From iconic murder mysteries and Peaky Blinders’ spin-offs to iconic tales from Oscar Wilde, here are some of the best theatre shows to book now in Birmingham.
After exhilarating audiences for two years in the West End and across the world with record-breaking, sell-out productions and a smash hit film, Ghost Stories mixes ‘the very best of theatre with the buzz of a thrill-ride’ at The Alexandra.
In what is undoubtedly one of the most talked-about stage shows of the year, Hamlet Hail to the Thief comes to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this June.
The show merges Shakespeare’s iconic tale with a newly-orchestrated version of Radiohead’s seminal record Hail to the Thief. In this fast-paced distillation of the play, Shakespeare’s words and Radiohead’s album illuminate one another in thrilling new ways as the music becomes a critical part of the narrative.
The Crescent Theatre welcomes Oscar Wilde’s comedic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, this summer.
The smash hit Peaky Blinders stage adaptation, The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, returns to Birmingham later this year.
Written by Peaky Blinders co-creator Stephen Knight, the production is part theatre/dance show, part gig, blending electric choreography from the renowned Rambert dance company with a live band performing hits from the show’s stacked soundtrack.
Following hugely successful runs both in London and internationally, the hilarious and heartwarming Kim’s Convenience comes to The Rep this July.
Inspired by the Netflix phenomenon, which follows a family-run Korean store, the show is written by Ins Choi, who described the play as his ‘love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who now call Canade their home’.
A gothic double bill takes over the Blue Orange Theatre in August, as the venue welcomes both Charles Dickens’ The Hanged Man’s Bride and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Body Snatcher.
Both plays will last roughly 45 minutes, with a 15-minute interval in between.
Award-winning drag king, Bi-Curious George, invites audiences into a raucous celebration of queerness and the animal kingdom.
Following repeat sell-out performances at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, the show, which combines comedy, aprody songs and drag in the form fo a nature documentary, seeks to ‘shatter the heteronormative binaries through which we view the natural world’.
Promising a show packed with ‘splendour, eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory’, the first-ever world tour of the multi-award-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical arrives for a dazzling Birmingham stint this autumn.
The hit stage adaptation is packed with more than 70 iconic songs from both Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary original film and beyond.
- Words:
- Bradley Lengden
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- Sun 11 May 2025
Based on a true highland story, two women arrive at a former Crofter’s Hut in the deserted village of Coille Chillie.
Cut off from the modern world, the getaway takes an unexpected turn as ancient tales resurface and the terrifying truth of the Croft is revealed.