The Addams Family - Grand Opera House Belfast

What to Expect

The Addams Family, the musical comedy by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, comes to the Grand Opera House from 29 September to 3 October 2026 in a production by Ulster Operatic Company. Wednesday Addams has fallen for a young man from a conventional family and has to break the news to her ghoulish parents, Gomez and Morticia. The story turns on a single fraught dinner party where the Addams clan meets the boyfriend’s “normal” parents, with the expected chaos and dark humour following. The show is billed as a heart-warming tale of love, family and friendship underneath the macabre trimmings.

Ulster Operatic Company is one of Belfast’s longest-established amateur musical theatre societies, and its autumn slot at the Grand Opera House is a regular fixture on the city’s theatre calendar, giving local performers a professional main-stage run rather than a community-hall setting. The score borrows freely from Broadway pastiche and swing, with the ensemble numbers built for a big cast, so expect a fuller stage picture than the touring productions that usually fill this slot. It is a good option for families with older children thanks to the age-8-plus guidance, though the humour leans gothic and macabre rather than broadly childish.

Good to Know

• Runs Tuesday 29 September to Saturday 3 October 2026
• Performances at 2:30pm and 7:30pm; check goh.co.uk for the daily schedule
• Running time approximately 2 hours 30 minutes including an interval
• Tickets from £30.50 up to £42.50, including booking fees
• Recommended for ages 8 and over
• Signed accessible performance on Thursday 1 October at 7:30pm
• Group discounts available for parties of 10 or more (20+ on Tuesday and Wednesday performances)
• Box office: 028 9024 1919, Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm

Getting There

The Grand Opera House is on Great Victoria Street in Belfast city centre, next to the Europa Hotel and the Europa Bus Centre, with Great Victoria Street train station two minutes’ walk away. Multi-storey parking is available nearby on Grosvenor Road and at Victoria Square. There is more to see in Belfast and across Co. Antrim.