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Glorious! The Loft Theatre, Leamington

Notes from a small Island, Highbury Theatre Centre

A Tomb With a View, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster

Class, Grange Players, Grange Playhouse, Walsall

Copenhagen, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster

Uncle Vanya, Loft Theatre, Leamington

Wait Until Dark, Sutton Arts Theatre

Top Girls, Swan Theatre Amateur Company, Worcester

Strictly Murder, Hall Green Little Theatre

Sheila's Island, Highbury Theatre Centre

Mosquitoes, The Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa

Educating Rita, The Grange Playhouse, Walsall

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Sutton Arts Theatre

The King's Speech, Highbury Theatre Centre

Home, I'm Darling, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster

Kindly Leave The Stage, Hall Green Little Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stage2, The Crescent Theatre

Dangerous Obsession, Grange Playhouse

Bonnie & Clyde , Sutton Arts Theatre

The Good Life, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster

Clouds, Hall Green Little Theatre

London Suite, Highbury Theatre Centre

The Government Inspector, The Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa

How to Date a Feminist, Highbury Theatre Centre

Black Coffee, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster.

Tom’s Midnight Garden, Hall Green Little Theatre

The Late Marilyn Monroe, Sutton Arts Theatre (v)

A Bunch of Amateurs, Highbury Theatre Centre

The Maid’s Metamorphosis, Edward's Boys, Stratford-upon-Avon

The Velveteen Rabbit, Hall Green Youth Theatre

Waiting for Waiting for Godot, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster

Quartet, Swan Theatre Amateur Company, Swan Theatre, Worcester

Teapots and Superglue, Sutton Arts Theatre

The Woman in White, Grange Playhouse, Walsall

Disposing of the body, Hall Green Little Theatre

Blue Remembered Hills, Highbury Theatre Centre

Lettice and Lovage, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster

 

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The Emerald City is about to get new visitors as Dorothy and Toto and her friends Scarecrow, Lion and tin man set off on the Yellow Brick Road at The Old Rep to see The Wizard of Oz. More

 X-Factor and stage star  Sam Bailey has joined the cast of NOW That's What I Call a Musical which will be calling at the Alex in March 2025. More

 ATG has 100 shows and 22 venues from Scotland to Folkstone, including The Alexandra in Birmingham, in its summer saver promotion with money saving offers for top shows and one-nighters. More

Casting has been announced for the world premiere of the Steps musical Here & Now which lauches at The Alexandra in November. More

Birmingham Hippodrome will be getting its chimneys swept next summer when the award winning smash hit musical Mary Poppins arrives for an extended stay More

More than 70 youngsters will take to the stage or operate sound, lights and staging in August when The Alexandra Theatre hosts its 19th Stage Experience with the iconic The Sound of Music. More

King Charles III has taken over from his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II as Patron of Birmingham Royal Ballet with Lady Sarah Chatto becoming President after previously being Vice-President.

Rock on BRB! Birmingham Royal Ballet will be taking to the iconic Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival this summer, dancing Interlinked by Brazilian choreographer Juliano Nunes.

West End star Carrie Hope Fletcher will be crackin' the whip as Calamity Jane next year when she brings the Deadwood Stage to Birmingham Hippodrome in March next year with the stage then heading for Wolverhampton Grand in September.

Here You Come Again packed with Dolly Parton Hits is heading to the Alex in September.

A short video of Anthony Madu dancing barefoot in the rain in the backstreets of Lagos went viral and earned him a scholarship at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham and his story is told in a Disney+ documentary premiering in March.

BRB has announced its programme for 2024-25 which includes old favourites and the world premiere of a ballet inspired by a book chronicling Birmingham awe inspiring women.

Steps' back catalogue of hits has been turned into new musical Here & Now which steps into the Alex in November. 

mtm Actor Samuel West makes a heartfelt plea to save funding for theatres - More
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HIGHBURY YOUTH THEATRE will open its doors for the first time on Monday with the start of a term that will last until 16 December. More.

HIGHBURY THEATRE CENTRE has clocked up a century of treading the boards this year and is celebrating with an open day with performances, demonstrations, talks and the launch of a new Youth Theatre on Sunday. More

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COVENTRY BELGRADE in September with the world Premiere of Birmingham poet and playwright Casey Bailey's Please Do Not Touch takes to the stage. More

In a sign of the times
Braidwood Trust School for the Deaf are adding to the age old magic of The Tempest in a sparkling Signing Shakespeare performance at Birmingham Rep. More

An immersive
VAN GOGH art spectacular is heading for Birmingham NEC this summer. More

THE GRANGE PLAYERS
and SUTTON ARTS THEATRE have announced their programmes for next season with a mix of classics, West End hits, musicals and  award winning comedies. More

Pantomime's
origins, at least in name, stretch back more than 2,000 years, building through the middle ages, adding on an Italian import, finding there is nothing like a dame, and even incorporating mediaeval religion. That's Panto for you, Oh yes it is! More   
Birmingham Hippodrome: Victor Hugo's Les Misérables didn't have an easy ride at its launch as either a book, or  now smash hit musical. It runs at Birmingham Hippodrome in August 2022 and we look where it all started. More

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