Centenary are delighted to announce that they have secured the rights to The Phantom of the Opera courtesy of The Really Useful group Ltd.

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the 1910 French novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux, it tells the story of a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, masked musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.

The musical opened in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in New York in 1988, in a production directed by Harold Prince and starring English classical soprano Sarah Brightman (Lloyd Webber's then-wife) as Christine Daaé, screen and stage star Michael Crawford as the Phantom, and international stage performer Steve Barton as Raoul. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, with Crawford winning the Olivier and Tony for Best Actor in a Musical. A film adaptation, directed by Joel Schumacher, was released in 2004.

The Phantom of the Opera will be performed at The Brindley Theatre, Runcorn from Tuesday 14th May to Saturday 18th May 2024. 7.30pm nightly with a Saturday matinee at 2pm.

We anticipate tickets selling very quickly for The Phantom of the Opera so we advise booking quickly for what will be a spectacular show in your local theatre.