Fangs a-go-go as Count Dracula lurks in Bloxwich
Count Dracula, is now making sinister plans to walk the boards at the popular Bookmark Bloxwich Theatre next Saturday afternoon.
New shows set for Alex
The Birmingham theatre has announced its new season
Birmingham Fest 2013
Next Friday night sees the start of a brand new theatre festival in Birmingham.
Belgrade finalises Autumn Season with 22 new shows
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced that a further 22 shows will be on sale from Mon 1 July
School puts on Jesus Christ Superstar
A cast of more than 60 students at a Walsall school are gearing up to put on rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
West End star Simon Bowman leads cast in new Belgrade musical
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced that acclaimed West End actor Simon Bowman will star in its new musical The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons
New York theatre review: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Simon Hale found nothing alien about spending an evening in a New York theatre being wowed by Sigourney Weaver. Here’s his review.
Review: A Mad World My Masters
Richard Lutz takes his seat at the RSC in Stratford for a rude funny Jacobean play called Mad World
Parklife the Play
One fine morning, St.Philip’s Cathedral (Pigeon Park), in the centre of Birmingham. Everywhere’s people, milling about, getting about their business, at home in their city . . . or maybe not.
Katharine Hepburn returns to Edinburgh
Katharine Hepburn returns to Edinburgh in Old Joint Stock Theatre Company’s Tea At Five
Sound of the Street
Our resident raver Terry Wills reports on the current production of sixties musical Carnaby Street.
A real ‘peach’ of a show coming to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
Roald Dahl’s very first children’s book and one of his most popular stories comes to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
Birmingham Playwrights to perform first public show in 23 years
Bringing theatre to the heart of Birmingham
Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show
You are invited to revel in the freakish delights of Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show
Emerging West Midlands writers and directors given major boost
Emerging theatre artists in the West Midlands have been given a boost with the news that Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s REP Foundry artist development programme will continue until 2016.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Olivier Award-winning The Rise and Fall of Little Voice makes its way to the Belgrade starring Beverley Callard and Ray Quinn
Review: Last tango in Hill Street
Terry Wills reviews the Alexandra Theatre’s production of Midnight Tango.
Timothy West and the Pavao Quartet in Intimate Letters
As part of the celebrated Bromsgrove festival, Timothy West will be appearing with the Pavao Quartet to present Intimate Letters
Meeting of ‘enigmatic’ minds produces a twisted fairy tale
Two students who met while studying at Coventry University have collaborated on a new theatre production to be presented during the university’s SPECTRUM 2013 Performing Arts Festival.
Stripped Down Theatre present Our Kylie’s Havin’ a Bab!
Having tackled and survived the family wedding, this is what happens next – the “having a baby” stage…
Review: As You Like It
The new Shakespeare production of ‘As You Like It’ in Stratford exudes comedy and warmth, says critic Megan Luesley
Check in to ‘Chelsea hotel’, every room has a story to tell
After the success of last year’s award winning At Swim Two Boys, Earthfall return to MAC, Birmingham with dynamic dance, live music and film in ‘Chelsea Hotel’
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
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?’