Midlands productions

Published: 3 July 2016
Reporter: Steve Orme

Let It Be at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Credit: Paul Coltas
Singin’ in the Rain at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme Credit: Richard Davenport
Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet) and Ewart James Walters (gravedigger) in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Credit: Manuel Harlan

Celebrating the rich history of Ireland and the art of Irish dance, Rhythm of the Dance tours to Wolverhampton Grand on Monday.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace prepare to dance their final theatre show, The Last Tango, at the Regent Theatre, Stoke on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The first national tour of the ITV show Heartbeat recreates the atmosphere of 1960s rural Yorkshire at Wolverhampton Grand from Tuesday until Saturday.

Charting the meteoric rise of the world’s most successful group The Beatles, Let It Be gets a little help from its friends at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham from Tuesday until Saturday.

Nicholas Collett plays 16 characters in his one-man show about one of Britain’s greatest heroes, Nelson—The Sailor’s Story, at Lichfield Garrick on Wednesday.

Spontaneous comedy can be found at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham in ShowStopper! The Improvised Musical from Thursday until Saturday.

Stafford Festival Shakespeare’s production Othello, which features Oliver Wilson as Othello, Niall Costigan as Iago and Madeleine Leslay as Desdemona, continues in the open air at Stafford Castle until Saturday.

Singin’ In The Rain, a co-production between Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Salisbury Playhouse, continues at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme until Saturday 16 July.

At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Paapa Essiedu plays Hamlet which continues until Saturday 13 August and Gillian Bevan is the first woman to take on the role of British ruler Cymbeline which continues until Friday 12 August; in the Swan Theatre Sandy Grierson and Oliver Ryan share the roles of Faustus and Mephistopheles in Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus which continues until Thursday 4 August while Ben Jonson’s satire The Alchemist continues until Saturday 6 August.

Abba fans will meet their Waterloo when Mamma Mia! continues at Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday 3 September.

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