This is YOUR iVisit guide to what’s on at Wyeside Arts Centre. Please note for select performances/screenings both Socially Distanced and Standard Screening are available. Please check before you book.

Gigspanner Band

Saturday 23 April 2022, 7:30pm

Tickets: £20

“The Gigspanner Big Band are amazing…a force to be reckoned with – they storm every stage they walk on” Mike Harding

Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’

Beginning life as a trio – with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight being joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack – the line-up has been expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band, with acclaimed multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – BBC Folk Awards ‘Best Duo‘) and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers, joining the fray.

As collaborations go, it doesn’t get much more mouth-watering than this.

The People’s Theatre Company presents… I Spy With My Little Eye

Thursday 21 April 2022, 2:30pm

Tickets: £10 Full (£9 Children aged 16 and under, £36 Family of four)

– By Steven Lee

For Molly’s sixth birthday her parents and Bingo the dog are going to throw her the best party ever, complete with a terrific treasure hunt, sensational sing-along songs and lots of fantastic games, including Molly’s favourite game, “I Spy With My Little Eye!”

So put on your party clothes and consider yourself cordially invited to join Molly and Bingo for what promises to be a truly magical day of fun and laughter. 

A sweet surprise and photos with Bingo and the birthday girl will be available at the end of the show so adults should bring along their cameras to capture the smiles.

Based on the brand new picture book by Steven Lee (Don’t Dribble On The Dragon, How the Koala Learnt To Hug) and brought to you by the creators of There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly, this fantastic family musical celebrates everything great about being a kid – and everything great about having one.

Gary Delaney 16+

12 June 2022, 8 pm

Tickets: £20

Get ready to dive into a rabbit hole of the best jokes in the world – star of Live at the Apollo and sell-out sensation Gary Delaney is back! One of the most sought after joke writers in the country and longstanding Mock the Week special guest, Gary has been through the laughing glass and he’s ready to bring you a brand new show with hit after hit of the kind of one-liners only a master could craft. If you’re hunting for snark, Gary’s got it covered!

★★★★ ‘A cavalcade of brilliantly inventive puns’ Guardian

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PG)

Apr 8-15, 18-20, 22-24

Animation, Action, Adventure

Director: Jeff Fowler

Starring: Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Jim Carrey

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic ready for more freedom, convinces Tom and Maddie to leave him home while they go on vacation. As soon as they are gone, Dr. Robotnik comes back, this time with a new partner, Knuckles. This diabolical duo are in search for an emerald that has the power to both build and destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands. 

This film contains flashing images which may affect people who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy

The Outfit (15)

Apr 22-24, 26-28

Crime, Drama

Director: Graham Moore

Starring: Mark Rylance, Zoey Dutch, Johnny Flynn

Leonard (Mark Rylance), a master English tailor living in Chicago, operates a tailor shop with his assistant (Zoey Deutch) where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters. One night, two killers (Dylan O’Brien, Johnny Flynn) knock on his door in need of a favour – Leonard is thrust onto the board in a deadly game of deception and murder.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A)

Apr 8-21

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: David Yates

Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Jude Law, Ezra Miller

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers. But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines?