Midlands

My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier, adapted by Joseph O'Connor

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens, adapted by Neil Duffield

West Side Story

Based on a conception by Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Le...

Prism

Terry Johnson

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

The Cunning Little Vixen

Leoš Janaček

Cabaret

John Kander and Fred Ebb from Christopher Isherwood

Pepper and Honey

Kristina Gavran

Ten Times Table

Alan Ayckbourn

The Boy in the Dress

Mark Ravenhill, based on the David Walliams novel

Assassins

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman

Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical

Book by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, based on the Latent Image/Specific F...

A Taste of Honey

Shelagh Delaney

Prism

Terry Johnson

The Girl On The Train

Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, based on the Paula Hawkins novel

Cabaret

Book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb

A Museum in Baghdad

Hannah Khalil

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 9 December.

Belgrade adds two to UK City of Culture team

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced two appointments to its team that will support its delivery of a programme for Coventry’s year as UK city of culture.

Elmhurst Ballet Company in Synergy

Synergy is an evening of dance featuring excerpts from signature works by Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Peter Wright and David Bintley, new works and a commission by Studio Wayne McGregor.

New RSC play to focus on slave trade abolition

The Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage Juliet Gilkes Romero’s “provocative” new play The Whip which is set at the turn of the 19th century when politicians meet in London to abolish the slave trade.

BRB to tour Swan Lake

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake, first created in 1981 by Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova, will tour the UK together with First Steps and Swan Lake Dreams.

Hannah designs Buxton Fringe programme cover

Hannah Webb, a 21-year-old graphic design student at Manchester School of Art, has won a competition to design the cover of the 2020 Buxton Festival Fringe programme.

Leicester panto audiences asked to help homeless

Pantomime audiences are being asked to support homeless people in Leicester, with bucket collections at De Montfort Hall’s Aladdin helping the Give Leicester charity.

Gift of theatre campaign underway in Birmingham

Birmingham Hippodrome has begun a fundraising campaign to raise £20,000 to give the gift of theatre to 3,000 young people.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 2 December.

Coventry Belgrade’s panto appeal to help needy families

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre is calling on the people of Warwickshire to support its annual Making Memories appeal so that families in need can watch its panto Puss in Boots.

New team takes over at Buxton Fringe

A new team has taken over running Buxton Fringe, which has celebrated 40 years of festivals in the Derbyshire town.

Training experience for youngsters at Birmingham REP

Birmingham REP and the youth homelessness charity St Basil’s are asking people to donate to a new training experience for young people.

Third black production from Eclipse premières in Coventry

Eclipse Theatre and Coventry’s Belgrade have announced the cast for their co-production of Janice Okoh’s The Gift, the third show to emerge from Eclipse’s Revolution Mix movement.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 25 November.

Cast revealed for consortium’s Crongton Knights

The cast has been revealed for the world première of Crongton Knights, Emteaz Hussain’s adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s young adult novel.

Four theatres chosen for Stage One producer training

Birmingham REP, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Mercury Theatre Colchester and Cardiff's Sherman Theatre are to offer training opportunities for producers in 2020 through the Stage One regional placement scheme.

New Peter Pan for Birmingham audiences

A new, re-imagined version of Peter Pan specifically for Birmingham audiences is the Christmas 2019 show at the city’s REP theatre.

Coronation Street pair reunite for Cinderella in Nottingham

Les Dennis and Connor McIntyre, who worked together on Coronation Street, will swap the cobbles for clutch bags as the Ugly Sisters in Nottingham Theatre Royal’s 2019 panto Cinderella.

Parkinson to raise money for Nottingham Playhouse appeal

BAFTA-winning actress Katherine Parkinson is to visit Nottingham Playhouse to raise money for the theatre’s 50:50 Appeal.

Gareth flies in to play Scrooge in Derby’s A Christmas Carol

Formerly a singer with the a cappella group the Flying Pickets, Gareth Williams will play Scrooge in Derby Theatre’s Christmas 2019 show A Christmas Carol.

Gramophones record funding for new aerial theatre show

Nottingham-based all-female theatre company the Gramophones has received almost £60,000 from Arts Council England and other sources to mount a new aerial theatre show for families.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 18 November.

Buxton to collaborate on two productions

Buxton Opera House is to join forces with Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust and Buxton International Festival on two separate productions in 2020.

Nottingham Playhouse to stream Sleeping Beauty

Nottingham Playhouse is encouraging nursing homes, schools and hospital wards to sign up for a streaming of its 2019 panto Sleeping Beauty.

Derby Theatre sets sail for Treasure Island

A pirate-filled production for all the family, an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island will be the big spring 2020 show at Derby Theatre.

Asking For It to première at Birmingham REP

An adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s novel about sexual consent, Asking For It, is to have its UK première at Birmingham REP in January 2020.

Maison Foo gets funding for UK-wide refugee project

Theatre company Maison Foo has secured almost £50,000 from Arts Council England to develop its multi-sensory Meet Your Neighbour refugee project across the UK.

Maverick to create work for West London communities

A theatre company is looking to create a large-scale play with music written, performed and produced by the communities of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London.

Belgrade adds two to Springboard talent programme

Coventry’s Belgrade has announced two additions to its Springboard talent development programme: digital arts duo Gertrude and disability arts organisation Radical Body.

Shooting Fish: shooting a bullseye for young people's creative needs

A visit to see Shooting Fish's latest production of The Murdereress prompted an inquiry into their creative process. The result is the revelation of an inspiring method of engaging with and drawing out the best in young people.