Midlands

Snow White

The Jingleclaw

Robyn Grant & Tim Gilvin

Jack and the Beanstalk

Peter Pan

Based on the original by J M Barrie

The Jolly Christmas Postman

Janet and Allan Ahlberg, adapted by Adam Peck

Cinderella

Morgan Brind

Jack and the Beanstalk

Christmas Present and Correct

Cinderella

Paul Hendy

Jack and the Beanstalk

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas

Raymond Briggs

The Ugly Duckling

Isabella Waldron

The Book of Mormon

Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Bobby Lopez

Pirates Love Underpants

Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, adapted by Brad Fitt

Jack and the Beanstalk

Adam Penford

Cinderella

The Smeds and Smoos

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

My Fair Lady

Lerner and Loewe

Snow White

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens, adapted by Mike Kenny

Jack & The Beanstalk

Paul Hendy

The Nutcracker

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Finding Santa

Dick Whittington

Iain Lauchlan

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Theresa Heskins

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

Charles Dickens, adapted by Mark Gatiss

The Red Shoes

Hans Christian Andersen, new version by Nancy Harris

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Full cast chosen for London transfer of Kyoto

12 December 2024

The full cast has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance production of Kyoto, which will open in London in January 2025.

Hippodrome reaches Christmas fundraising target

11 December 2024

Birmingham Hippodrome reached its target of raising £45,000 as part of its annual Big Give Christmas Challenge 2024.

Cast revealed for new Animal Farm adaptation

11 December 2024

Nottingham Playhouse, Stratford East and Leeds Playhouse have revealed the cast and creative team for Tatty Hennessy’s new adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

Motionhouse’s major tour for new show Hidden

6 December 2024

Midlands-based dance-circus company Motionhouse is to take Hidden on a UK and Europe tour until 2026.

More spring shows at Birmingham Rep

5 December 2024

Birmingham Rep has revealed details of additional drama and dance productions to join its spring 2025 programme.

Wicked as Craig Revel Horwood signs up for Nottingham panto

5 December 2024

Craig Revel Horwood will lead the cast of Nottingham Theatre Royal’s 2025 panto Cinderella as the Wicked Stepmother.

RSC to tour two First Encounters with Shakespeare

5 December 2024

24,000 young people will see a Shakespeare production in their school in 2025 with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Winsor replaces Welch in Nottingham’s Peter Pan

1 December 2024

Denise Welch who was due to play Captain Hook in the Nottingham Theatre Royal panto Peter Pan has pulled out because of ill health.

Belgrade selects three companies for its Springboard scheme

28 November 2024

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has selected companies for its 2024 Springboard programme to support early-career artists and new companies in the West Midlands.

Aisling returns to Nottingham in one-woman show

28 November 2024

Nottingham-born Aisling Loftus is to take the lead in the Nottingham Playhouse production of Dennis Kelly’s play Girls & Boys.

Hippodrome’s £45,000 target to improve accessibility

26 November 2024

Birmingham Hippodrome is aiming to raise £45,000 as part of a Big Give Christmas Challenge to ensure the theatre is accessible to everyone.

Derby dances into new year with Steinbeck and Whittington

26 November 2024

A John Steinbeck classic and a “glorious, glitterball-filled show full of stunning ballroom dancing, sequins and secrets” are at Derby Theatre in 2025.

Walker steps down as Buxton Fringe chair

22 November 2024

Stephen Walker has stepped down after five years as chair of Buxton Fringe, replaced by Ian Bowns at the AGM at the Green Man Gallery.

Malvern to create "nationally significant" venue

21 November 2024

Malvern Theatres is to build a new 240-seat auditorium as part of a £20m upgrade of its facilities.

BEDLAM to showcase mental health issues

21 November 2024

Theatre and dance “exploring and encouraging conversations around mental health” will be on display in Birmingham.

Amy bamboozles with fiction success

21 November 2024

Actor Bella Ramsey has endorsed a profoundly disabled girl’s first book, Eye of the Storm, which sold out in five days.

Murphy is new Birmingham Rep artistic director

20 November 2024

Joe Murphy, currently artistic director of the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, has been appointed to a similar role at Birmingham Rep.

Curve “needs millions to make it safe”

15 November 2024

Millions of pounds will have to be spent to make Leicester’s Curve theatre safe after a chunk of metal came loose from the front of the building in May 2024.

Curve announces Pirates Love Underpants cast

14 November 2024

Leicester’s Curve has revealed the cast for the stage adaptation of the picture book Pirates Love Underpants at Christmas 2024.

All-female company to tour Shakespeare’s Dream

13 November 2024

New theatre company The Whole Pack is to tour its debut production, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which features an all-female company.

RSC Becomes Government Trailblazer

29 November 2024

The RSC has been recruited for an innovative government scheme intended to boost employment figures.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Queer Theatre (But Were Afraid To Ask)

30 September 2024

Andrew Cowie examines the history of queer theatre and where it is now, with particular reference to Birmingham's Fierce Festival.

Collapsing Theatres

19 July 2024

For a few days last year, the plight of theatres blighted by RAAC made headline news. The story may have gone away, but the problem hasn't.