MANFORD'S COMEDY CLUB (14+)

Manford’s Comedy Club are back in 2026 to host the award-winning comedy club at the Forum! They will be returning in April, September and November 2026 with fantastic new line ups!

Manford’s Comedy Club was launched by comedian Jason Manford. The idea was to bring comedians from the UK circuit to small towns and cities across the country for a night of live comedy.

 

Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, who are all personally chosen by Jason Manford.

September line up:

MC - Nina Gilligan - find out more about her here

Funmbi Omotayo

Kevin O'Brien

Alistair Barrie - find out more about him here

November line up:

MC - Barry Dodds - find out more about him here

Steve Gribbin - find out more about him here

Fab Goualin

Sam Avery - find out more about him here

Marrows and Murder - an Interactive Murder Mystery with Afternoon Tea

Please arrive at 2:30pm for a 3pm start

Following the success of our previous Murder Mystery Afternoon Tea events, The Allerton Players and the Northallerton Mowbray Rotary Club will be joining together for a follow up. This time the scenario for “Marrows and Murder” has been prepared by the Allerton Players own award winning playwright Deborah Hugill.

The annual village show in Thirldale is in full swing. Everyone is enjoying themselves until tragedy strikes when the judge of the fruit and vegetable competitions is brutally murdered, just after the winner of the Best Vegetable Marrow is announced.

If you’ve played Cluedo or watched Poirot, it’s now your turn to be a part of the action! After our actors have set the scene it will be time for us all to have afternoon tea whilst we ponder the clues, question the suspects and take our decision on “whodunnit” and why?

Based on our previous events we are sure there will be lots of amusing takes on the answer – and a prize awaits the person nearest to getting it right.

Afternoon Tea is included in your ticket price. There will be a raffle and a chance to buy pre-loved crime and mystery books. All proceeds from the event will go to Hambleton Foodshare.

For catering purposes we need everyone to buy their tickets in advance. If you would like to sit together please book your seats together as one transaction.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE MISANTHROPE (15)

Rating and run time to be confirmed

The Misanthrope

by Martin Crimp

after Molière

directed by Indhu Rubasingham

Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.

Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.

SEANN WALSH: THIS IS TORTURE (14+)

After his sell-out 2023 tour, the UK’s dishevelled king of stand-up, award-winning Seann Walsh returns with a brand-new hour of side-splitting comedy. Don’t miss his trademark high-energy exasperation and razor-sharp observations that leave audiences in stitches and on their feet all around the country. This year, he’s decided to name the show after the thing he says the most in life - THIS IS TORTURE.

'Unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation' - The Guardian

'A cracking good show' - The Telegraph

'One of comedy’s hottest properties... very talented, very funny' - The Evening Standard

'He remains one of the most entertaining observational comics on the block' - The Independent

SUNDAY BIG BAND

Come along and enjoy the fabulous sounds of the Big Band Era performed, in an open session, by Alan Owens and The Forum Big Band. It's just £4 to get in and the bar is open.

THE ODYSSEY (15)

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Matt Damon, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Travis Scott, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Elliot Page

Release date: 17/07/2026

TWIST AND SHOUT

An all-star cast from the West End deliver a musical powerhouse of a show that starts with the explosion of Brit Pop in 1962 through to the era of Flower Power and Free Love of the late Sixties.

Music lovers are invited to return to a time when skirts got shorter and hair got longer as an incredible cast revive the hits of The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Rolling Stones, Cilla Black, Manfred Mann, Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Sandy Shaw and many more.

Superb performances and beautiful, bespoke costumes return us to the sights and sounds of the Swinging Sixties. The non-stop, 40-song music feast includes She Loves You, Glad All Over, You’re My World, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Something Tells Me I’m Into Something Good, Shout, Ferry Cross The Mersey and so many more.

It’s said that “If you remember the Sixties you really weren’t there”. Twist and Shout affords the opportunity to discover just what you missed!

WEST END TO BROADWAY: A MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA

For our annual fundraising concert this year Alan Owens has once again brought together the members of Crash Bang Wallop Youth Theatre both past and present and The Forum Stage Band to present "West End to Broadway: A Musical Extravaganza" featuring songs from Grease, Les Miserables, We Will Rock You, Wicked, The Addams Family and many many more of your favourite shows.