Midlands

Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual

Adapted by Dougal Irvine from the book by Riaz Khan

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Moonlight and Magnolias

Ron Hutchinson

Plock!

Concept by Hanne Vandersteene and Mahlu Mertens

Nest

Anna Beecher and Rachel Lincoln

Courtyard to stream live recording of Cinderella

Herefordshire arts centre The Courtyard is to release a live recording of its 2019 Christmas panto Cinderella.

Curve makes Earnest play available online

Leicester’s Curve is to share a tech recording of its 2016 production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest online for free.

Oddsocks releases Hamlet the Comedy online

Derby-based Oddsocks is releasing the second in its series of past productions, Hamlet the Comedy, which features the late Paul Daniels as a hologram of Hamlet's father.

New fundraising appeal at Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham Playhouse has begun a new fundraising campaign to secure money for the overall running of the theatre.

Designs wanted for Curve production of Wizard of Oz

Leicester’s Curve is asking children to submit designs to be featured in the set of its Christmas 2020 production, the regional première of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz.

BRB online ballet classes and performance

In partnership with BBC's Culture in Quarantine, Birmingham Royal Ballet will present an online Ballet Class Live and a 'living room' performance of The Swan set to music by Saint-Saëns.

Night of original work in Warwickshire

A night of original live performance is being organised by Shoot Festival which showcases “the best emerging talent in Coventry and Warwickshire”.

Hopes that Buxton Fringe will continue

Buxton Festival Fringe has announced it will do its best to go ahead in some form in 2020 and has introduced key changes.

Birmingham students create online drama classes

First-year students studying applied theatre at Birmingham City University have created DIY drama classes online for children and their parents to encourage them to take part in teaching together at home during the coronavirus crisis.

Oddsocks goes online with past performances

Derby company Oddsocks is waiting for news about performances in the summer before it decides whether its tour of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors can go ahead.

Curve to share Asian Football Casual recording

Leicester’s Curve theatre is to share online for free an archive recording of its production of Riaz Khan’s Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual.

RSC and Marquee team up to stream weekly productions

The Royal Shakespeare Company and performing arts streaming service Marquee TV have teamed up to offer new productions each Saturday.

A digital festival of dance from Leicester

Let’s Dance International Frontiers, the annual dance festival in Leicester, is going ahead online with a digital festival of dance.

Nottingham Playhouse videos to keep audiences engaged

A series of videos is being released by Nottingham Playhouse to keep communities in the East Midlands engaged with the arts.

Midlands theatre closures: update

The Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed that all performances have been cancelled until Thursday 30 April.

Lottery award for Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham Playhouse has been awarded £38,755 by the Big Lottery Fund to support the work of its In House theatre group which provides a creative space for people who have experienced homelessness, mental health issues or substance abuse.

Slater to drive Derby dance centre Déda

A new director has been appointed to drive forward Déda, Derby’s creative centre for dance, contemporary circus and outdoor performance.

New Perspectives in call for new associates

Nottingham-based touring company New Perspectives is inviting applications for early-career artists in the East Midlands to join its new associates programme.

Northampton venue releases album for new digital musical

Northampton’s Royal and Derngate is to release a concept album for a new digital musical called #ZoologicalSociety.

More Midlands theatre closures

Derby Theatre has called off its major Easter production, Theresa Heskins’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.

Coronavirus: Midlands theatre closures

Theatres in the Midlands are calling off shows in the light of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech telling people to stay away from public places.

Armed forces get to learn new skills in Nottingham

A theatre project is urging the armed forces community within the East Midlands to take part in a new production to be staged in Nottingham Playhouse’s Neville Studio in September 2020.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 16 March.

Russell and Triplett reunite for Piaf in Nottingham

Jenna Russell and Sally Ann Triplett are to reunite for their first performance together since 1987 when they appear in the Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse co-production of Piaf.

Foley unveils first full season at Birmingham REP

New drama, musicals and comedies are included in Sean Foley’s first full season of work, described as “playful, popular and pioneering”, as artistic director of Birmingham REP.

Artist required to design Orton statue in Leicester

The search is on for an artist to design and produce a statue of Leicester playwright Joe Orton in his home city after a successful crowdfunding campaign.