Some love it, others loathe it, but we can’t avoid it – football is everywhere!

Following a run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe and a Live and Local tour, Next Door Dance’s The Beautiful Game is back on the road this spring with fixtures all around the UK, and even if football isn’t your thing, this electric, feel-good show will persuade you of its charms.

The Beautiful Game takes a laugh-out-loud look at our undying obsession with football, celebrating everything from weird matchday rituals to ridiculous armchair punditry.

It explores the highs and lows of football fandom, and it may even attempt to explain the offside rule.

Four women deliver a knockout performance in this high-energy show which is brimming with nostalgia and set to a backdrop of chant-along hits and a buzzing soundtrack.

For tickets, priced £14 (concessions/members £13, students £10), call the box office on 01420 472664 or visit https://phoenixarts.cloudvenue.co.uk/thebeautifulgame

(PHOTO: GAVIN MAWDITT)