Spring at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall includes everything from “thought-provoking drama” to top West End musicals.
In the Theatre Royal, Michael Brandon will appear in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge (4 until 7 March) while there will also be visits from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (17 until 21 March) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (31 March until 11 April).
Peter James’s best-selling novel Dead Simple can be seen at the Theatre Royal (14 until 18 April) and will feature Tina Hobley, Jamie Lomas, Rik Makarem, Michael McKell and Gray O’Brien.
On a lighter note, Jason Thorpe and Christopher Ryan will visit Nottingham in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (20 until 25 April) while Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (13 until 16 May) promises to be one of the highlights of the season, with David Suchet playing formidable Lady Bracknell.
For fans of musicals, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! featuring Belinda Lang and Gary Wilmot takes to the Theatre Royal stage from 28 April until 2 May before Dirty Dancing returns to Nottingham for a three-week run (26 May until 13 June).
Opera North will present three productions: Verdi’s La traviata, The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart and a double bill of Falla’s La vida breve and Gianni Schicchi by Puccini from 24 until 28 March.
In the Royal Concert Hall, Claire Sweeney’s new comedy Sex in Suburbia should raise a laugh on 6 March, as should the stage tour of BBC Radio’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, hosted by Jack Dee, the following day.
For dance fans, Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games returns to the Royal Concert Hall from 28 until 31 May while Birmingham Royal Ballet is back at the Theatre Royal with programmes by Sir Frederick Ashton, Sir Kenneth MacMillan and Alexander Whitley from 21 until 23 May.
The full programme can be viewed at the Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall web site.