Poole Lighthouse: What's on at the theatre in 2024?

There is plenty to choose from, so we've highlighted all the musicians, comedians, stage shows and more that will be on offer there.

To make sure you know who's coming and what you want to get tickets to we've listed them all for you by month.

Tickets for all the events listed below can be bought at the Poole Lighthouse website here.

What's on at Poole Lighthouse in 2024

January

• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: New Year’s Day Viennese Gala (Monday, January 1)
• Swan Lake (Thursday, January 4)
• The Nutcracker (Friday, January 5 to Sunday, January 7)
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO): Dazzling Liszt (Wednesday, January 10)
• The Story of Soul (Friday, January 12)
• Studio Jazz: Scott Hamilton Quartet (Friday, January 12)
• Coastal Comedy January 2024 (Saturday, January 13)
• BSO: Darkness Into Light (Wednesday, January 17)
• Hedera (Friday, January 19)
• Spirit of the Dance (Saturday, January 20)
• Rob Newman (Saturday, January 20)
• Twelve Angry Men (Monday, January 22 to Friday, January 26)
• BSO: My Country (Wednesday, January 24)
• Lunchtime Recital: Alicia Mallace-Goulbourne and Jack Campbell
• Live and Unheard - January (Thursday, January 25)
• Thokozile Collective (Friday, January 26)
• Money for Nothing (Saturday, January 27)
• Jack! (Saturday, January 27)
• The Greatest Magician (Tuesday, January 30)
• BSO: Musical Puzzles (Wednesday, January 31)
• PIPELINE – An Evening of New Writing for Stage (Wednesday, January 31)

February

• Oh What a Lovely War (Thursday, February 1 and Friday, February 2)

• Drag 'n' Drop (Friday, February 2)
• Judi Love (Saturday, February 3)
• Wild Visions: Untamed Myth (Saturday, February 3)
• The Nature of Forgetting (Wednesday, February 7)
• BSO: Mendelssohn's Masterpiece (Wednesday, February 7)
• Peter Knight and John Spiers (Thursday, February 8)
• The Illegal Eagles (Friday, February 9)
• Laura Jurd Trio and Liam Noble (Friday, February 9)
• The Amazing Bubbleman (Saturday, February 10)
• BSO: Valentine's Classics (Saturday, February 10)
• Coastal Comedy: February 2024 (Saturday, February 10)
• Four Seasons (Tuesday, February 13)
• BSO: Romeo and Juliet (Wednesday, February 14)
• Tap Factory (Wednesday, February 14)
• Ross Noble (Thursday, February 15)

• Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (Friday, February 16)
• Youth Makes Music (Friday, February 16)
• Vittorio Angelone: Who Do You Think You Are? I Am! (Friday, February 16)
• Friend (The One with Gunther) (Saturday, February 17)
• Tess (Wednesday, February 21)
• BSO: London Town (Wednesday, February 21)
• Giovanni Pernice – Let Me Entertain You (Thursday, February 22 and Friday, February 23)
• Mingus Sings! Celebrating the Legacy of Jazz Icon Charles Mingus (Friday, February 23)
• Get It On (Saturday, February 24)
• Crooners (Saturday, February 24)
• Brìghde Chaimbeul (Saturday, February 24)
• Pip Hare (Tuesday, February 27)
• BSO: Verdi's Requiem (Wednesday, February 28)
• Protest (Thursday, February 29 to Saturday, March 2)
• The Mersey Beatles (Thursday, February 29)
• Live and Unheard - February (Thursday, February 29)

March

• ELO Again (Friday, March 1)
• Connor Burns: Vertigo (Friday, March 1)
• BSO: The Best of Williams & Zimmer (Saturday, March 2)
• Hells Bells (Saturday, March 2)
• Byron Wallen’s Four Corners (Friday, March 8)
• Dreamcoat Stars (Saturday, March 9)
• Coastal Comedy March 2024 (Saturday, March 9)
• The Full Monty (Monday, March 11 to Saturday, March 16)

• BSO: Counterpoint Counterparts (Wednesday, March 13)
• Beyond Ourselves (Wednesday, March 13)
• Dirty Dancing in Concert (Thursday, March 14)
• Rob Auton: The Rob Auton Show (Thursday, March 14)
• The Magic of Motown (Friday, March 15)
• Tommy Scott (Space) Duo (Friday, March 15)
• The Witch and The Egg (Saturday, March 16)
• Seven Drunken Nights (Saturday, March 16)

• Hannah James and Toby Kuhn (Saturday, March 16)
• Circus of Horrors (Sunday, March 17)
• BSO: Beethoven's Fifth (Wednesday, March 20)
• Awful Auntie (Thursday, March 21 to Sunday, March 24)
• Shon Dale-Jones: Cracking (Thursday, March 21)
• Leon Greening Sextet (Friday, March 22)
• Cirque: The Greatest Show (Saturday, March 23)
• Ania Magliano: I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This (Saturday, March 23)
• Damian Lewis (Monday, March 25)
• The Makings of a Murderer (Tuesday, March 26)
• A Bach Easter Celebration (Wednesday, March 27)
• Lucy Beaumont (Wednesday, March 27)
• PIPELINE – An Evening of New Writing for Stage (Wednesday, March 27)
• Queenz – The Show With BALLS! (Thursday, March 28)
• 80s Live (Saturday, March 30)
• Alfie Moore: A Face For Radio (Saturday, March 30)

April

• Lyngo Theatre - The Little Prince (Tuesday, April 2)
• Paul Weller (Thursday, April 4)
• Paul Foot: Dissolve (Thursday, April 4)
• Giacomo Smith Hot Five (Friday, April 5)
• The Little Mix Show - Woman Like Me (Tuesday, April 9)
• BSO: Let's Dance (Wednesday, April 10)
• Rumours of Fleetwood Mac (Thursday, April 11)
• Show of Hands (Thursday, April 11)
• The Tiger Who Came To Tea (Friday, April 12 to Sunday, April 14)
• Ian Prowse ( & Fiddle of Fire) Mersey Hymns Acoustic Tour (Friday, April 12)
• Coastal Comedy April 2024 (Saturday, April 13)
• Alan Barnes and Andy Panayi Sextet: Salute to Cannonball & Coltrane (Friday, April 19)
• BSO: Classic FM Hall of Fame (Saturday, April 20)
• Celebrating 50 Years in Showbiz: Dr John Cooper Clarke (Saturday, April 20)
• Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe (Sunday, April 21)
• Infinite (Tuesday, April 23)
• BSO: Elgar's Enigma (Wednesday, April 24)
• Rosie Holt (Wednesday, April 24)
• Legends - The Divas (Thursday, April 25)
• Tim Rice (Friday, April 26)
• Lloyd Griffith: Baroque and Roll (Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27)

• Kate Rusby (Saturday, April 27)
• Grooving with the Pirates (Saturday, April 27)
• The Mousetrap (Monday, April 29 to Saturday, May 4)

May 

• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Voices from the East (Wednesday, May 1)
• Daniel Foxx: Villain (Thursday, May 2)
• Sarah Gillespie Band (Friday, May 3)
• Richard Shelton: Frank Sinatra – The Retirement Concert (Friday, May 3)
• Laura Smyth: Living My Best Life (Saturday, May 4)
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Iolanta (Wednesday, May 8)
• Manon Lescaut (Friday, May 10)
• Cider with Kirsty (Friday, May 10)
• ETO: The Great Stink (Saturday, May 11)
• The Rake's Progress (Saturday, May 11)
• Rob Lamberti Presents Perfectly George (Saturday, May 11)
• Coastal Comedy May 2024 (Saturday, May 11)
• Fishermen's Friends (Sunday, May 12)
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich Five (Wednesday, May 15)
• Adam Beattie and Fiona Bevan (Wednesday, May 15)

• Jah Wobble’s Metal Box Rebuilt in Dub (Wednesday, May 15)
• 90s Live (Friday, May 17)
• Nishla Smith - The Beast (Friday, May 17)
• BRB2: Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection (Saturday, May 18)
• Behold Ye Ramblers (Saturday, May 18)
• The Zombies (Tuesday, May 21)
• Rave On (Wednesday, May 22)
• Good Habits (Wednesday, May 22)
• Simon Reeve - To The Ends of the Earth (Thursday, May 23)
• The Boy at the Back of the Class (Tuesday, May 28 to Saturday, June 1)
• PIPELINE – An Evening of New Writing for Stage (Wednesday, May 29)
• Jive Talkin' (Friday, May 31)
• Remi Harris Trio (Friday, May 31)

June

• Phil Green: Four Weddings and a Breakdown (Saturday, June 1)
• Alexander O'Neal (Tuesday, June 4)
• Oliver! (Wednesday, June 5 to Saturday, June 8)
• Luke Wright's Silver Jubilee (Thursday, June 6)
• Yolanda Charles’ Project pH Instra-mentals (Friday, June 14)
• Coastal Comedy June (Saturday, June 15)
• Ed Gamble (Thursday, June 20)
• Whitney - Queen of the Night (Friday, June 21)
• A Night of Blues 'n' Boogie (Saturday, June 22)
• Anton Du Beke & Giovanni Pernice – Together (Friday, June 28)
• Sea Words (Friday, June 28)
• The Ultimate Classic Rock Show (Saturday, June 29)

July

• Coastal Comedy July (Saturday, July 13
• Rhythm of the Dance (Tuesday, July 16)
• The Enemy + Support (Friday, July 26)

August

No shows are scheduled for this month for Poole Lighthouse at the time of writing.

September

• An Evening of Burlesque (Friday, September 13)
• Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve (Wednesday, September 18)
• Chris McCausland: Yonks! (Saturday, September 21)
• Carl Hutchinson (Saturday, September 28)
• Shaun Ryder – Happy Mondays, and Fridays, and Saturdays, and Sundays (Saturday, September 28)

October

• Tim Peake: Astronauts – The Quest to Explore Space (Thursday, October 3)
• Rhod Gilbert (Friday, October 4)
• Ben Portsmouth - This is Elvis (Friday, October 11)
• The Duke (Friday, October 11)
• Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny (Saturday, October 12)
• Ben Elton (Saturday, October 19)

• Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing? (Saturday, October 19)
• Peppa Pig's Fun Day Out 2024 (Tuesday, October 22 and Wednesday, October 23)
• Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers: In Time (Thursday, October 24)
• The Bowie Experience (Friday, October 25)

November

• The Sensational 60s Experience (Friday, November 1)
• Simon Brodkin (Thursday, November 21)

December

• What’s Love Got To Do With It? (Thursday, December 5)
• Dick Whittington (Thursday, December 12 to Sunday, January 5)
• Christmas with Anton Du Beke (Thursday, December 19)

At the time of writing, these are the performances scheduled for Poole Lighthouse in 2024.