All treats and no tricks this October at Mansfield Palace Theatre

What's on October 2023

‘Whatever you want, whatever you like’, ‘anything you need, you got it’ this October at Mansfield Palace Theatre.

Whether you’re a Status Quo or Roy Orbison fan, are looking for half term family fun or want to see stars of Drag Race and Eastenders on your local stage - we have you covered!

Join us on a trip to 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam to join ‘the lad himself’ and his motley crew for three classic episodes of the hilarious show, Hancock's Half Hour on Sunday 1 October at 3pm. Quote Comedy10 online or to Box Office to bag your tickets for just a tenner each.

Will you Take it Easy or Take it to the Limit when Talon come to town with their Hotel California tour on Wednesday 4 October? Hear all your favourite Eagles hits live from the Palace stage.

See Eastenders and Waterloo Road star Laurie Brett in the mother of all shows, Mum’s the Word, on Sunday 8 October. Whether it’s leaving the house without your bra, crying in the supermarket aisles for no reason, or secretly thinking you had given birth to E.T, you won’t feel alone when listening to these women portray the ‘beauty’ of bringing new life into the world… or forgetting where they left it!

Blackeyed Theatre has announced a major revival of Oh What a Lovely War to mark the 60th anniversary of Joan Littlewood’s epic anti-war musical. A cornerstone of modern musical theatre and one of the very greatest stage satires, Oh What a Lovely War will come to Mansfield Palace Theatre on Wednesday 11 October as part of a nationwide tour. Think Cabaret meets Dad’s Army in this iconic musical and grab tickets for a tenner using code Musical10 when booking.

Celebrating 50 years since the release of The Dark Side of the Moon, UK Pink Floyd Experience return on Thursday 12 October with their new 2023 tour featuring many of the songs from that iconic album, performed by seven top-flight musicians.

Re-live the biggest Ibiza moments of your life like you’ve never seen or heard before, as dance classics are mixed with classical instruments in Ibiza Nights at Mansfield Palace Theatre on Friday 13 October. The best bit? Thanks to Arts Council funding and support, we can offer half-price tickets by quoting Classical50 when you book!

Experience the powerful star vocals of four phenomenal singers from the hit show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, including Keith Jack (Star of BBC’s Any Dream Will Do), coming together for a magical evening of West End and Broadway musical classics in Dreamcoat Stars on Saturday 14 October.

The UK’s longest running musical theatre concert tour, Beyond the Barricade, returns on Tuesday 17 October. Featuring past principal performers from Les Miserables, the show will deliver over two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End.

McFly frontman Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved ‘Who’s in Your Book?' series makes its debut as a brand-new musical show. There's a Monster in Your Show will play at Mansfield Palace Theatre on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 October as part of a major UK tour. A high-energy 50-minute adventure featuring lively original music, this show is the perfect introduction to live theatre. Expect plenty of playful fun for your littlest ones as their favourite characters come to life in a show that is packed with interactive moments to enjoy together.

Barry Steele and a fabulous cast of musicians and singers celebrate the music of an era as they define the essence of The Big O, Buddy Holly and The Traveling Wilburys in The Roy Orbison Story on Friday 20 October.

Don’t Stop Believin’ – the end of the night anthems show – flies into town on Saturday 21 October, guaranteeing a crazy, crazy night of non-stop, singalong favourites, breathing life into the music of Bryan Adams, Blondie, Cher, Rainbow, Bon Jovi, Kate Bush, Starship, Europe and Belinda Carlisle - just for starters! 

Molly and Bingo the puppy are having a birthday party and, best of all, you're invited! Come along to play I Spy with my Little Eye on Monday 23 October. There'll be a terrific treasure hunt, all your favourite sing-along songs, including The Ants Go Marching, Hickory Dickory Dock and Bingo, and lots of fantastic games to play, including Molly's favourite game, I Spy With My Little Eye! Get tickets for just £6 adult / £5 child using code familyfun at checkout.

Baga Chipz is stunning. Baga Chipz is class. Baga Chipz is sexy. She's now a material girl and she’s coming to Mansfield Palace on Tuesday 24 October! Join us as the iconic drag race UK legend hits the road with her first ever solo theatre show, Material Girl.

Status Quo legend Francis Rossi is taking up his acoustic guitar to bring you a selection of well-known hits and some previously not-performed-live-before tunes on Wednesday 25 October. It’ll be a unique evening in which Francis will reprise fan favourites from a remarkable 50+year career. Expect original-style, acoustic versions of Quo classics, threaded together with chat in this music-based evening. Meet and greet tickets available.

Disco Inferno is a two-hour production that packs in the biggest hits of the Bee Gees, Village People, Jacksons, Sister Sledge, Rose Royce, ABBA, Donna Summer, Barry White, Kool and the Gang, Earth Wind and Fire, Gloria Gaynor, Billy Ocean, Weather Girls, Candi Staton, The Trammps, Gap Band, Wild Cherry and more. See it here on Thursday 26 October.

You’ll need to get ready for rib-tickling laughter and bags of audience participation as you join our intrepid explorers on the adventure of a lifetime in Halloween Spooktacular on Friday 27 October. Kirsty, Jake and Melissa are determined to win first prize in their school project competition and have managed to find their way to a derelict castle to discover more about the history behind the ruins. But all is not as it seems as their quest is interrupted by ghosties, ghoulies and things that go bump in the night! 

Leave your 9 to 5 worries at the door and get ready as for one night only, we celebrate the queen and king of country music – Dolly Parton and the late great Kenny Rogers, with Islands in the Stream on Saturday 28 October.  

Join us for a spectacular spirit lifting, heart-warming afternoon of festive nostalgia on Tuesday 31 October as Neil Sands returns with his Christmas Memories matinee show. Filled with over 60 of your all-time favourite Christmas songs and carols that will have you singing along from start to finish and bringing back so many wonderful memories of Christmases past. 

Tickets for all shows can be booked online 24/7 HERE or you can visit or call the friendly Box Office team on 01623 463133. We can’t wait to see you soon.

Published: 28th September 2023