What's On
Performances on 2nd Jul 2009
UK Performance Poetry Slam
Thu 2 Jul 2009 — The Door
BBC Radio 4's verse-spilling live knockout competition
Coming Up
Goldilocks & How Many Bears?
An enjoyable new look at the old favourite
Family Friendly
Sat 4 Jul 2009
The Door
Is There Life After High School?
The Young REP present a show that will make you laugh and cry with nostalgia
Thu 16 Jul 2009 – Sat 18 Jul 2009
The Old Rep
Orphans
"I hate violence. It makes me cry. Always has..."
Thu 10 Sep 2009 – Sat 26 Sep 2009
The Door
East Is East
A warm-hearted and hilarious story of what happens when two cultures clash within one family
Fri 25 Sep 2009 – Sat 17 Oct 2009
Main House
The Idiot Colony
Based on real life accounts of the treatment and incarceration of 'moral defectives' in 1940s England
Fri 16 Oct 2009 – Sat 17 Oct 2009
The Door
A Window
A play for our times from one of this country's greatest playwrights
Wed 21 Oct 2009 – Sat 24 Oct 2009
The Door
Rainforest Symphony
Come on an exciting sensory journey into the rainforest
Family Friendly
Tue 27 Oct 2009 – Wed 28 Oct 2009
Centenary Suite
Dreams Of Violence
Out Of Joint return to The REP with a new comedy about love, death and responsibility
Wed 28 Oct 2009 – Sat 31 Oct 2009
The Door
The Giant's Embrace
The Giant is always hungry - we'd better teach him a lesson before he starts on us!
Family Friendly
Thu 29 Oct 2009
Centenary Suite
Tough Time, Nice Time
A secret, a spa in Bankok and two naked Germans
Wed 4 Nov 2009 – Sat 7 Nov 2009
The Door
Mrs Warren's Profession
Felicity Kendal stars in one of Bernard Shaw's most witty and provocative plays
Mon 9 Nov 2009 – Sat 14 Nov 2009
Main House
i-witness
Have you ever read a book that changes your life?
Wed 11 Nov 2009 – Sat 14 Nov 2009
The Door
Something Else
Based on the award-winning picture book by Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddell
Family Friendly
Sat 21 Nov 2009
The Door
A Christmas Carol
Join Scrooge on his journey to discover the true meaning of Christmas
Family Friendly
Wed 25 Nov 2009 – Sat 9 Jan 2010
Main House
The Devil Has Quentin's Heart
Hip-Hop theatre pioneer Benji Reid returns to the stage
Fri 27 Nov 2009 – Sat 28 Nov 2009
The Door
What The Dickens?
The Young REP's productions inspired by Charles Dickens
Wed 16 Dec 2009 – Thu 17 Dec 2009
The Door
Long Lost
A story about family, friendship and coming to terms with who you really are
Fri 18 Dec 2009 – Sat 19 Dec 2009
The Door
The Snowman
The REP's spectacular production of this classic tale flies back to Birmingham
Family Friendly
Fri 15 Jan 2010 – Sun 31 Jan 2010
Main House
Mohammed Ali's Writing On The Wall
A one-off evening of live graffiti-art and poetry
Thu 21 Jan 2010
The REP Workshop
Fundraising Gig at The Jam House
Our third fundraising gig night, featuring four brilliant local bands
Wed 10 Feb 2010
The Jam House
Cling To Me Like Ivy
A funny and intriguing new play set within the Orthodox Jewish community
Thu 11 Feb 2010 – Sat 27 Feb 2010
The Door
Dancing At Lughnasa
A bittersweet reflection on life in rural Ireland in the 1930s
Fri 19 Feb 2010 – Sat 6 Mar 2010
Main House
Behna (Sisters)
A site-specific production taking place in a kitchen
Wed 3 Mar 2010 – Sat 27 Mar 2010
Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham
The Women Of Troy
The Young REP present this great anti-war tragedy
Thu 4 Mar 2010 – Sat 6 Mar 2010
The Door
Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
Spike Milligan's celebrated war memoirs are brought to the stage
Mon 8 Mar 2010 – Sat 13 Mar 2010
Main House
How Cold My Toes
For children ages 2+ and their families
Family Friendly
Tue 9 Mar 2010 – Sat 13 Mar 2010
The Door
Heterophobia
A 20 minute preview of a new play by the Young LGBT Performance Company
Wed 17 Mar 2010
The Door
Arthur & George
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's quest to solve a mysterious case
Fri 19 Mar 2010 – Sat 10 Apr 2010
Main House
Ghost Boy
Fusing grime, dubstep, ska, puppetry, hip-hop theatre, street art and dance
Wed 24 Mar 2010 – Sat 27 Mar 2010
The Door
Grass Routes:Cuttings
A showcase of rising talent from The REP's Grass Routes writing programme for 18 - 30 year olds
Wed 31 Mar 2010 – Fri 9 Apr 2010
The Door
Exams Are Getting Easier
A new play commissioned especially for The Young Rep
Thu 15 Apr 2010 – Sat 17 Apr 2010
The Door
Respect
The UK premiere of Lutz Hübner's hard-hitting play
Thu 22 Apr 2010 – Sat 8 May 2010
The Door
Sutra
Performed by 17 monks from the original Shaolin Temple in China
Tue 27 Apr 2010 – Wed 28 Apr 2010
Main House
The 39 Steps
Direct from the West End, Broadway and 25 countries around the world
Tue 4 May 2010 – Sat 8 May 2010
Main House
No Idea
If they were in a show, can you imagine what kind of show it would be?
Tue 11 May 2010 – Wed 12 May 2010
The Door
Noises Off
A major new production of Michael Frayn's fantastic comic romp
Fri 14 May 2010 – Sat 5 Jun 2010
Main House
Signs of a Star Shaped Diva
A story that will touch your heart
Mon 17 May 2010 – Wed 19 May 2010
The Door
Sus
A powerful cry against institutional racism, set on the eve of the Thatcher election victory
Tue 25 May 2010 – Sat 29 May 2010
The Door
Charlie and Lola's Best Bestest Play
Everyone's favourite brother and sister in their extremely everso wonderful stage show
Family Friendly
Thu 3 Jun 2010 – Sun 6 Jun 2010
Main House
Show & Tell - writing for theatre and radio
A two day workshop for artists to broaden their creative platforms
Mon 7 Jun 2010 – Thu 10 Jun 2010
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Desert Boy
An a cappella musical with story-telling and song
Thu 10 Jun 2010 – Sat 12 Jun 2010
The Door
Billy Elliot Youth Theatre Showcase
The region's brightest young stars perform highlights of Billy Elliot the Musical
Sat 12 Jun 2010
Main House
Double Bill: Genesis 9:25 & Sex, Lies And History
A double bill of spoken word and musical performance
Sat 19 Jun 2010
The Door
Come To Where I'm From
Playwrights from across the UK come home to tell their tale
Mon 21 Jun 2010
The Door
Grand Sale of Costumes & Props
Your chance to bag a piece of theatrical history
Sat 26 Jun 2010
Main House
Finding Leaves For Soup
A delightful intimate performance for under fives
Family Friendly
Sat 3 Jul 2010
The Door
Twelfth Night
The Young REP's newest members present a sharing of their work
Sat 3 Jul 2010
The Door
Transmissions 2010
Public sharings of plays which have been developed by local secondary school programmes
Wed 7 Jul 2010 – Fri 9 Jul 2010
The Door
Just So
Based on the immortal short stories of Rudyard Kipling
Family Friendly
Tue 13 Jul 2010 – Sat 17 Jul 2010
The Old Rep
The Jam House Gig Returns!
Birmingham Business Bands rock The Jam House for The REP
Wed 14 Jul 2010
The Jam House
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Jules Verne's classic underwater voyage
Thu 22 Jul 2010 – Sat 24 Jul 2010
The Door
Little Shop Of Horrors
The greatest science-fiction-spoof-musical ever!
Wed 1 Sep 2010 – Sat 18 Sep 2010
On Tour
My Romantic History
A new comedy about love, loss and laminating machines
Wed 1 Sep 2010 – Sat 11 Sep 2010
The Door
ENRON
One of the most infamous scandals in financial history becomes a unique theatrical event
Wed 22 Sep 2010 – Sat 25 Sep 2010
Main House
The Habit Of Art
Visiting The REP after its sell-out success in London
Tue 28 Sep 2010 – Sat 2 Oct 2010
Main House
First Person Shooter
A witty play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide
Thu 30 Sep 2010 – Sat 16 Oct 2010
The Door
The Cherry Orchard
Josie Lawrence stars in Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Chekhov's last work
Fri 15 Oct 2010 – Sat 6 Nov 2010
Main House
Untitled
A magical realist story set in Nigeria and England
Wed 20 Oct 2010 – Sat 23 Oct 2010
The Door
Stage Fright
Spend a night at The REP with the theatre ghosts!
Fri 29 Oct 2010
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
People Show 121: The Detective Show
Somebody's been murdered. But there's no body, no weapon and no motive.
Fri 29 Oct 2010 – Sat 30 Oct 2010
The Door
The Day The Waters Came
A new play by Lisa Evans about the day Hurricane Katrina came and changed the lives of thousands of black American citizens forever
Mon 1 Nov 2010 – Wed 3 Nov 2010
The Door
The Big Fellah
A dark, glinting funny play set among Irish Americans in New York
Wed 10 Nov 2010 – Sat 13 Nov 2010
On Tour
The Author
Tim Crouch's new play is about the harm carried out in the name of art
Wed 10 Nov 2010 – Sat 13 Nov 2010
The Door
The Secret Garden
A spellbinding new musical adaptation of the classic children's novel
Family Friendly
Thu 25 Nov 2010 – Sat 8 Jan 2011
Main House
Watch The Birdy
A delightful play about an egg, for ages 3+
Family Friendly
Sat 27 Nov 2010
The Door
Secrets And Gardens
A showcase of Young REP performances inspired by our Main House Christmas show
Family Friendly
Wed 8 Dec 2010 – Thu 9 Dec 2010
The Door
Sunflowers & Sheds
A journey that will capture your heart and imagination
Family Friendly
Tue 14 Dec 2010 – Wed 22 Dec 2010
The Door