May mayhem in Southside

Birmingham’s Southside district has a host of activities taking place across its bustling venues this May.

Review: As You Like It

The new Shakespeare production of ‘As You Like It’ in Stratford exudes comedy and warmth, says critic Megan Luesley

Ultima Censura: Ten dome tents, three live performers

… and some difficult choices to be made. Spend forty intimate moments and seek to discover where your principles lie and what your fundamentals of life and law really are.

BOA students bring the West End to Birmingham

Students from the city’s top performing arts, digital and creative academy are set to take to the stage with performances of musical classics at The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham’s Southside district.

Eat! Feasting, fasting, famine and food for thought

Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Black Country Touring bring their intimate, unique and tasty play to Wolverhampton in May.

Kipling centenary production

Audiences are invited to a gritty fly-on-the-wall World War I drama when the Lichfield Players present ‘My Boy Jack’ in the Garrick Studio next month.

Me and My Dad

Reform theatre bring their critically acclaimed play Me and My Dad to Artrix

The Blues Brothers are coming to Coventry

The Blues Brothers – The Smash Hit will be bringing the classic hits and capers of Jake and Elwood Blues to life live on stage at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre

Ruby Maihem Burlesque returns to The Public

Ruby Maihem returns to The Public in West Bromwich with a night of burlesque glitz and glamour.

The Good Enough Mums Club

Brand new British musical The Good Enough Mums Club will have its World Premiere at the MAC, Birmingham in May

Sexton Blake Strikes Back! – at Bookmark Bloxwich Theatre

Edwardian London is being held to ransom – and who can rescue the capital from arch-villains ‘The British League of Underhanded Scoundrels, Traitors, Extortionists and Rapscallions?’

Belgrade’s Acting Out Company act up in new show

The Belgrade Theatre’s Community & Education Company is showcasing some of the city’s up and coming young talent in its new production Journey to X

East meets west as theatre students present new English adaptation of Romanian play

A theatre company formed by performing arts students at Coventry University is premiering an English adaptation of an established Romanian play in the city at the end of the month.

I Love You . . . Goodbye

Love, in its many forms

The Gramophones Theatre Company from End to End

Trusting to their resourcefulness and the kindness of strangers they traveled the 874 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats to discover the real Britain.

Of All The People In All The World – 10th Anniversary Homecoming

Birmingham-based theatre company Stan’s Cafe’s celebrate the 10th anniversary of their famed performance piece, Of All The People In All The World, with a very special return to the city.

Review: Goodnight Mr Tom

Terry Wills on the latest production of a popular favourite.

Spiffing good fun with The 39 Steps

Currently celebrating its sixth year on London’s West End, the Olivier award-winning comedy, The 39 Steps, will stop off at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre as part of a national tour.

Vamos Theatre presents Finding Joy

Follow the story of Joy, creative, funny but losing her memory and her grandson Danny who decides to take on the role of her carer

All Aboard

It’s winter in 1852 on a train travelling between Birmingham and Cheltenham

Birmingham Repertory Theatre appoints Writers-In-Residence

Birmingham born writers, Robin French and Rachel De-Lahay are to join Birmingham Repertory Theatre as Writers-In-Residence for a 12 month period.

Blunderbus presents The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark

Plop was a baby Barn Owl. He was exactly the same as every barn owl that has ever been, except for one thing – he was afraid of the dark!

‘Stunning’ Phantom production at Solihull School

The Phantom of the Opera musical, which pupils performed in the Bushell Hall over five nights, received a standing ovation from the 600 strong audience

Prince of Denmark: A Cage Fighter on Stage

The new Hamlet at Stratford is full-on muscular theatre: it is Hamlet as cage fighter, says Richard Lutz

Review: Desert Songs

Terry Wills reviews the Alex’s recent production of Priscilla – Queen of the Desert.

From William Shakespeare to Orson Welles

Laurence Inman casts a critical eye on the art of Shakespeare.

Grosvenor G Casino Supports The REP For A Sixth Consecutive Year

Long term supporters of Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the award-winning Grosvenor G Casino, have announced their sponsorship of the theatre for a sixth consecutive year.

Belgrade’s new play tells tale of sex, vodka and shattered dreams

Sons Without Fathers, which is a new adaptation of Chekhov’s first play – Platonov – will be on in April at The Belgrade Theatre

Rasputin’s Mother at The Old Joint Stock

Imagine being granted exclusive access to the workings of an extraordinary, charismatic and deeply sinister mind…

Stage adaptation of Oscar winner’s novel to play at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre will spring into Spring with a week of drama, dance and music in March, leading with a combination of drama and circus in The Arrival