Past Events (A-Z Archive) at Theatre Porto

AFTER ALL by Solène Weinachter

Date 4th October 2024, 7pm
Ages 12+
Showing Performance
Cost Tickets from £7

Al Harah UK Theatre Talk: A Voice for Theatre and Culture in Palestine – Marina Barham

Date Friday 5th July 2024
Time 3pm
Showing UK Theatre Talk
Cost Pay What You Like

CCSW – Strange Encounters

Date Tuesday 21st May 2024
Time 5pm
Ages ALL
Showing Live Performance

Circus Skills with Splats Entertainment & Teatro Pomodoro!

Looking for a fun and exciting way to start your Saturday? Theatre Porto’s Saturday Family Hangout is always packed with creativity and play – and on 15th March, we’re taking things to the next level with a Circus Skills Workshop led by the fantastic Splats Entertainment and Teatro Pomodoro.

Club Origami

Date Saturday 13th April
Time 11.00am & 2pm
Ages 0-6 years old
Showing Immersive and interactive dance show

Coalesce Dance Theatre: Threads

Date Saturday 13th September, 7.30pm
Ages 12+
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Crab Tragedy – A Greek Myth told sideways

Date Sat 25th March 2023
Time 2pm
Ages 7+
Showing Live Performance

Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Dates
Wednesday 9th July 7.30pm
Saturday 12th July 2pm
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Drama Drop-In – KaBoom!

Date Fri 12th April 2024
Time 2pm & 6pm
Ages ALL
Showing Live Performance

Drama Drop-In Showcase – Are You Sitting Down?

Date Fri 24th February 2023
Time 2pm & 6pm
Ages ALL
Showing Live Performance

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – Grand Final Live Screening

Date Saturday 13th May 2023
Time 6.45pm – late
Ages All
Showing Screening & Fun
Cost Donations Only

Evaluating Your Creative Arts Project

Date Thursday 13th March 2025
Time 13.00pm – 15.30pm
Showing Workshop
Cost FREE

Every Brilliant Thing

Date 6th & 7th February 7.30pm
Ages 14+
Showing Performance
Cost From £5

Exploring Creativity – Youth Arts Club

Dates 17th & 18th February
Time 11am – 4pm
Ages 11-19
Cost FREE

Exploring Creativity – Youth Arts Club

Dates 27th, 28th & 29th May 2025
Time 11am – 4pm
Ages 11-18
Cost FREE

Fallen Angels Dance Theatre – Celebration and Social

Date Wednesday April 2nd 2025
Time 2pm – 3pm
Type Celebration & Social
Cost Free

Fallen Angels Dance Theatre – Sharing Event

Date Monday 11th March 2024
Time 6pm – 7pm
Type Sharing Event
Cost Free

Family Hangout Special – Community Superpower

Dates Saturday 7th June 2025
Time 10am – 12pm
Ages ALL
Cost FREE

Festive Food with Father Christmas

Date 21st-22nd December
Ages All

Fundraising for Freelance Artists

Date Thursday 6th February 2025
Time 13.00pm – 15.30pm
Showing Workshop
Cost Pay What You Like / Free

High Times and Dirty Monsters

Date 18 – 19th October 2023
Showing Schools & Community Groups Only

Idlib

Date Fri 9th June 2023
Time 7.30pm
Ages 14+
Showing Performance

Indie Film Club

Date Thu 29th February 2024
Time 6pm – 9pm
Ages 16-25
Showing Film Screening & Club
Cost Free

Indie Film Club – April 2024

Date Thu 25th April 2024
Time 6pm – 9pm
Ages 16-25
Showing Film Screening & Club
Cost Free

Indie Film Club – June 2024

Date Thu 27th June 2024
Time 6pm – 9pm
Ages 16-25
Showing Film Screening & Club
Cost Free

Indie Film Club – March 2024

Date Thu 28th March 2024
Time 6pm – 9pm
Ages 16-25
Showing Film Screening & Club
Cost Free

Indie Film Club – May 2024

Date Thu 30th May 2024
Time 6pm – 9pm
Ages 16-25
Showing Film Screening & Club
Cost Free

Inevitable

Date Saturday 6th April
Time 2pm
Ages 11yrs+ and adults
Showing Performance & Workshop

Involving Children and Young People in Your Creative Projects

Date Thursday 23rd January, 2025
Time 13.00pm – 15.30pm
Showing Workshop
Cost Pay What You Like / Free

Jack Frost’s Snow Time Adventure

+ Extra Date Saturday 13th January
Ages 0 – 7 years

KIDS TALK CLIMATE

Date Saturday 28th June 2025, 1.00pm
Ages Children aged 8-10 and their parents, carers and teachers
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Life of Pi

Date Thu 30th March 2023
Time 7pm
Ages 12A
Showing NT Live

Make Some Noise – Dommy B

Date Tuesday 24th Oct, 2pm
Ages For children 5+ and their grown ups
Showing Performance
Cost FREE / Pay What You Like

Moonsmile – Friendship can be anywhere

Date Sun 21st May 2023
Time 2pm
Ages 4+
Showing Live Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Mortal Fools Present… FLUX

Date Wed 5th April 2023
Time 7pm
Ages ALL
Showing Live Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

My Life with the Wave

Date 17th February 11.30am / 2pm / 4pm
Ages All
Showing Multi-sensory show

National Theatre Live – Best Of Enemies

Date Friday 21st July 2023
Time 7pm
Showing NT Live

National Theatre Live – Dear England

Date Friday 26th January 2024
Time 7pm
Showing NT Live

National Theatre Live – Fleabag | Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Date Thu 15th June 2023
Time 7pm
Showing NT Live

National Theatre Live – GOOD

Date Thu 18th May 2023
Time 7pm
Ages 15+
Showing NT Live

National Theatre Live – Nye

Date Friday 24th May 2024
Time 7pm
Showing NT Live

National Theatre Live – Prima Facie

Date Friday 20th September 2024, 7pm
Ages 15+
Showing NT Live
Cost Tickets from £10

National Theatre Live – The Importance of Being Earnest

Date Friday 28th February 2025, 2pm & 7pm
Ages 12A
Showing NT Live
Cost Tickets from £10

National Theatre Live – Vanya

Date Friday 26th April 2024
Time 7pm
Showing NT Live

National Theatre Live – A Streetcar Named Desire

Date Friday 6th June 2025, 7pm
Cert. 15
Showing NT Live
Cost Tickets from £10

Othello by William Shakespeare – National Theatre Live

Date Thu 20th April 2023
Time 7pm
Ages PG
Showing NT Live

Pirate Princess

Date Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd March
Ages 5+
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Pirate Princess by Gemma Bond

Dates
Friday 3rd May, 1.30pm (Schools)
Saturday 4th May, 1pm (Public)
Ages 5+ years old
Showing Indoor / Outdoor aerial circus performance

PORTmanteau

Date Tues 25th April 2023
Time 7pm
Ages ALL
Showing Video/Installation
Cost Pay What You Like

Porto’s Free Family Portraits

Dates 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2024
What? A FREE professional family photo!

RAWD presents Jordan Connerty’s The Boy King

Date Tuesday 30th May 2023
Ages 7+ / Family Audiences
Showing Performance: 11am & Interactive Workshop 12pm (on stage)
Cost Pay What You Like

RAWD presents SUPER!

Date Wednesday 31st May 2023
Time 2pm
Ages 8+ / Family Audiences
Showing Live Performance (2pm)

RAWD’s Superhero Bootcamp!

Date Wednesday 31st May 2023
Time 11am
Ages 8+
Time Interactive Workshop (11am)

Refugee Week – 16th–22nd June 2025

Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.

Refugee Week 2025: Everyone’s Welcome – Community Is Our Superpower

Dates 14th, 16th & 17th June
Ages All
Cost FREE

Refugee Week 2025: Home Cooked with Love

Dates Friday 20th June
Time 5pm – 7pm
Ages All
Cost FREE

Refugee Week 2025: Theatre Porto Family Films – Paddington

Date Sat 21st June 2025
Time 12.30pm
Ages PG
Showing Cinema Screening

Samadhi – Fallen Angels Dance Theatre

Date Wednesday 29th January 2025, 2-3pm
Showing Dance Screening / Open Workshop
Cost FREE

Sanctuary Arts Session

Dates Saturday 7th June 2025
Time 10am – 12pm
Ages ALL
Cost FREE

Technically, Creative

Date 28th – 30th October 2024
Ages 13-18
Showing Workshop
Cost FREE

Technically, Creative

Date 27th – 29th October 2024
Ages 12-18
Showing Workshops
Cost FREE

Technically, Creative – Arts Installation

Date 15th April 2023
Time Walk-in (12pm – 2pm)
Ages All
Showing Installation / Free

The Chronicles of Atom & Luna

Date 18th – 19th October
Ages 6+
Showing Performance
Cost Tickets from £5

The Exchange – Hidden Stories from the Covid-19 Pandemic 

Dates Saturday 14 – Thursday 26 October
Cost Free entry – just turn-up!

The Family Hangout Egg Hunt!

Dates Saturday 30th March 10am – Noon
What? The Family Hangout Egg Hunt

The Family Hangout with Porto’s Free Family Portraits

Dates Friday 5th April 10am – Noon
What? The Family Hangout & Porto’s Free Family Portraits

The Farmer & The Clown

Date Friday 9th & Saturday 10th May
Ages 3+
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

The Greatest Robot Ever

Date Monday 19th Feb 11am & 2pm
Ages 3 – 10 years
Location Ellesmere Port Library

The Hidden Garden

Date 26th October 2024, 12noon & 2pm
Ages 6+
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

The History of a Thing

Dates
Wednesday 19th June 7.30pm
Sunday 23rd June 2.30pm

The Shed

Date Weds 17th May 2023
Time 6pm
Ages ALL
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

The Story Forge: Make Your Own Myth

Date Saturday 15th February 11.00am and 2.30pm
Showing Performance
Ages 6+
Cost Tickets from £7

The Sunday Takeover

Dates Sunday 14th September
Time 2pm – 5pm
Ages All
Cost FREE

The Woman Who Crossed The Road

Date Monday 30th Oct, 7.30pm
Ages 14+
Showing Performance
Cost FREE / Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – ENCANTO

Date Sat 22nd April 2023
Time Super-Relaxed (10.30am) & Standard (2pm)
Ages TBC
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – Frankenweenie

Date Sat 28th October 2023
Time 12.30pm
Ages PG
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – Missing Link

Date Sat 18th May 2024
Time 12.30pm
Ages PG
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – Muppets – Most Wanted

Date Sat 24th June 2023
Time Super-Relaxed (10.30am) & Standard (2pm)
Ages U
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – Paddington

Date Sat 25th February 2023
Time Super-Relaxed (10.30am) & Standard (2pm)
Ages PG
Showing Cinema Screening

Theatre Porto Family Films – Peter Rabbit

Date Sat 26th April
Time 12.30pm
Ages U
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – Sing

Date Sat 18th March 2023
Time Super-Relaxed (10.30am) & Standard (2pm)
Ages U
Showing Cinema Screening

Theatre Porto Family Films – Smallfoot

Date Sat 27th January 2024
Time 12.30pm
Ages U
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – The Garfield Movie

Date Sat 22nd February
Time 12.30pm
Ages U
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – The Greatest Showman (Sing-A-Long)

Date Saturday 31st May 2025, 2.00pm
Ages PG
Showing Screening (Sing-A-Long)
Cost From / Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – The LEGO Batman Movie

Date Sat 23rd March 2024
Time 12.30pm
Ages U
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – The Secret Life of Pets

Date Sat 20th July 2024
Time 12.30pm
Ages PG
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – Wonka

Date Saturday 28th December 2024, 12.30pm
Ages PG
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Theatre Porto Family Films – Wreck It Ralph

Date Saturday 28th September 2024, 12.30pm
Ages PG
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Tinsel on The Tracks

Date Sunday 8th December 4pm
Ages TBC
Showing Panto / Performance
Cost Tickets from £4

Topsy Turvy – Whitby Park Extravaganza 2023

Date 11th – 13th August 2023
Time Every Day
Ages All
Showing Live Performance

Topsy Turvy 2024

Date 7th – 11th August 2024
Time Every Day
Ages All

Topsy Turvy 2024 – BIRDIE (Mind The Gap)

Date Thu 8th August 2024
Time 12pm SEND Families & 2.30pm
Ages 5-11 & Families
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Topsy Turvy 2024 – The Beatboxing Show (James Lyons)

Date Sat 10th August 2024
Time 12.30pm
Ages All
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Topsy Turvy 24 – Story Forge: Make Your Own Myth (Rubbish Shakespeare Company)

Date Fri 9th Aug 2024
Time 12pm
Ages 5+
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Topsy Turvy 24 Family Film Club Special – Encanto Sing-Along

Date Wed 7th Aug 2024
Time 5pm
Ages 6+
Showing Cinema Screening
Cost Pay What You Like

Topsy Turvy 25 – Now Booking!

Date Friday 8th – Sunday 10th August 2025
Ages ALL
What Topsy Turvy 25

Twixmas at Theatre Porto

Date Saturday 28th December 2024
Time 10am – 4pm
Ages All
Cost FREE

Twixmas Family Hangout

Date 28th-29th December
Ages All

Ukrainian Stories & The Merseyside Connection

Dates 28th July – 23rd August
Time During Normal Opening Hours
Ages 12+
Cost FREE

Undercover Artists with Theatre Porto

Dates Thursday Afternoons 3.30pm – 5pm
Location Hope Farm Library, Ellesmere Port
What? Arts sessions for families

Up & Away

Date Saturday 5th April
Ages Family Friendly
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Voices of Generation Zed

Date Wed 17th July, 7pm
Ages 12+ years old
Showing Performance

Voices of Generation Zed – by Kevin Dyer

Date Wed 19th July, 2023
Time 7pm
Ages 12+
Showing Live Performance

When we meet… 5 dances

Date Wednesday 5th February, 2-3:30pm
Showing Film Screening
Cost FREE

Where do the Noses Grow?

Date 14th – 17th December 2024
Ages 2+
Showing Performance
Cost Tickets from £5

Where do the Noses Grow?

Date 8th March 2025
Ages 2+
Showing Performance – Special Event
Cost FREE

Who the f-k is Shakespeare?

Date Friday 11th October, 1pm
Ages 14+
Showing Closed Performance
Cost Tickets are invite only

Writers’ Cafe

Date 15th November 2024, 7pm
Ages ALL
Showing Showcase
Cost Pay What You Like

You Know My Mum

Date Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd June
Ages Family Friendly / 7+
Showing Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Young Writers’ Showcase – Writing Goes Live

Date Tue 4th April 2023
Time 7pm
Ages ALL
Showing Live Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Young Writers’ Showcase – Writing Goes Live

Date Fri 31st May, 6pm
Time 6pm
Ages ALL
Showing Live Performance
Cost Pay What You Like

Young Writers’ Showcase – Writing Goes Live

Date Wednesday 16th April 2025
Time 7pm
Ages ALL
Showing Live Performance
Cost Pay What You Like