Midlands productions

Published: 1 January 2017
Reporter: Steve Orme

Aladdin at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
The Russian State Ballet of Siberia’s Swan Lake at Buxton Opera House
Jo Mousley (Mrs Twit) and Robert Pickavance (Mr Twit) in Roald Dahl’s The Twits at Curve, Leicester Credit: Pamela Raith Photography

Richard Blackwood is Buttons and Eilish O’Carroll from Mrs Brown’s Boys is the fairy godmother in Cinderella, which continues at Derby Arena until Tuesday.

Lee Brennan plays Aladdin and Liz McClarnon is Princess Jasmine in Aladdin at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield which continues until Tuesday.

The Russian State Ballet of Siberia is at Buxton Opera House with a double Tchaikovsky bill of Swan Lake on Thursday and Friday and The Nutcracker on Saturday.

Under the direction of Marina Medvetskaya, Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham on Saturday.

Second Star to the Right, an interactive show for under-sevens and their families, continues in the Underground studio at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate until Saturday.

At the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Dick Whittington continues until Saturday.

Mike Kenny’s new take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland continues at Derby Theatre until Saturday.

A “breath-taking” new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of adventure and friendship, Treasure Island continues at Birmingham REP until Saturday.

Potteries favourites Jonathan Wilkes who plays Buttons and Christian Patterson, an ugly sister, team up again for Cinderella which continues at Stoke’s Regent Theatre until Sunday.

The Theatre Chipping Norton sets sail with a twist on the Daniel Defoe classic, Robinson Crusoe and the Pirate Queen, which continues at the Oxfordshire theatre until Sunday.

Ten actor-musicians perform classic rock ‘n’ roll hits from artists including Aretha Franklin, the Monkees, James Brown, the Temptations and the Jackson Five in Aladdin the Wok ‘n’ Roll Panto which continues at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre until Sunday.

Tall Stories continues to present Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Room on the Broom in The Studio at Birmingham REP until Sunday.

Based on Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’s farmyard adventure, What the Ladybird Heard continues at Birmingham Town Hall until Wednesday 11 January.

Grease the Musical is the word at Leicester’s Curve as artistic director Nikolai Foster directs a new production which continues until Saturday 14 January, while in the Studio David Wood’s adaption of Roald Dahl’s The Twits continues until Sunday 15 January.

The Chuckle Brothers, Benidorm actor Tony Maudsley and X Factor finalist Chico lead the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk which continues at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham until Sunday 15 January.

Kenneth Alan Taylor writes and directs his 33rd panto for Nottingham Playhouse, Aladdin, which continues until Saturday 21 January.

Joe McElderry, who won the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, takes the title role in Aladdin, which continues at Wolverhampton Grand until Sunday 22 January.

A new adaptation by New Vic artistic director Theresa Heskins of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen continues at the Newcastle-under-Lyme theatre-in-the-round until Saturday 28 January.

At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, Simon Russell Beale returns for the first time in 20 years to play Prospero in The Tempest, which continues in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until Saturday 21 January; in the Swan Theatre, Blanche McIntyre directs The Two Noble Kinsmen, attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, which continues until Tuesday 7 February, the world première of Anders Lustgarten’s play The Seven Acts of Mercy continues until Friday 10 February and Aphra Behn’s The Rover continues until Saturday 11 February.

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