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The Book of Mormon

Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Bobby Lopez

Theatre Royal, Nottingham

17 August–10 September 2022

All’s Well That Ends Well

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

16 August–8 October 2022

Les Misérables

Alan Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, ...

Cameron Mackintosh

Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham

9–27 August 2022

Billy Elliot the Musical

Music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall

Curve

Curve, Leicester

13 July–20 August 2022

Richard III

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

23 June–8 October 2022

Podcast

Reviews

David Osmond (Dan) and Karen Henson (Mrs Bramson)

Night Must Fall

Emlyn Williams

Tabs Productions and Theatre Royal Nottingham

Theatre Royal, Nottingham

9–13 August 2022

David Osmond (Henry Hailsham-Brown) and Lara Lemon (Clarissa Hailsham-Brown)

Spider's Web

Agatha Christie

Tabs Productions and Theatre Royal Nottingham

Theatre Royal, Nottingham

2–6 August 2022

Billy Elliot The Musical

Music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall

Curve

Curve Theatre, Leicester

13 July–20 August 2022

PC Arjun Patel (Harpal Hayer), Julie Jackson (Lesley Manville)

Sherwood

James Graham

BBC

Released 28 June 2022

Richard III

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

23 June–8 October 2022

News

What's on in the Midlands

13 August 2022

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 15 August.

Cast revealed for first tour of The Color Purple

12 August 2022

Leicester’s Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome have announced the cast for the musical The Color Purple which is to tour England and Wales.

“Perfect introduction to live theatre”: Jack and the Magic Beanstalk

Two Christmas shows at Birmingham Rep

12 August 2022

Birmingham Rep is to stage a new production for three- to six-year-olds at Christmas 2022, Jack and the Magic Beanstalk.

“The stories, songs and cheeky humour of Papua New Guinea and Australia”: Wantok

Australian-Pacific artists in free Birmingham shows

11 August 2022

Young Brummies will join with artists from the other side of the world for creative activities across Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games Festival.

Malvern Theatres Young Company in rehearsal for The Importance of Being Earnest in the Forum Theatre, Malvern

What's on in the Midlands

6 August 2022

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 8 August.

One-to-one mentoring from “some of the greats of British comedy”: Sky Comedy Rep

Writers urged to sign up for Birmingham Rep comedy scheme

5 August 2022

Eight writers will be selected to develop a one-act play in a scheme which is being developed by Birmingham Rep and Sky Studios for a second year.

Much Ado in Sheffield and elsewhere

4 August 2022

Sheffield Theatres has announced the full cast for its production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

New Vic Borderlines young people’s theatre company who undertook a performance for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

New Vic gets grant for community outreach

3 August 2022

Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre is to receive up to £480,000 over four years for its Borderlines programmes from the Denise Coates Foundation.

“Unexpected spaces and stories”: Gem of a Place

Stories explore Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter

3 August 2022

A collective of professional writers from the West Midlands has produced six “dramatic” stories, each exploring a “unique” aspect of Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter.

Millie O’Connell, Debbie Kurup and Danielle Steers in The Cher Show at Birmingham Hippodrome

What's on in the Midlands

30 July 2022

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 1 August.

“Pushing the boundaries”: Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

Cast revealed for Rambert’s Peaky Blinders

29 July 2022

Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby is a dance theatre show written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.

“Interesting and important process”: Robin Belfield, director of Twelfth Night

RSC production to focus on climate change

29 July 2022

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 'First Encounters with Shakespeare' Twelfth Night in schools and theatres across the country will focus on “the climate crisis”.

Sticky Door opens for Katy in Edinburgh

28 July 2022

Birmingham born writer and performer Katy Arnstein is to take her “ukulele-spun storytelling show” Sticky Door to the Edinburgh Fringe.

A workshop for young people organised by The Play House

Vacancy for Birmingham executive director

28 July 2022

A Birmingham theatre-in-education company wants to appoint a “dynamic and visionary” executive director to steer it through its “ambitious” plans for growth.

Birmingham 22 dance commission free stream

27 July 2022

Border Crossings will stream Remembrances, a collaborative dance performance from b.solomon//ELECTRIC MOOSE and AVA Dance Company.

A J and Curtis Pritchard who will play Prince Charming and Dandini

Dancing Pritchard brothers join Cinderella in Leicester

26 July 2022

Dancing brothers A J and Curtis Pritchard will lead the line-up of Cinderella, the 2022 panto at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall.

Spanner in the Works’ Runny Honey which won the theatre production award at Buxton Fringe

Awards presented at Buxton Fringe ceremony

26 July 2022

Belfast’s Spanner in the Works won the theatre production award for its presentation of Patricia Downey’s Runny Honey.

What's on in the Midlands

23 July 2022

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

Ade Edmondson to play Scrooge at RSC

22 July 2022

Adrian Edmondson will be Scrooge in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s revival of David Edgar’s adaptation of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol at Christmas 2022.

“Incredible opportunity”: Stephen Bailey

Bailey wins Sir Peter Hall director award

21 July 2022

Stephen Bailey is the winner of the 2022 RTST Sir Peter Hall director award, the Royal Theatrical Support Trust and Nottingham Playhouse have announced.

Miki Mizutani, who has been promoted to principal dancer, with artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet in Carlos Acosta’s production of Don Quixote

Promotions at Birmingham Royal Ballet

20 July 2022

Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced promotions as well as new artists who are joining the company for the 2022–23 season.

Revel Puck Circus which will present The Wing Scuffle Spectacular

Circus company joins Derby communities

18 July 2022

Artists and communities in Derby will be brought together in a show by Revel Puck Circus.

“Incredible stories”: Finding Home: Leicester’s Ugandan Asian Story

New Leicester plays remember Ugandan Asian exodus

18 July 2022

More than 40 community members at Leicester’s Curve will mark the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus.