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Theatre LISTINGS<br />
For full listing information on theatre<br />
productions, including times and dates,<br />
visit www.whatsonlive.co.uk<br />
From<br />
SUN 1 JUNE<br />
SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN<br />
Lichfield Garrick Rep<br />
Company present John<br />
Godber's semi-autobiographical<br />
play which is<br />
loosely based on the<br />
lives of his own parents,<br />
until Thurs 5<br />
June, Lichfield Garrick<br />
KHANDAN (FAMILY) Birmingham<br />
Repertory Theatre<br />
in association with<br />
The Royal Court presents<br />
Gurpreet Kaur<br />
Bhatti's tale of extended<br />
family life, until Sat 7<br />
June, The REP, B’ham<br />
CRAZY FOR YOU The<br />
Crescent Theatre present<br />
the story of Bobby<br />
Childs, a well-to-do<br />
1930s playboy whose<br />
dream in life is to<br />
dance, until Sat 7 June,<br />
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham<br />
INHERIT THE WIND<br />
Jerome Lawrence &<br />
Robert E Lee's American<br />
drama, inspired by<br />
real-life events, until Sat<br />
14 June, New Vic Theatre,<br />
Newcastle-under-<br />
Lyme<br />
HENRY IV PART’S I & II<br />
RSC Associate Artist<br />
Antony Sher returns to<br />
the Company to play<br />
the infamous comic<br />
knight Falstaff, until Sat<br />
6 Sept, Royal Shakespeare<br />
Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon<br />
THE ROARING GIRL Jo<br />
Davies directs Lisa Dillon<br />
as the dynamic,<br />
cross-dressing heroine<br />
in a new version of<br />
Thomas Middleton &<br />
Thomas Dekker's<br />
Jacobean comedy, until<br />
Tues 30 Sept, The<br />
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon<br />
ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM<br />
Polly Findlay makes her<br />
RSC debut, directing<br />
this darkly comic thriller<br />
which focuses on a<br />
husband, wife and lover<br />
who find themselves<br />
locked within a deadly<br />
game, until Thurs 2<br />
Oct, The Swan Theatre,<br />
Stratford-upon-Avon<br />
PEPPA PIG'S BIG SPLASH<br />
All-singing, all-dancing<br />
adventure for children,<br />
Sun 1 June, Wolverhampton<br />
Grand Theatre<br />
JUNGLE BOOK Indigo<br />
Moon Theatre bring<br />
Rudyard Kipling's story<br />
to life, Sun 1 June, Theatre<br />
Severn, Shrewsbury<br />
KING LEAR: NATIONAL<br />
THEATRE LIVE Acclaimed<br />
actor Simon Beale<br />
takes the lead role in<br />
this National Theatre<br />
production of Shakespeare's<br />
bloody tale,<br />
Mon 2 June, Warwick<br />
Arts Centre, Coventry<br />
THE MOUSETRAP Touring<br />
production of Agatha<br />
Christie's famous<br />
thriller, Mon 2 - Sat 7<br />
June, Theatre Severn,<br />
Shrewsbury<br />
UNDER MILK WOOD A<br />
new production of<br />
Dylan Thomas' work of<br />
genius, Mon 2 - Sat 7<br />
June, The REP, B’ham<br />
FAME - THE MUSICAL<br />
Presented by Bill Kenwright,<br />
Mon 2 - Sat 7<br />
June, Belgrade Theatre,<br />
Coventry<br />
FOXFINDER Dawn King's<br />
tense play, set in a<br />
future where the state<br />
controls the land, Mon<br />
2 - Sat 7 June, Highbury<br />
Theatre Centre,<br />
Sutton Coldfield<br />
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS<br />
Propeller Theatre present<br />
Shakespeare’s<br />
most farcical play, Tues<br />
3 June, New Alexandra<br />
Theatre, Birmingham<br />
THE ENERGY SHOW Science<br />
Museum Live take<br />
to the road with an<br />
explosive family theatre<br />
show for curious minds,<br />
Tues 3 June, Warwick<br />
Arts Centre, Coventry<br />
LADIES IN RETIREMENT<br />
Set in the 1880s and<br />
based on a famous<br />
murder that took place<br />
in a remote country<br />
house, Tues 3 - Fri 6<br />
June, Wolverhampton<br />
Grand Theatre<br />
THE WITCHES OF EAST-<br />
WICK Presented by Sutton<br />
Coldfield Musical<br />
Theatre Company, Tues<br />
3 - Sat 7 June, Lichfield<br />
Garrick<br />
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG<br />
Presented by Artz Productions,<br />
Tues 3 - Sat 7<br />
June, Stoke Repertory<br />
Theatre<br />
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S<br />
DREAM Propeller Theatre<br />
present Shakespeare’s<br />
magical play,<br />
where love and illusion<br />
collide, Weds 4 - Thurs<br />
5 June, New Alexandra<br />
Theatre, Birmingham<br />
ALICE BY HEART A new<br />
rock-musical take on<br />
Alice In Wonderland,<br />
from the writers who<br />
took Spring Awakening:<br />
The Musical to the London<br />
stage in 2009,<br />
Weds 4 - Sat 7 June,<br />
Stafford Gatehouse<br />
Theatre<br />
TONIGHT AT 8.30 Noel<br />
Coward's collection of<br />
nine one-act plays, performed<br />
together - three<br />
per night - for the first<br />
time in the UK since<br />
Coward starred in them<br />
in 1936, Weds 4 - Sat 7<br />
June, Malvern Theatres<br />
THE DREAMBOYS ‘The<br />
UK’s top male glamour<br />
show’, Thurs 5 June,<br />
Regent Theatre, Stokeon-Trent<br />
ARTHUR SMITH Thurs 5<br />
June, Theatre Severn,<br />
Shrewsbury<br />
RETURN OF THE GRUMPY<br />
OLD WOMEN: FIFTY<br />
SHADES OF BEIGE Thurs<br />
5 June, Royal Spa Centre,<br />
Leamington Spa<br />
SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD<br />
Eclipse Theatre &<br />
Young Vic present Athol<br />
Fugard’s award-winning<br />
play, Thurs 5 - Sat 7<br />
June, mac - Midlands<br />
Arts Centre, B’ham<br />
THE TAMING OF THE<br />
SHREW RumDoxy Theatre<br />
presents its innovative<br />
interpretation of<br />
Shakespeare’s tale of<br />
mistaken identity and<br />
unrequited love, Thurs<br />
5 - Sat 7 June, Crescent<br />
Theatre, B’ham<br />
FRAGILE Geoff Thompson’s<br />
semi-autobiographical<br />
drama which<br />
charts a broken man’s<br />
journey through abuse<br />
to reconciliation and<br />
redemption, Thurs 5 -<br />
Sat 7 June, Old Joint<br />
Stock Theatre, B’ham<br />
THE MIKADO Presented<br />
by Blue Orange Arts,<br />
Thurs 5 - Sat 14 June,<br />
The Blue Orange Theatre,<br />
Birmingham<br />
THE DREAMBOYS ’The<br />
UK’s top male glamour<br />
show’, Fri 6 June,<br />
Crewe Lyceum<br />
THE RODGERS AND HAM-<br />
MERSTEIN SONGBOOK<br />
Fri 6 June, Prince Of<br />
Wales Centre, Cannock<br />
SING-A-LONG-A GREASE A<br />
brand new sing-along<br />
version of the classic<br />
film starring Olivia Newton-John<br />
and John Travolta,<br />
Fri 6 June, Royal<br />
Spa Centre, Leamington<br />
Spa<br />
LEVEL UP WITH ANTHONY<br />
ANAXAGOROU AND KARIM<br />
KAMAR Evening of spoken<br />
word in performance,<br />
Fri 6 June, The<br />
REP, Birmingham<br />
TANGIBLE THINGS A new<br />
play by Matt Beames<br />
which explores a man's<br />
desire for a physical<br />
achievement in an<br />
increasingly electronic<br />
age, Fri 6 - Sat 7 June,<br />
Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton<br />
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS<br />
Propeller Theatre present<br />
Shakespeare’s<br />
most farcical play, Fri 6<br />
- Sat 7 June, New<br />
Alexandra Theatre,<br />
Birmingham<br />
STAR QUALITY The<br />
Billesley Players present<br />
Noel Coward’s<br />
behind-the-scenes look<br />
at a theatre company<br />
putting on a new West<br />
End production, Fri 6 -<br />
Sat 7 June, Old Rep,<br />
Birmingham<br />
THE CHUCKLE BROTHERS<br />
IN A 2014 SPACE ODDITY<br />
A new show promising<br />
fun for all the family, Sat<br />
7 June, Regent Theatre,<br />
Stoke-on-Trent<br />
TWELFTH NIGHT York<br />
Shakespeare Project<br />
present a fast, fun &<br />
folky approach to the<br />
bard’s comic masterpiece,<br />
Sat 7 June, The<br />
Dell, Stratford-upon-<br />
Avon<br />
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF<br />
THE TAT MAN David Calcutt’s<br />
one-man show<br />
features tales of travelling<br />
folk, blacksmiths,<br />
devils and talking horses,<br />
Sat 7 June, Walsall<br />
Museum<br />
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S<br />
DREAM Propeller Theatre<br />
present Shakespeare’s<br />
magical play,<br />
where love and illusion<br />
collide, Sat 7 June,<br />
New Alexandra Theatre,<br />
Birmingham<br />
THE MERCHANT OF<br />
VENICE Rain Or Shine<br />
Theatre present Shakespeare's<br />
famous work,<br />
Sun 8 June, Witley<br />
Court, Worcestershire<br />
IMMORTAL CHI Fusion of<br />
jaw-dropping Chinese<br />
Martial Arts, multimedia<br />
images and an<br />
original musical score<br />
incorporating the Chinese<br />
Girl Drummers,<br />
Sun 8 June, Regent<br />
Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent<br />
PARKING AROUND<br />
Rogueplay present<br />
highly physical theatre<br />
with a strong but simple<br />
narrative, Sun 8<br />
June, Small Heath<br />
Park, Birmingham<br />
THE WINTER’S TALE<br />
Staffordshire University’s<br />
Drama & Theatre<br />
Arts graduates present<br />
an outdoor production<br />
of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy,<br />
Sun 8 June,<br />
The Dell, Stratfordupon-Avon<br />
From<br />
MON 9 JUN<br />
STAY Geese Theatre<br />
Company present a<br />
challenging insight into<br />
one man's cycle of<br />
abuse, Mon 9 June,<br />
The REP, Birmingham<br />
O WHAT A LOVELY WAR<br />
Presented by Nonentitties,<br />
Mon 9 - Sat 14<br />
June, The Rose Theatre,<br />
Kidderminster<br />
THE MOUSETRAP Touring<br />
production of Agatha<br />
Christie's famous<br />
thriller, Mon 9 - Sat 14<br />
June, Crewe Lyceum<br />
ALL SHOOK UP South<br />
Staffordshire College<br />
Performing Arts Department<br />
present a performance<br />
inspired by<br />
and featuring the songs<br />
of Elvis Presley against<br />
a new twist on Shakespeare's<br />
Twelfth Night,<br />
Tues 10 - Weds 11<br />
June, Lichfield Garrick<br />
HAPPY DAYS Tues 10 -<br />
Sat 14 June, Wolverhampton<br />
Grand Theatre<br />
SOUTH PACIFIC Adaptation<br />
of the Rodgers &<br />
Hammerstein musical,<br />
Tues 10 - Sat 14 June,<br />
New Alexandra Theatre,<br />
Birmingham<br />
LITTLE SHOP OF HOR-<br />
RORS Presented by<br />
Queensbridge Musical<br />
Theatre Society, Tues<br />
10 - Sat 14 June, Solihull<br />
Arts Complex<br />
SHE STOOPS TO CON-<br />
QUER Creative Cow<br />
present Oliver Goldsmith's<br />
comedy, Tues<br />
10 - Sat 14 June,<br />
Malvern Theatres<br />
ANYTHING GOES Amateur<br />
production presented<br />
by Bourneville Musical<br />
Theatre Company, Tues<br />
10 - Sat 14 June, Crescent<br />
Theatre, B’ham<br />
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN<br />
Major new production<br />
of the Tony Award-winning<br />
version of Irving<br />
Berlin's classic musical,<br />
Tues 10 - Sat 14 June,<br />
Regent Theatre, Stokeon-Trent<br />
THE TEMPEST A Birmingham<br />
Ormiston Academy<br />
Acting Pathway production,<br />
Weds 11 June,<br />
The Old Rep, Birmingham<br />
RUNAWAY BOY Thirty<br />
young people, many<br />
from disadvantaged<br />
backgrounds, retell the<br />
classic story of Carlo<br />
Collodi’s Pinocchio,<br />
Weds 11 June, Royal<br />
Spa Centre, Leamington<br />
Spa<br />
FINDING JOY A comic,<br />
anarchic, touching and<br />
heroic full mask adventure<br />
from Worcesterbased<br />
theatre company<br />
Vamos, Weds 11 -<br />
Thurs 12 June, The<br />
Swan Theatre, Worcester<br />
PETER PAN AND THE LOST<br />
BOYS Heartbreak Productions<br />
present an<br />
innovative adaptation of<br />
JM Barrie’s classic children’s<br />
tale, Weds 11 -<br />
Thurs 12 June, Jephson<br />
Gardens, Leamington<br />
Spa<br />
LITTLE SHOP OF HOR-<br />
RORS Amateur production<br />
presented by<br />
Shrewsbury College<br />
Performing Arts, Weds<br />
11 - Thurs 12 June,<br />
Theatre Severn,<br />
Shrewsbury<br />
GREASE Amateur production<br />
grom Get Your<br />
Wigle On, Weds 11 -<br />
Sat 14 June, Theatre<br />
Severn, Shrewsbury<br />
PESTS Clean Break,<br />
Royal Court Theatre<br />
and Royal Exchange<br />
Theatre present a searing<br />
new play from Vivienne<br />
Franzmann, Weds<br />
11 - Sat 14 June, The<br />
REP, Birmingham<br />
THE VALLEY OF ASTON-<br />
ISHMENT Théâtre des<br />
Bouffes du Nord present<br />
the UK premiere of<br />
Peter Brook and Marie-<br />
Hélène Estienne's kaleidoscopic<br />
journey into<br />
the wonders of the<br />
human brain, Weds 11 -<br />
Sat 14 June, Warwick<br />
Arts Centre, Coventry<br />
HORRIBLE HISTORIES:<br />
BARMY BRITAIN Presented<br />
by Birmingham<br />
Stage Company, Weds<br />
11 - Sun 15 June, Birmingham<br />
Town Hall<br />
THE WORLD'S WORST<br />
SERIAL KILLER SHOW<br />
Note that this show<br />
contains original crime<br />
scene and victim's photographs,<br />
many of a<br />
graphic and explicit<br />
nature, which some<br />
people may find disturbing,<br />
Thurs 12 June,<br />
The Place, Oakengates<br />
Theatre, Telford<br />
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S<br />
DREAM Presented by<br />
Ormiston Academy Acting<br />
Pathway, Thurs 12<br />
June, Old Rep, B’ham<br />
ANYTHING GOES Amateur<br />
production of Cole<br />
Porter's comedy musical<br />
presented by<br />
Nuneaton Pantomime<br />
and Revue Society,<br />
Thurs 12 - Sat 14 June,<br />
Bedworth Civic Hall<br />
AVENUE Q Amateur production<br />
presented by<br />
the Old Joint Stock<br />
Musical Theatre Company,<br />
Thurs 12 - Sun 22<br />
June, Old Joint Stock<br />
Theatre, Birmingham<br />
MACBETH The Festival<br />
Players Theatre Company<br />
present Shakespeare’s<br />
bloodiest play,<br />
Fri 13 June, St John’s<br />
Church, Bromsgrove<br />
ROMEO & JULIET Presented<br />
by Ormiston<br />
Academy Acting Pathway,<br />
Fri 13 June, Old<br />
Rep, Birmingham<br />
THE MERCHANT OF<br />
VENICE Rain Or Shine<br />
Productions present an<br />
outdoor production of<br />
Shakespeare famous<br />
work, Fri 13 June,<br />
Wightwick Hall, Wolverhampton<br />
WOMAN IN MIND Alan<br />
Ayckbourn's poignant<br />
play about a woman<br />
slowly unravelling, Fri<br />
13 - Sat 28 June, The<br />
REP, Birmingham<br />
THE SOOTY SHOW A<br />
brand new family show<br />
featuring Sooty and his<br />
friends... Sat 14 June,<br />
Stafford Gatehouse<br />
Theatre<br />
SING-A-LONG-A DIRTY<br />
DANCING Brand new singalong<br />
screening of the<br />
classic film starring<br />
Patrick Swayze and<br />
Jennifer Grey, Sat 14<br />
June, Roses Theatre,<br />
Tewkesbury<br />
MACBETH The Handlebards<br />
bring their innovative<br />
style to Shakespeare’s<br />
tale of ambition,<br />
magic and murder,<br />
Sat 14 June, The Dell,<br />
Stratford-upon-Avon<br />
PARKING AROUND<br />
Rogueplay present<br />
highly physical theatre<br />
with a strong but simple<br />
narrative, played<br />
out through circus acts,<br />
dance and physical theatre<br />
sequences, Sat 14<br />
June, Eastside Park,<br />
Birmingham<br />
PETER PAN AND THE LOST<br />
BOYS Heartbreak Productions<br />
present an<br />
innovative adaptation of<br />
JM Barrie’s classic children’s<br />
tale, Sat 14<br />
June, Birmingham Lord<br />
Mayor’s Show, Chamberlain<br />
Square, Birmingham<br />
MONDAY’S CHILD Tutti<br />
Frutti & York Theatre<br />
Royal tell a simple<br />
poetic story of the<br />
unique bond between a<br />
grandmother and child,<br />
Sat 14 June, Warwick<br />
Arts Centre, Coventry<br />
For full theatre listings in the West Midlands, visit, www.whatsonlive.co.uk 33
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