Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power. Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.
Rated 12A
Running time: 200 minutes including interval (subject to change)

10th December, 6:45pm

Singing Stars presents 'Sparkle' Local Primary School Choirs come together at the Mitchell Arts Centre to celebrate Christmas.

17th-31st December, various times

A brand new professional pantomime, Cinderella, will be playing at the Mitchell Arts Centre (MAC), this festive period and it has a very local connection.

It stars Den Siegertsz from BBC Radio Stoke as Baron Hardup, Tim Churchill (Blood Brothers) and Paul Deakin as the ugly sisters with Catherine O'Reilly as the Fairy Godmother. Joining them is a cast of touring and west end actors playing the other characters.

The set has been especially designed to fit the stage of the MAC. The script has been written by local playwrights Tim Churchill and Paul Wood and contains many references to Stoke-on-Trent that the audiences will love.