Midlands

Mamma Mia

Music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, book by Catherine Johnson

Deluxe

The Man Behind the Mask

Barry Humphries

Dreamgirls

Private Peaceful

Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade

The Play That Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown, adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff

Waitress

Music by Sara Bareilles, book by Jessie Nelson

Nothello

Mojisola Adebayo and William Shakespeare

First Touch

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Chris Bush

Wars of the Roses

William Shakespeare

Henry VI: Rebellion

William Shakespeare

What's on in the Midlands

14 May 2022

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

Chesterfield theatre to be refurbished

13 May 2022

Arts Council England has given a grant of £695,000 towards refurbishing Chesterfield’s Stephenson Memorial Hall, home to the Pomegranate Theatre.

Casting for war play at Staffordshire theatre

13 May 2022

Tom, Dick and Harry, from the true story of an escape from a World War II POW camp, will première at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Hip-Hop festival to return to Birmingham

13 May 2022

The annual, free B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival is to return to Birmingham after a two-year absence.

What's on in the Midlands

7 May 2022

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 9 May.

Cast disclosed for Stoke première of The Card

7 May 2022

Claybody Theatre has revealed the cast for the première of Deborah McAndrew’s stage adaptation of Arnold Bennett’s 1911 novel The Card.

Callout for young performers for Nottingham panto

7 May 2022

Nottingham Playhouse is looking for young performers from the city and surrounding area for the young chorus for its 2022 panto, Dick Whittington.

Extra shows in Birmingham Rep’s intimate space

6 May 2022

Birmingham Rep has added a range of productions to its 2022 season including several shows in its most intimate theatre space The Door.

UK’s largest dance festival returns to Birmingham

5 May 2022

Birmingham International Dance Festival is to return with three free outdoor weekends.

Hound of the Baskervilles overhaul to stream

5 May 2022

Digital Theatre is to stream Original Theatre’s comedy The Hound of the Baskervilles, Lotte Wakeham’s “overhaul” of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated adventure.

Familiar faces in RSC Richard III

5 May 2022

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced further casting for its Richard III directed by Gregory Doran, who is to stand down after ten years as artistic director.

What's on in the Midlands

30 April 2022

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 2 May.

1623 to première modern-verse Much Ado

30 April 2022

Midlands-based 1623 is joining with Purple Theatre for a version of Much Ado About Nothing translated into modern verse by Ranjit Bolt.

GrimeBoy for West Midlands community tour

30 April 2022

Birmingham Rep’s GrimeBoy, by the city’s poet laureate Casey Bailey and set in the grime music scene, will tour West Midlands community venues.

Sally Ann to appear in Curve’s Billy Elliot

28 April 2022

Sally Ann Triplett will play Mrs Wilkinson in Leicester Curve’s new production of Lee Hall and Elton John’s Billy Elliot the Musical.

RSC to première Totoro and revive Christmas Carol

28 April 2022

The Royal Shakespeare Company's winter 2022 programme includes an adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro and David Edgar’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Sherlock ditched for Watson in Coventry play

28 April 2022

A Sherlock Holmes play, Watson: The Final Problem, which tells the story of Moriarty from the perspective of Dr Watson, is to be staged in Coventry.

New concert musical in Midlands parks

27 April 2022

China Plate and Birmingham Hippodrome's To The Streets! will be performed in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton in summer 2022.

What's on in the Midlands

24 April 2022

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

Bite Size returns to Coventry with nine extracts of new work

24 April 2022

A day-long festival of new work from Midlands-based artists, Bite Size Festival is back at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry.

Migrant artists to work with Royal and Derngate

24 April 2022

Projekt Europa and Northampton’s Royal and Derngate are to commission migrant theatre makers Tina Hofman, Carlota Matos and Butshilo Nleya.

Doran to step down as RSC artistic director

22 April 2022

Gregory Doran is to step down as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a role he has filled for the past ten years.

Birmingham Royal Ballet to showcase its talent

21 April 2022

Birmingham Royal Ballet is to showcase its dancers, new talent and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia in a week-long residency at the city’s Rep theatre.