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Christmas edition NEWSREVUE at Canal Café Theatre 13 November - 20 December
It's the most wonderful time of the year here at Canal Café Theatre. Introducing the 2025 NewsRevue Christmas cast! Catch these fa-la-la-la-fabulous performers.
Current NewsRevue Team – Christmas 2025!
Director: Sophie Lynch-Furtado
Musical Director: Zara Harris
Cast: Dión Di Maio, Fraser Adams, Miles Blanch & Liberty Ashford
“Satirically brilliant” – The Guardian – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Preposterously talented” – Broadway Baby – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Utterly magnificent from start to finish” – LondonTheatre1 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
NewsRevue Season Pass!
For just £99, the pass is designed so that you can come and see each run of the year (7 standard runs, our Edinburgh Previews and our Christmas run), and make major savings compared to buying individual tickets!
For more information and to book, head to our
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LA BELLA BIMBA!
26 - 29 November
1920s New York, Two Italian women – through live music, clowning and vaudeville routines follow them chase stardom from gutters to glamour.
A new punchy cabaret by female lead company Theatre Gamine, it will bring the audience back to the 1920s from the point of view of two clumsy Italian immigrants, and their dream to become Broadway stars.
Our cabaret talks about two young women from Italy who move to New York to make their fortune, dreaming of becoming Broadway stars (which is hard when you don’t exactly look like Jean Harlow or any blond bombshell on a magazine). Our protagonists also don’t speak a word of English! The piece centres on the relationship between our performers and their audience. In fact, we will hardly speak any English, but we will create a connection with our audience through playing with language and physicality (especially through clowning).
Touching themes such as immigration, discrimination and identity: La Bella Bimba! Follows a successful run in July 2022 at Actors East and an R&D in April 2025 funded by Arts Council England.
ONE CHRISTMAS CAROL
2 - 7 December
A powerful one-man tour de force, delivering Dickens’ timeless tale with heart, humour, and unforgettable clarity.
Experience the magic of Charles Dickens’ classic tale as you’ve never seen it before. One Christmas Carol is a spellbinding one-man tour de force, where acclaimed actor Gwithian Evans brings over 35 characters to life onstage in a masterful display of storytelling, passion, and precision.
From Ebenezer Scrooge to Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchitt, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, each character emerges vividly without a single costume change or elaborate set. Armed only with three mismatched chairs and the power of performance, Evans guides us on a deeply moving journey through themes of greed, regret, compassion, and ultimately—redemption.
This stripped-back, high-impact production dispenses with holiday excess in favor of something far more meaningful: the enduring heart of the story. With nothing to distract, the spotlight falls firmly on the message that has inspired generations.
10 & 17 December
An evening of silly songs and barbershop festive fun from an award-winning quartet.
This Christmas, Close Enough Barbershop Quartet brings you a special musical revue.
Close Enough Barbershop Quartet won Best Small Vocal Ensemble (’22, ’23 and ’24) in Buxton for their ‘witty repartee’ and ‘vocal acrobatics’.
Woody Allen (tenor), Thomas Eyre (lead), Tom Rogers (baritone) and Johnny Shipley (bass) have spent the last decade singing their brand of light-hearted and lyrical songs across the green and pleasant parts of the UK, with performances at the Big Feastival, and the Burford, Bath, Brighton and Buxton Festivals. They also toured distilleries in Islay, but they’re a bit hazy about that.
With sparkling festive numbers (from the likes of Perry Como) and some familiar favourites too (from Louis Armstrong and the Marx Brothers), this special Christmas offering promises to be a cracker!
Performers: Tom Rogers, Johnny Shipley, Edward Allen & Thomas Eyre
12 & 13 December
The UK’s most bang average blokes.
The boys are back in town.
After winning a ‘Best Comedy’ award at the Adelaide Fringe in a mammoth Australian tour, the UK’s most bang average blokes – Barry, Brian & Bean – are back tackling everything from patriotism to boners for Beckham. Exploring identity, patriotism and what it means to be ‘English’, all with a side of three small sausages.
Performers: Rachel Barry, Niamh O’Brien & Nina Levy
Written by The Barry, Brian & Bean Company
16 December
A cornucopia of Christmas classics.
Join us in a celebration of yuletide nostalgia – gorgeously glam, fun and festive.
La Petite Valise, the ever vivacious Ms Janey Gardiner and tickling the ivories musical maestro Mr Will Hall, give their very own and unique cabaret twist to all your favourite Christmas songs.
The intimate cabaret space of Canal Café Theatre provides the perfect setting to immerse yourself in pre Christmas loveliness, delicious, delightful and decadent measures of intoxicating Christmas spirit.
From Santa Baby and Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer to Felice Navidad, Fa La La La La, La La La La.
All that remains is for you to relax, indulge and enjoy!
