Midlands

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

Murder, Margaret and Me

Philip Meeks

Toast

Nigel Slater, adapted by Henry Filloux-Bennett

My Beautiful Launderette

Hanif Kureishi

King John

William Shakespeare

The Black Veil

John Goodrum based on a short story by Charles Dickens

War Horse

Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford

An Enemy Of The People

Henrik Ibsen in a version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz

One Man, Two Guvnors

Richard Bean, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, with song...

Handbagged

Moira Buffini

Grease The Musical

Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

The Entertainer

John Osborne

Nevill Holt bags prestigious architectural prize

The 400-seat theatre at Nevill Holt by Witherford Watson Mann and Sound Space Vision wins the Stirling Prize People’s Vote.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 21 October.

Birmingham Hippodrome’s circus celebrations

Birmingham Hippodrome will celebrate its 120th birthday by heading back to the theatre’s origins as a circus with a free open day.

Vamos to tour new dead good show

Worcester-based Vamos Theatre, the “UK’s leading full mask theatre company”, is to tour a new production, Dead Good, across the UK early in 2020.

Children to get free tickets for Corby Christmas show

Northamptonshire venue The Core at Corby Cube has begun its Make a Memory appeal which provides free tickets to disadvantaged children.

Birmingham to host FranceDance festival

Birmingham is to be one of the host cities for FranceDance UK, a festival of contemporary dance featuring “young and exciting artists whose work is relevant to the city”.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 14 October.

Rumpus on the road with The Masque of the Red Death

Derbyshire company Rumpus is to tour The Masque of the Red Death, a “spine-chilling” new play by John Goodrum based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Williams to play Scrooge in Derby’s A Christmas Carol

Gareth Williams will play Ebenezer Scrooge in Derby Theatre’s production of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a revival of Sarah Brigham’s show from 2014.

New project celebrates decade of Coventry’s Shop Front Theatre

Eight new commissions have been announced by Coventry’s Theatre Absolute in a three-year project which includes Coventry City of Culture in 2021.

Forster directs A View from the Bridge in Northampton

Associate director at York Theatre Royal Juliet Forster directs Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge which transfers to Northampton’s Royal and Derngate after opening in York.

Fierce Festival returns to Birmingham

The UK’s “leading biennial festival of live art”, Fierce has announced the full programme for its 2019 festival, the second edition under artistic director Aaron Wright.

Museum in Baghdad has RSC premiere

Hannah Khalil’s play A Museum in Baghdad, which is to have its première at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, tells the stories of two women 80 years apart trying to preserve Iraq's treasures in unstable times.

RSC announces three Shakespeare plays for summer 2020

The Winter’s Tale, The Comedy of Errors and Pericles will be the highlights of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2020 summer season in Stratford.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 7 October.

Dan gets job as creative producer at Derby Theatre

Dan Whitehouse is to join Derby Theatre in the new role of creative producer, focusing on supporting and strengthening the performing arts sector in the community.

Unforgettable Gift of free tickets in Northampton

Northampton’s Royal and Derngate has begun its annual Unforgettable Gift appeal which enables the theatre to give free tickets for its Christmas shows to youngsters who live in or are at risk of child poverty.

RSC to sever its partnership with BP

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced it will end its controversial partnership with oil giant BP at the end of 2019.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 30 September.

Derby Assembly Rooms won’t reopen for two years

Derby’s Assembly Rooms, which has been out of action since a fire in 2014, will not be ready to reopen until November 2021—12 months later than planned.

Major tours to visit Coventry’s Belgrade

A number of major touring productions will visit Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in the early part of 2020.

Birmingham REP to revive RSC update of Tartuffe

A revival of Iqbal Khan’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of Molière’s comedy Tartuffe and an “ambitious” version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are highlights of spring 2020 at the city’s REP theatre.

Jenna to play Piaf at Nottingham Playhouse

Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell will take the lead in the Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse co-production of Pam Gems’s Piaf in May 2020.

Richard Alston to be patron of Northamptonshire theatre

Choreographer Sir Richard Alston is to become a patron of Northampton’s Royal and Derngate theatre.

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.