Midlands

Murder with Love

Francis Durbridge

Wait Until Dark

Frederick Knott

Behind Bars: Ghosts of the Lock-up

Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare

World première in Birmingham Royal Ballet autumn season

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s autumn 2019 season will feature a balance of classical and contemporary ballet including a world première and a partnership with Ballet Black.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 19 August.

Community ensemble call for Northampton Miller play

Director Juliet Forster is looking to cast a community ensemble in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge as part of Royal and Derngate’s Made in Northampton season.

Northampton theatre needs people to join board of directors

Northampton’s Royal and Derngate needs “dynamic and committed people” with a range of experience and skills to join its board of directors and help plan its future.

Leicester's Curve reveals cast for West Side Story

Adriana Ivelisse and Carly Mercedes-Dyer will play trailblazing women Maria and Anita in Leicester Curve’s Christmas 2019 production of West Side Story.

Two Maverick shows transfer from Edinburgh to London

Maverick Theatre’s two Edinburgh Fringe shows are to transfer to the Tabard Theatre, London after their run north of the border.

Ireson appointed boss of major Nottingham venues

Peter Ireson has been appointed by Nottingham’s Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall as its new venue director.

Elementary as Holmes returns for Buxton panto

James Holmes is to return to Buxton for a fifth year to play Ivana, one of the ugly sisters in the Opera House’s 2019 panto Cinderella.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 12 August.

Bill Ward Hooks up with Derby’s Peter Pan

Bill Ward, veteran of more than 700 appearances in Coronation Street and Emmerdale, is to play Captain Hook in Peter Pan at Derby Arena at Christmas 2019.

Cast revealed for Coventry’s première of Holding the Centre

Casting has been announced for the premiere of Birmingham writer Joan Carty’s play Holding the Centre, the first production in a Season of Love and Belonging in Coventry Belgrade’s B2 auditorium.

Candoco collaborates with alt-J vocalist Joe Newman

Candoco Dance Company is to collaborate with choreographer Theo Clinkard and Joe Newman of Mercury Prize-winning band alt-J in brand new work Hot Mess, marking the first time Newman has composed music for the stage.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 5 August.

BRB creates Dreams for ballet students on the road

After two events in Birmingham, Birmingham Royal Ballet is taking its Dreams project on the road, allowing ballet students of all ages to perform alongside some of BRB’s company dancers in a special public performance of a much-loved ballet.

Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan collaborate on Samsara

An international dance collaboration between two soloists will open in Melbourne and Shanghai in March 2020, coming to the UK June.

Night at the Musicals tour to start in Northampton

Hits from Broadway shows and films will be on offer when London Musical Theatre Orchestra takes A Night at the Musicals on tour, opening at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate in autumn 2019.

Five Northampton shows get London transfers

Northampton’s Royal and Derngate is celebrating a run of London transfers, with five productions making their way to the capital—three of them in the West End.

Imagineer builds Bridge to bring communities together

An outdoor experience produced by Coventry-based Imagineer Productions, Bridge is to host “pop-up events and happenings that bring people together in new and playful ways”.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 29 July.

Four-day writing workshop in Coventry for young people

Coventry’s Theatre Absolute is looking for new members aged between 14 and 18 to form its first group dedicated to nurturing the voices of young people in the city.

Maverick in call for donations to take shows to Edinburgh

Maverick Theatre Company is appealing for donations as it needs to find almost £30,000 to take two productions to the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.

Candoco dances up a Hot Mess in the Midlands

Candoco Dance Company is to collaborate with choreographer and designer Theo Clinkard and Joe Newman of Mercury Prize-winning band alt-J on Hot Mess which will be performed in Coventry and Nottingham.

Schools and theatres to get first encounter with Merchant of Venice

The Royal Shakespeare Company is to tour The Merchant of Venice to schools and theatres in autumn 2019 as part of its First Encounters programme.

Campaign grows for Joe Orton statue in Leicester

Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Alec Baldwin, Kenneth Cranham and Sheila Hancock are among those lending their support to a fundraising campaign to have a statue of British playwright Joe Orton erected in his home city of Leicester.

RSC raises enough to restore its Stratford costume workshop

The Royal Shakespeare Company has reached its £3 million target to restore and redevelop its costume workshop in Stratford.

Northampton opera for tots to have Edinburgh première

An opera for children aged 12 to 24 months, commissioned by Scottish Opera and Northampton’s Royal and Derngate, is to have its world première at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Edinburgh finds that life is no laughing matter

Birmingham-based Demi Nandhra is to take her show about mental illness, suicide and radical cure attempts, Life is No Laughing Matter, to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Black footballer Cunningham’s tale to be told at Corby

Highlight of the drama programme at Northamptonshire venue The Core at Corby Cube in autumn and winter 2019 is Getting the Third Degree, the story of black footballer Laurie Cunningham.

Classic Thriller Season returns to Nottingham

The Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season is to return to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal for its 31st consecutive year, with a different mystery in the spotlight each week.

Musical theatre showcase to be held in Northampton

BEAM2020, the third industry showcase of new British musical theatre, is to take place outside London for the first time—in Northampton.

Youngsters wanted in Derby for A Christmas Carol

Derby Theatre is looking for young people to be in its Christmas 2019 production of Neil Duffield’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.

Keith steps down as Buxton Fringe chair after award ceremony

Keith Savage has stepped down as chair of the trustees of Buxton Festival Fringe after six years, his final public engagement being the awards ceremony at the Green Man Gallery.