Swallows and Amazons set sail for Coventry
West End hit family musical Swallows and Amazons drops anchor at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in February
Rough Magic for Pete and Kate
Richard Lutz sits down to see a play that still gets them hot under the collar 4 centuries on The Taming of the Shrew Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford The Taming of the Shrew is one of those Shakespeare plays that enrages people still today. How can it sit comfortably when a guy (Petruchio) bullies, pesters,…
Yes, Prime Minister
West End hit Yes, Prime Minister is coming to Coventry
Top Marks for Top Girls
Richard Lutz sits down to a real corker at the University of Warwick Arts Centre
The witches and wizards are gathering in Lichfield
Rehearsals are gathering speed for Lichfield Players’ production of Lords and Ladies, Irana Brown’s adaptation of the fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett.
Audition for a spooky theatre company
“Don’t Go into the Cellar!” is holding auditions for West Midlands-based actors and actresses at Birmingham’s Central Library Theatre
University celebrates six years of ‘Coventry Conversations’
They say it’s good to talk – and this week marks the sixth anniversary that Coventry University has been welcoming high profile speakers through its doors
21 Today: Happy Birthday Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall’s 21st anniversary has begun, and there’s plenty to come.
Living on the LITE side of life
A compelling and emotionally gripping play about skin lightening heads to The Public
Battle of the sexes comes to the Belgrade Theatre with Nora
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre starts its Spring 2012 season in style with its production of Nora,
Lords and Ladies at The Lichfield Garrick
The Lichfield Players are preparing for one of their biggest productions in recent years – a dramatisation of Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett.
A People’s Cabaret
A People’s Cabaret is a great crossover event bringing the best political song, music and live storytelling to South Birmingham.
What’s on at mac Birmingham
February’s mac programme has lots on offer – comedy, theatre and music
EMPTY
A powerful new play in development about the pursuit of fame, love and money written by Jouvan Fucinni.
Tickets worth over £200 up for grabs!
To launch their exciting new entertainments programme for 2012, The Public in West Bromwich are giving one lucky person an opportunity to win a pair of tickets to twelve events
‘We Love You City’ returns in Belgrade’s new Spring Season
The Belgrade Theatre’s top scoring play, We Love You City, leads a stellar line up of Belgrade productions in the theatre’s Spring 2012 Season,
Coventry theatre set for London award
The nomination recognises the work of Set Designer Jon Bausor who designed the ambitious and sizeable set for The Lord of the Flies,
Free to see: The Legend of Spring Heeled Jack
The Cellar Theatre is giving families across the region an opportunity to see exciting and fun filled theatre for free in these cash-strapped times.
Review: Measure For Measure
Richard Lutz at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford This is a play about, among other things, sex and the law. And these are two forces that are very much still in fashion these days. The liberal Duke of Vienna decides to retreat under a friar’s cloak and retire from the fraught world leaving a…
Dramatic Dickensian Christmas
Theatre Company “Don’t Go into the Cellar!” is bringing a dash of classic Victorian ghostliness to Birmingham and the Black Country this Christmas.
Coventry theatre wants your rubbish
A brand new musical comedy is set in a cut price Christmas shop and the theatre is asking the people of Coventry to help stock the shelves.
Mother Goose lands in Coventry
The Belgrade Theatre’s traditional Christmas pantomime returns to the Main Stage with the timeless tale of Mother Goose.
Review: Written on The Heart at The Swan, Stratford
There seemed to be a lot of earnest and frantic rustling through the programmes just before the curtain went up for Written on The Heart.
The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack
Spring-Heeled Jack can be seen for free in the West Midlands next month.
And what’s on at mac Birmingham….
A visit from the German Comedy Ambassador
Anita and Greta coming to Coventry
A great line up of shows and artists for next year at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
West End musical Dreamboats and Petticoats back at the Belgrade
Hit West End musical Dreamboats and Petticoats is bringing the rock ‘n’ roll era back to the Belgrade Theatre’s Main Stage
Stripped Down Theatre brings you ‘Christmas on the Never Never’
Following on from the success of ‘Our Kylie’s Gettin’ Wed’ at ArtsFest 2011, Stripped Down Theatre brings you ‘Christmas on the Never Never’.
Spooky Birmingham!
Professional Theatre Company “Don’t Go into the Cellar!” is bringing a number of spooky shows to venues around Birmingham this Hallowe’en!
Review: One Man, Two Guvnors
Richard Lutz takes in One Man, Two Guvnors at The New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham starring tv comedian James Corden