Frozen JR

Rooftop Studios Stage Academy bring Frozen JR to the Mitchell Arts Centre in Hanley on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 November. Both nights start at 7pm and run until about 8.15pm, so it's a fairly early finish if you're taking the kids.

The main show is a youth staging of Disney's Frozen, following sisters Anna and Elsa in the kingdom of Arendelle, with Olaf and Kristoff along for the ride. It leans on the songs you already know, including 'Let It Go', 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' and 'For the First Time in Forever'. Before the main curtain goes up, there's an opening performance called Stardust by the school's Little Stage Academy students, so the younger ones get their moment on stage too.

It's a local production rather than a touring company. Rooftop Studios is a performing arts school based in Stone and Leek that trains young people in dance, musical theatre, singing, acting and aerial arts, and its Stage Academy programmes put them at the heart of full theatre productions. These performances are fronted by young performers drawn from the Stone and Leek communities and the surrounding Staffordshire area, so the cast is made up of local kids rather than professional touring actors.

Tickets are £21 for adults and £19.50 for children and concessions, both including the booking fee. The venue is the Mitchell Arts Centre on Broad Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4HG.