Take a time machine back to the '60s with hit stage shows
Theatregoers can travel in time to revisit the music, literature and scene-stealing stars of the 1960s in an array of shows coming to Nottingham.
There’s ample opportunity to revisit some of the decade’s greatest music performed live once again, including a remarkable ensemble of original artists and band members in The Sensational 60s Experience (May 31), The Ultimate Classic Rock Show (May 17) featuring two hours of classic rock anthems from artists including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Jimi Hendrix, and Sounds of the 60s Live (September 22) hosted by legendary DJ Tony Blackburn.
Celebrate the life of the King of rock ‘n’ roll with Ben Portsmouth: This is Elvis (April 10), including an homage to his iconic 1968 Comeback Special, or mark what would have been The Big O’s 90th birthday in 2026 with Barry Steele’s Roy Orbison Story (July 8).
Featuring video animation, innovative lighting, precision lasers, massive inflatables, and crisp live sound, The Australian Pink Floyd (December 1) return once more to the Royal Concert Hall to recreate Pink Floyd’s greatest hits. Pink Floyd performed at the Theatre Royal Nottingham in December 1967 alongside The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move and Amen Corner.
Delve a little deeper into the stories of legendary stars of the Sixties with Sunny Afternoon (February 17 to 21), which charts the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of one of The Kinks, or go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in Jersey Boys (June 30 to July 4).
It wasn’t just music stealing the spotlight, with TV, film, and literature also adding to the cultural revolution of the 1960s.
The funny, nostalgic, and poignant West End hit play The Last Laugh (September 1 to 5, celebrates three of Britain’s greatest comedy heroes from this era – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse – at the height of their glittering careers.
Based on the 1963 worldwide best-selling spy novel, John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (June 23 to 27) will transport audiences back to the fog-shrouded terrain of Cold War espionage, deception, and moral compromise.
Visit trch.co.uk/the-60s-time-machine or call 0115 989 5555 to book.