This Spring, the Birmingham Rep is set to dazzle with the absolute crème de la crème of dance, drama, and entertainment touring the UK! Prepare to be amazed by world-premiere performances and thought-provoking dance pieces from the multi-award-winning Boy Blue and Ballet Black. Plus, enjoy captivating evenings with broadcasting legends Joan Bakewell and Nigel Havers. And that’s not all—get ready for fresh stage adaptations of your favourite films and TV shows!
Kicking off on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th March at The House, Boy Blue will electrify audiences with their latest masterpiece, Cycles. This celebrated hip-hop dance theatre company promises a thrilling exploration of hip-hop in all its vibrant forms.
Ballet enthusiasts are in for a treat as Ballet Black returns with an exhilarating new double bill: Shadows. This includes a darkly comic adaptation of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s bestseller “My Sister, The Serial Killer” alongside Chanel DaSilva’s profound choreographic debut exploring humanity through shadow work.
On Wednesday 5th March at The House, join the Rep an exclusive evening as Joan Bakewell shares her incredible six-decade career journey in conversation with Matthew Stadlen—a night not to be missed!
Later this month (Tuesday 25th March), Nigel Havers takes centre stage for his first-ever solo show filled with behind-the-scenes gossip from five decades in showbiz—expect triumphs, disasters, madness…and plenty of laughs!
The season begins on Saturday 1st March with Myra’s Story by Brian Foster—a powerful one-woman play starring Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley that brings Dublin’s streets alive through unforgettable characters.
From Tuesday 11th – Saturday 15th March comes Arthur Miller’s iconic Death of a Salesman featuring acclaimed actor David Hayman as Willy Loman—a timeless tale about sacrifices made chasing the ‘American Dream.’
Following this is James Graham’s gripping new adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s BAFTA-winning Boys from the Blackstuff direct from National Theatre (Tuesday 18th – Saturday 22nd March).
Don’t miss Hold On To Your Butts—a hilarious live parody performed by just two actors plus Foley artist—at The Studio on Friday & Saturday nights (21st-22nd).
Closing the sensational lineup is Jamaica Love (Saturday-Sunday;29-30March) showcasing compelling storytelling alongside legendary vocals like John McLean & Celia Wickham-Anderson taking you through Jamaica’s rich musical heritage!
And let us not forget emerging talent showcased within intimate space ‘The Door’:
This Spring, the Birmingham Rep is set to dazzle with the absolute crème de la crème of dance, drama, and entertainment touring the UK! Prepare to be amazed by world-premiere performances and thought-provoking dance pieces from the multi-award-winning Boy Blue and Ballet Black. Plus, enjoy captivating evenings with broadcasting legends Joan Bakewell and Nigel Havers. And that’s not all—get ready for fresh stage adaptations of your favourite films and TV shows!
Kicking off on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th March at The House, Boy Blue will electrify audiences with their latest masterpiece, Cycles. This celebrated hip-hop dance theatre company promises a thrilling exploration of hip-hop in all its vibrant forms.
Ballet enthusiasts are in for a treat as Ballet Black returns with an exhilarating new double bill: Shadows. This includes a darkly comic adaptation of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s bestseller “My Sister, The Serial Killer” alongside Chanel DaSilva’s profound choreographic debut exploring humanity through shadow work.
On Wednesday 5th March at The House, join us for an exclusive evening as Joan Bakewell shares her incredible six-decade career journey in conversation with Matthew Stadlen—a night not to be missed!
Later this month (Tuesday 25th March), Nigel Havers takes centre stage for his first-ever solo show filled with behind-the-scenes gossip from five decades in showbiz—expect triumphs, disasters, madness…and plenty of laughs!
The season begins on Saturday 1st March with Myra’s Story by Brian Foster—a powerful one-woman play starring Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley that brings Dublin’s streets alive through unforgettable characters.
From Tuesday 11th – Saturday 15th March comes Arthur Miller’s iconic Death of a Salesman featuring acclaimed actor David Hayman as Willy Loman—a timeless tale about sacrifices made chasing the ‘American Dream.’
Following this is James Graham’s gripping new adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s BAFTA-winning Boys from the Blackstuff direct from National Theatre (Tuesday 18th – Saturday 22nd March).
Don’t miss Hold On To Your Butts—a hilarious live parody performed by just two actors plus Foley artist—at The Studio on Friday & Saturday nights (21st-22nd).
Closing out our sensational lineup is Jamaica Love (Saturday-Sunday;29-30March) showcasing compelling storytelling alongside legendary vocals like John McLean & Celia Wickham-Anderson taking you through Jamaica’s rich musical heritage!
And let us not forget emerging talent showcased within intimate space ‘The Door’:
Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light (Tuesday 4th – Thursday 6th March) – a moving piece exploring the writer’s own diagnosis of autism through a female lens;
(the) Woman (Friday 7th & Saturday 8th March) – a fiercely funny and brutally honest depicting of motherhood by award-winning upcoming writer Jane Upton;
The Intrusion (Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th March) – a darkly comedic collaboration between Bric à Brac Theatre and Told by an Idiot about the end of the world and the threat of extinction around the corner;
Everybody Wants to Be Ronaldo (Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd March) – A raucous, high-octane Grime-sical set in Birmingham by Birmingham-based production company TECTUM theatre about the pressures of football academies on young men.
Everywhere (Thursday 27th March) – a triple bill of 30-minute short plays bringing some the very best established and emerging talent from theatre to tell original and diverse stories that take us from displacement to maternity wards.