The news comes as an additional performance at the Manchester Opera House is added.
The Hope Mill Theatre has announced that the special fundraising concert of Acorn Antiques the Musical will have a performance at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Sunday 9 November 2025. Plus, in addition to the previously announced date on Sunday 2 November 2025, a second performance at Manchester Opera House has been added on Sunday 16 November 2025 at 5pm.
This special concert performance of the musical is set to be directed by Hope Mill’s own Joseph Houston and William Whelton with musical direction and supervision by Nigel Lilley and choreography by Sammy Murray.
Come along to Manchesterford, a place full of quaint, old-fashioned shops such as “Acorn Antiques” run by sisters Miss Babs and Miss Berta. They are assisted by business partner Mr Clifford, elderly tea lady Mrs Overall, and two ‘pitiful adolescents’. But before long their cosy world faces a threat from developers, who want to turn their high street into a collection of coffee bars and sexy underwear shops. As the plot unfolds, Miss Babs and Miss Berta are faced with financial woes and family secrets, including a lost triplet sister. Will the innocent antique dealers fight off the developers and a sinister loan shark? Can they find the missing will of their father? And will Miss Berta ever find true love?
Casting and creative team for the production have yet to be announced.
Acorn Antiques was written by Victoria Wood to form part as a weekly slot in her sketch show, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV. She based it on the long-running serial Crossroads, and radio soap Waggoners Walk. She later created the musical version, directed by Trevor Nunn with choreography by Stephen Mear and opened at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. It went on to be nominated for several Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and winning Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Celia Imrie.
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