Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is coming to the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester

The musical will run from 5th December 2026 to 30th January 2027

Selina Cartmell directs Sondheim’s breathtaking classic, a life-affirming fairy-tale for adults.

‘I frequently laugh myself to sleep contemplating my own future.’

In Sondheim’s enchanting musical, set in turn-of-the-century Sweden, mismatched couples waltz through a series of self-delusions in search of a happy ending.

This lighter-than-air confection of romantic misfires and magical songs features Sondheim’s bittersweet masterpiece, ‘Send in the Clowns’. Old, young and middle-aged are equally determined and witty in this Tony award winning musical comedy.

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by Hugh Wheeler

Suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman

Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince

Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International

Further details are yet to be announced