Midlands productions

Published: 31 March 2013
Reporter: Steve Orme

West Side Story at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham from 1 until 12 April
Horrible Histories at the Belgrade, Coventry from Tuesday until Saturday
Ruckus in the Garden at Derby Theatre on Friday and Saturday

Joey McKneely’s stage production of the classic dance musical West Side Story is at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham from Monday until Saturday 12 April.

Toyah Willcox and writer Julie Coombe are Hormonal Housewives at Wolverhampton Grand on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Coventry’s Belgrade welcomes the return of family favourite Horrible Histories, with tales of Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians, from Tuesday until Saturday.

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty dances into Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from Tuesday until Saturday.

More than 50 young people from Lichfield Garrick Youth Theatre supported by a full orchestra will perform Les Misérables—School Edition at the Garrick from Tuesday until Saturday.

Frances Ruffelle again plays the title role as Pam Gems’s Piaf transfers from the studio to the main stage at Leicester’s Curve from Wednesday until Saturday.

London Classic Theatre discovers The Importance of Being Earnest when it presents Oscar Wilde’s play at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Wednesday until Saturday 13 April.

Derby Theatre Youth Theatre stages David Farr’s Ruckus in the Garden on Friday and Saturday.

North Worcestershire company Madcap Theatre Productions takes David Tristram's three Little Grimley plays, Last Tango in Little Grimley, Last Panto in Little Grimley and The Fat Lady Sings in Little Grimley, together billed as Little Grimley’s Troubles Tripled, to Solihull Arts Complex, Birmingham on Saturday.

Buxton Opera House hosts An Evening with the Russian Cossacks on Saturday.

Northampton Royal and Derngate continues to stage Alan Ayckbourn’s Mr Whatnot until Saturday.

The world premiere of a new adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s I Was A Rat!, a co-production between Birmingham REP, Nottingham Playhouse, the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, and Teatro Kismet continues at Nottingham Playhouse until Saturday 13 April.

Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, starring Earl Carpenter as the Phantom and Katie Hall as Christine, continues at Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday 4 May.

At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Hamlet continues until Saturday 28 September.

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