The Crescent Theatre Company – one of Birmingham’s oldest theatre companies – hosts a thrilling retelling of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece for a week-long run at the Old Rep. Following Friday’s performance, there will be an After Dark session, which is an opportunity to meet members of the cast and creative team to discuss the production.

Winner of over 35 international awards, including the Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, double winner of the WhatsOnStage Award for ‘Best West End Show’, the international smash hit musical SIX makes its royal return to Birmingham following multiple previous sell-out runs.

Birmingham’s much-loved affordable panto returns to Blue Orange Theatre this Easter with Jack and the Beanstalk, offering the perfect, whimsical day out for the entire family.

Join Foghorn Unscripted, an established group of Birmingham comedy improvisers, for a classic whodunnit that unfolds in real time at the Old Joint Stock Theatre.

Who harbours dark secrets waiting to be unearthed? Who bites the dust? Who’s the culprit? It’s all up to the audience..

A riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s world-famous novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence, To Kill a Mockingbird, comes to Birmingham this April.

Developed by Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin, the Broadway and West End sensation will embark on its first-ever UK and Ireland tour, with a run at Birmingham Hippodrome next April.

Directed by The Rep’s Artistic Director, Joe Murphy and Deputy Artistic Director, Madeleine Kludje, this vibrant retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is billed as a celebration of beauty and love in all its forms.

A spectacular stage adaptation of one of the greatest movies of all time comes to The Alexandra. The Shawshank Redemption, which was nominated for seven Academy awards, has been reworked by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns for the stage, with Joe McFadden starring in the role of the wrongly convicted Andy Dufresne, Ben Onwukwe taking the role of Ellis ‘Red’ Redding, and Bill Ward playing corrupt prison warden Stammas.

Global smash hit Les Misérables The Arena Concert Spectacular is coming to Birmingham in summer. Les Misérables The Arena Concert Spectacular was expanded from the hugely successful Les Misérables The Staged Concert, which played for over 200 record-breaking performances in the West End, including a famous 25th Anniversary performance at The O2. It features an extraordinary new design specifically created for larger venues and an electrifying production enhanced with new set and lighting designs that present the show on a whole new scale.

A spectacular new production of Miss Saigon comes to Birmingham this summer.

Set to take over Birmingham Hippodrome from Tue 23 Jun – Sat 27 Jun, Michael Harrison, in association with Cameron Mackintosh, presents the new production, as Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is reborn.

A brand-new stage adaptation of the cultural phenomenon, The Silence of the Lambs, is coming to Birmingham next year. m

Based on Thomas Harris’ gripping psychological masterpiece, Gina Giongriddo’s theatrical adaptation makes its world stageplay premiere in 2026, before heading to The Alexandra next January.

A smash hit musical adaptation of Back to the Future touches down in Birmingham next year.

Winner of Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards, WhatsOnStage Awards and Broadway Awards, Back to the Future The Musical makes its bow at Birmingham Hippodrome Tue 9 Mar – Sat 10 Apr 2027.