Tell Tale Theatre’s Austerity Games which blends “a theatrical triathlon of physical storytelling, British wit and slapstick with a dash of Dickens to bring you the sportiest play you'll ever see” will be staged at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham on Tuesday as part of Birmingham Fest 2016.
Here to There Productions presents Bull by Mike Bartlett at Ludlow Brewery, Shropshire from Tuesday until Friday.
Richard Fleeshman plays Guy Masterson, Maxwell Caulfield is Nathan Detroit and Louise Dearman plays Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at Wolverhampton Grand from Tuesday until Saturday.
Ginny Davis and Sharon Baylis appear in Learned Friends, featuring barristers awaiting the verdict in a high-profile trial, part of Birmingham Fest 2016, at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham on Thursday.
Ventoux, the most fearsome mountain on the Tour de France where Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani fought what has been described as the greatest race cycling has ever seen, is brought to life in 2Magpies’ production at mac Birmingham on Friday.
You Boy, an “honest play, shrouded in theatrical make-believe”, is the first show from SeeGold Productions in the MET Studio at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre on Friday.
English Youth Ballet stages Giselle, set on an English country estate with an “upstairs downstairs” flavour, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham on Friday and Saturday.
Three drama companies from Unfold Dance Theatre explore a variety of styles in Not So Period Dramas, part of Birmingham Fest 2016, at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham on Saturday.
Coventry Belgrade Mela, an annual one-day festival of South Asian arts and culture, takes place at the city’s Belgrade Theatre on Saturday.
Creator and original cast member Simon Morley returns to Puppetry of the Penis which tours to the Victoria Hall, Stoke on Saturday.
Street performances and dance will be evident when Summer in Southside brings “seaside sights, sounds and silliness” to Birmingham on Saturday and Sunday.
The world’s most famous detective is called on to solve the greatest mystery of all time when Chapterhouse Theatre performs Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles in the outdoor arena at mac birmingham on Sunday.
Split Second Productions continues to stage Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire—where it was reportedly first performed at the wedding of Lord Thomas Berkeley and Elizabeth Carey in 1596—until Wednesday 27 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 Saturday 15 October; 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 as Mamma Mia! continues at Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday 3 September.