Children's favourite storybook character Angelina Ballerina appears in her very first live ballet Angelina's Star Performance at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool from Thursday 4th October. And thirty lucky children from Anchorsholme Primary School are arriving at the Grand at 9am on Thursday 4th October for an introduction to ballet workshop with English National Ballet's Laura Hussey who is Miss Lily in Angelina's Star Performance.

Join guest speaker Sue Arthur MA as she takes you through a history of Blackpool and the entertainment industry in The Lion and Albert Lecture on Wednesday 10th October in the Lawrence House Studio at 2.30pm.

Make a New Year's resolution to enjoy heartbreakingly beautiful ballet, colourful costumes, and fantastic settings at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool from 10th to 12th January 2008. Formed in 1981, the Russian State Ballet of Siberia has quickly established itself as one of Russia's leading ballet companies and has built an international reputation for delivering performances of outstanding quality and unusual depth.

The magical pantomime Sleeping Beauty runs at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool from Friday 7th December 2007 to Saturday 5th January 2008.

The National Theatre makes a welcome return to Blackpool's Grand Theatre - after almost a decade, with the award-winning play The History Boys from Tuesday 16th October to Saturday 20th October.

The Friends of The Grand Theatre hold an annual Fair and Theatre Open Day to raise vital funds for the Grand and invite visitors to view Blackpool's beautiful Victorian Grade II listed theatre.

Ken Dodd OBE is leaving the Diddy Men in the Jam Butty Mines of Knotty Ash to bring his famous Happiness Show back to Blackpool's Grand Theatre every Sunday from Sunday 30th September to Sunday 28th October at 7pm.

In Yer Space is a Blackpool theatre company consisting of past and present students of Arnold School. The students will perform Enda O'Brien's thought-provoking tale Disco Pigs in the Lawrence House Studio at the Grand Theatre from Wednesday 12th September to Friday 14th September.

Having a sensational summer night out is the Name Of The Game with Abba The Show starring Smackee at the Grand Theatre every Monday from 17th September to 1st October.

Enjoy the breathtaking new auditorium to the full with the very popular Guided Tours of Thespis at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool on Thursday 30th August. Book now!

The Grand Theatre is delighted to welcome back legendary entertainer Joe Longthorne and his special guests with three weeks of song and laughter in The Joe Longthorne Show from Wednesday 12th September to Saturday 29th September.

The Grand Theatre, Blackpool is a beautiful 1,080-seat Victorian theatre which was designed by renowned architect Frank Matcham in 1894. This amazing building offers Blackpool and Fylde Coast residents and visitors a packed year-round programme of live theatre from opera, ballet, plays, comedies, musicals, contemporary drama and dance to fun children's shows and of course pantomime!