What's On
EMPIRICAL Quintet
21 February 2025
Empirical will be presenting a performance of their latest 2024 album Wonder is the Beginning, which is their first full-length album in eight years, and is a mature musical statement that shows the band’s fire is still undimmed and their commitment to maintaining the legacy while forging their own unique path is as strong as ever.
Presented in association with Jazz in Reading
LOVESONG
by Abi Morgan
21-29 March 2025
The story of one couple told from two different points in their lives – as young lovers in their twenties and as worldly companions looking back. Their past and present lives collide in this haunting and beautiful tale of togetherness.
4FINGAZ LIVE 2025
5 April 2025
A night of live entertainment and live music. Gospel music, beat boxer, poetry, rap, pop, rhythm & blues, dancers and so much more....
Please note: This event is organised by Gospel Vibez and bookings are via Gospel Vibez ticketing website and not the Progress Theatre box office.
THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN
by Martin McDonagh
2-10 May 2025
Within a claustrophobic island community, crippled orphan Billy Claven dreams of an escape. When a Hollywood film crew arrives on a nearby island to film Man of Aran, Billy sees his chance... if only Babbybobby will row him across
PARADE
Lyrics and Music by Jason Robert Brown
Book by Alfred Uhry
12-21 June 2025
A true story set in 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of Mary Phagan, a factory worker in his employ. A heart-wrenching story, offering a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that should not be forgotten.
Progress Youth Theatre Presents
The annual showcase of all the talented members from each of Youth Theatre's age groups. Format and theatrical choices made by our youth leaders and the young people themselves.