Venue manager Neil Reading has announced the autumn season line-up for the University of Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre.
He said, “I’m really excited about the programme. From international performers to the very best local talent, we’ve created an eclectic season that has something for everyone.”
Reform Theatre Company returns to the Arena on 2 October with Stand, a tragic-comedy by Sunday Times playwriting award winner David Brown.
One of the events marking Black History Month will be Sorry! No Coloureds, No Irish, No Dogs, a series of monologues exploring racism, migration and the transatlantic slave trade. Bilston-based theatre company Gazebo will perform the show on 3 and 4 October.
Blackeyed Theatre Company presents Dracula at the Arena from 7 until 9 October; Hopelessly Devoted, Kate Tempest’s new play, a Birmingham REP and Paines Plough production, visits on 10 October; and Lives of Others Theatre Company stages its play about the NHS, Floating, on 18 October.
Rumpus Theatre Company serves up a double bill of The Ghost Ship!, a new play based on Joseph Conrad’s story, on 5 November and Sherlock Holmes—A Study in Fear! on 6 November.
Reform Theatre Company returns with Burt ‘n’ Joyce on 13 November and the following day Rich Seam Theatre Company performs Royal Flush which features Matthew Booth.
Wacky company Oddsocks returns to the Arena with its family adventure Treasure Island on 19 and 20 November.
London Classic Theatre visits with Harold Pinter’s Betrayal on 26 and 27 November; Caroline Horton and company’s play about anorexia Mess is at the Arena on 28 November; and Pool Hayes Youth Theatre performs The Wind in the Willows from 11 until 15 December.