May) and The Gruffalo (17-21 Jun).