RBO Opera: Carmen
2026-11-11 19:00 - 22:20 (Europe/London)
The Royal OperaCarmen
Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds.
Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet’s ever-popular opera.
An all-star cast brings this white-hot drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role, alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José.
Following his 2023 Royal Opera debut, Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet’s electrifying and sensual score.
Tickets £18 and £12 for under 18Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee, run by the VHC

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Live At The Victoria: Amba Tremain
2026-11-13 20:00 - 23:00
Amba TremainSinging Soulstress Amba Tremain brings you ‘Cinematic Soul’, a powerful sound that blends brand new music with old school vibes, creating songs that have the power to transport you back in time. With a heavy dose of commercial blues, rock and RnB, there are influences of Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Lady Wray and Alicia Keys evident in her writing and performance.
Amba delivers a huge, gritty, unadulterated soul show and packs a big punch with her live vocals. Her songs are real stories about passion, love, heartbreak and honest feelings… Some will even move you to tears.
Amba is a firm fixture on the live music scene, be it fronting classic soul bands ‘The Soul Session’ and ‘The Legends of Soul Songbook’, entertaining huge crowds with her duo The Floor Fillerz or out performing her own music with her band. Amba has also provided backing vocals for legends such as Boy George, Eva Cassidy and Rumer.
Since the moment she left school she has played thousands of gigs, provided vocals for past and present superstars, appeared on over 200,000 playlists worldwide with her covers projects ‘Blame Jones’ and ‘Franklyn Jay’ who can be heard on commercials (Renault 2025 campaign) TV shows such as Love Island (UK + USA) Greatest Dancer and Strictly Come Dancing spin off ‘It takes two’. She has even enjoyed recognition for her own music by BBC introducing and radio stations worldwide as well as being a regularly featured vocalist with British soul/blues artist Jo Harman, Stefan Redtenbachers ‘Funkestra and Soul Picnic’.
Amba Tremain website It will be a great night of music at The Victoria Hall, starting at 8pm.
Tickets £18Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, run by the VHC.

NTLive: Golden Boy
2026-11-18 19:15 - 21:45
Golden Boy

by Clifford Odetsdirected by Sam Yates
Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic.

1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.

Brought to life with a live string quartet and filmed live from the Almeida Theatre, Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.

Ticket £18 and £12 for under 18Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee, run by the VHC
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Giant
2026-12-02 19:15 - 22:00
Giant – The Play GIANT, the 5-star critically acclaimed play starring John Lithgow (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Crown) as Roald Dahl, comes to the big screen. Winner of 3 Olivier Awards® including Best Play and a Tony Award® for Best Actor in a Play (John Lithgow), the production was filmed live in London’s West End ahead of its sold-out Broadway run. The stellar cast includes Aya Cash (The Boys, The Franchise, You’re the Worst), Elliot Levey (Cold War, Patriots, Good) and Rachael Stirling (The Divine Mrs S).
A world-famous children’s author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends…It’s the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation.
Inspired by real events, GIANT explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon.

Ticket £18 and £12 for under 18Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee, run by the VHC
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Live At The Victoria: 60s Allstars
2026-12-11 20:00 - 23:00
The 60s Allstars
Back by popular demand for a third year, we welcome The 60s Allstars to the Victoria Halls on Friday 11 December.
Featuring Mick Avory of The Kinks on drums together with Alan Lovell of The Swinging Blue Jeans on guitar and blues legend Robin Bibi this promises to be a fantastic evening of music and dancing to all the hits of the 60s, 70s and beyond – book early to secure your place and get those vocal chords exercised to sing along to all your favourites!
It will be another great night of music, starting at 8pm
Tickets £20Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, run by the VHC.

RBO Ballet matinee: The Nutcracker
2026-12-28 14:00 - 16:30
The Nutcracker
Running time 150 minutes (including one interval)
Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family

A young girl’s enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this beautiful classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score.
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker doll. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is waiting to sweep her off on a magical adventure. After defeating the Mouse King, the Nutcracker and Clara travel through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy treats them to a wonderful display of dances.
Back home, Clara thinks she must have been dreaming – but doesn’t she recognize Drosselmeyer’s nephew?
Peter Wright’s nigh-on definitive production for The Royal Ballet ranks as one of the most enduring and enchanting versions of The Nutcracker.
With its festive period setting, dancing snowflakes and enchanting stage magic, Lev Ivanov’s 1892 ballet has become the perfect Christmas entertainment, with Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous, sugar-spun music the most recognizable of all ballet scores.
Loosely based on the story by E.T.A.Hoffmann, the ballet opens with a lively Christmas party, its Victorian setting captured in opulent detail by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s designs. Wright’s choreography ingeniously incorporates surviving fragments of the ballet’s original material, including the sublime pas de deux for the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince. But in emphasizing the relationship between Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, the production also gains a touching subtext of first love.
Tickets £18 and £12 for under 18.
Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee , run by the VHC.
Choreography Peter Wright after Lev IvanovMusic Pyotr Il’yich TchaikovskyOriginal scenario Marius Petipa after E.T.A. HoffmanProduction and scenario Peter WrightDesigner Julia Trevelyan OmanLighting designer Mark HendersonProduction consultant Roland John WileyConductor Andrew Litton
Cast Anna Rose O’Sullivan, Marcelino SambéOrchestra of the Royal Opera House

Nutcracker trailer

RBO Ballet matinee: The Nutcracker
2026-12-28 14:00 - 16:30
The Nutcracker
Running time 150 minutes (including one interval)
Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family

A young girl’s enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this beautiful classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score.
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker doll. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is waiting to sweep her off on a magical adventure. After defeating the Mouse King, the Nutcracker and Clara travel through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy treats them to a wonderful display of dances.
Back home, Clara thinks she must have been dreaming – but doesn’t she recognize Drosselmeyer’s nephew?
Peter Wright’s nigh-on definitive production for The Royal Ballet ranks as one of the most enduring and enchanting versions of The Nutcracker.
With its festive period setting, dancing snowflakes and enchanting stage magic, Lev Ivanov’s 1892 ballet has become the perfect Christmas entertainment, with Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous, sugar-spun music the most recognizable of all ballet scores.
Loosely based on the story by E.T.A.Hoffmann, the ballet opens with a lively Christmas party, its Victorian setting captured in opulent detail by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s designs. Wright’s choreography ingeniously incorporates surviving fragments of the ballet’s original material, including the sublime pas de deux for the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince. But in emphasizing the relationship between Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, the production also gains a touching subtext of first love.
Tickets £18 and £12 for under 18.
Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee , run by the VHC.
Nutcracker trailer

Exhibition on Screen: Renoir and Love
2027-01-20 19:15 - 20:45
A continued series of screenings for the Victoria Hall CharityEXHIBITION ON SCREEN
Renoir and LoveKey artwork: Dance at BougivalDirected by Ali Ray    90 mins
Enjoy Renoir’s most uplifting and admired masterpieces – Fall in love with Renoir this winter
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists; a founding member of the Impressionist movement and a constantly evolving artist, he is unmatched at depicting human connection. The National Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition brings together vibrant masterpieces which explore love in all its forms, bringing colour and warmth into the cold winter months.
With exclusive access to this exciting new show, Exhibition on Screen will bring these world class works to cinema audiences, with close examination of the art and leading experts exploring the immense skill and influence of this master of colour and connection.
Be transported back to a Parisian summer of love through the eyes of a true visionary. An unmissable opportunity to fall in love with Renoir this winter.
Made in close collaboration with The National Gallery, London and Musee d’Orsay, Paris.
Ticket £14 and £10 for under 18Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee, run by the VHC

Live At The Victoria: W3G (We Three Girls)
2027-01-22 20:00 - 23:00
W3G are an eight-piece band playing soul and disco led by our three talented singers Trish, Claire and Suzie.
Our soul and funk band knows how to have a blast!
We bring fun, with live performances of all floor-filler tunes, ensuring the audience has as much fun as we do. We don’t take things too seriously, just seriously entertaining!” Come, with your dancing shoes on, as the band cover songs from Aretha Franklin to Chic.
W3G website
Some W3G songs
It will be a great night of music at The Victoria Hall, starting at 8pm.
Tickets £18Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, run by the VHC.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West
2027-01-27 19:15 - 22:30
The Metropolitan OperaLa Fanciulla del West

Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years.
Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes her Met company debut singing the role of Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it.
Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver justice—and win Minnie for himself.
Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.
Tickets £18 and £12 for under 18Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee, run by the VHC.

Friary Brass Band Sunday Afternoon Concert
2027-01-31 14:30 - 16:50
Friary Brass Band“The finest brass band in London & the Southern Counties”This is the fifth time we have asked the Friary Brass Band to entertain us at the Victoria Hall.Their performance of a great selection of music has always been absolutely brilliant.
Since winning the First Section National Championship title in 2010 – the only southern band ever to have done so – Friary Brass Band has progressed under the baton of Musical Director Chris King to become the leading band in the South. Following Chris King’s departure in mid-2023, the MD mantle passed to Nigel Taken.
Currently ranked 22nd in the world and 19th in the UK, Friary held the London & Southern Counties Champion Band title for six consecutive years and has qualified for the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall each year bar one since 2013. The Band has won the Audience Entertainment Award at the prestigious Brass in Concert contest on two occasions, and the Most Entertaining Band award at Butlin’s Mineworkers Contest in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Founded in its current form in 1983, Friary takes its name from initial sponsor, Guildford’s Friary Meux brewery, and is currently moving its base from Woking to Chertsey. Over the years, the Band has played at many special occasions, including major sporting events such as the British Grand Prix and rugby internationals at Twickenham and Wembley, and for a local theatre company’s production of Brassed Off.
A registered charity, Friary has raised funds for the British Heart Foundation, the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust and Sebastian’s Action Trust, and in April 2015 was honoured with the Mayor of Guildford’s Service to the Community Award.
Joint concerts have been staged with Fairey, Brighouse & Rastrick and Cory, as well as with the Northeast Hants East Schools Bands where two of the Band’s principal players started their banding careers.
www.friarybrassband.com
Tickets £18 and under 18 £12 Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee, run by the VHC.
London & Southern Counties Regional Champions 2015 – 2021Championship Section Finalists, National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 2013 – 2021 & 2023Audience Entertainment Award, Brass in Concert 2019 & 2021Most Entertaining Band, Butlin’s Mineworkers Contest 2015, 2017 & 2019British Open Senior Trophy Champions 2014First Section National Champions of Great Britain 2010The Mayor of Guildford’s Award for Service to the Community 2015
Friary Brass Band in Action
