Autumn 2026/Spring 2027 Season Announcement
It’s that time of year again! We’re about halfway through our Spring 2026 season with a whole plethora of Proudly Birmingham, Distinctively Rep programming coming around the corner, like:
- A powerful new adaptation of Small Island from the teams behind the hugely success 2025 tour of A Thousand Splendid Suns, arriving on our stage from Wed 1 Apr – Sat 18 Apr.
- ‘The House‘ stage debut for our Artistic Director and Deputy Artistic Director Joe Murphy and Madeleine Kludje with their distinctively Birmingham version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- An out-of-this-world adaptation of Zanib Mian’s beloved children’s book, Planet Omar by award-winning playwright Asif Khan (who you may recognise from SILENCE back in 2024)
- The much-anticipated epic revival of Stephen Sondheim’s gothic musical thriller Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street staring musical theatre royalty Ramin Karimloo, award-winning radical entertainer, Meow Meow and three-time Olivier Award-winning actor David Bedella.
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AND NOW! We’re pulling back the curtain and unveiling our brand new Autumn 2026/Spring 2027 season!
From stunning world premieres and celebrated revivals to festive family favourites and thought-provoking new writing, this brand new season continues our commitment to filling this season with big, bold and the very best takes on classics, adaptations of best-sellers, and a host of new commissions, all Proudly Birmingham, Distinctively Rep.
Priority booking for Gold and Silver Friends & Patrons
Opens today at 12 noon
Priority booking for Bronze Friends
Thu 19 Mar at 12 noon
Public booking opens
Fri 20 Mar at 12 noon
If you’re already a Rep Friend, don’t forget to login to your online account to access priority booking and Rep Friends discounts.
The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time
Sat 5 – Sat 19 Sep
Join us this September for another major revival joining us this year with a brand-new stage adaptation The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time!
Based on the internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel by Mark Haddon, this visually inventive production co-produced by The Rep and our friends at Melting Pot (Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts, The Battle), combines the intrigue of a whodunnit with a powerful coming-of-age story in an unforgettable theatrical event that promises to be more thrilling than ever.
Twelve Angry Men
Mon 21 – Sat 26 Sep
We’ll be closing out the month with the return of Bill Kenwright’s powerful and critically acclaimed production of Twelve Angry Men thirteen years after making its stage debut back in 2013!
After multiple record-breaking West End seasons, this timeless and electrifying adaptation of the 1957 three-time Academy Award nominated film is back in session!
The Snowman™
Tue 20 Oct – Sun 1 Nov
The beloved seasonal classic The Snowman™ flies home to Birmingham with a mesmerising new makeover! Based on Raymond Briggs’ cherished book, this sparkling new production features Howard Blake’s iconic score including the Christmas classic Walking In The Air, beautifully crafted puppets and of course… a gravity-defying friendship!
This new production is directed and choreographed by Olivier Award-winner Will Tuckett, with production design by multi-award-winning designer Anna Fleischle.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Fri 29 Jan – Sat 13 Feb
You’ve been asking, so of course we had to answer! After last years sell-out run in Birmingham, Nottingham and Leeds, we’re ecstatic to announce the return of Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns.
This much-anticipated co-production, adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma will be ushering in the 2027 season, giving audiences another chance to catch this sweeping and deeply moving stage adaptation once more.
Punch
Tue 16 – Sat 20 Feb
Following on from A Thousand Splendid Suns, the four-time Oliver nominated Punch will be making a stop on its UK tour for a limited one-week run.
Following previous sold-out runs at the Nottingham Playhouse and Young Vic, and simultaneous openings on Broadway and in the West End, this critically acclaimed play based on Jacob Dunne’s extraordinary true story has been adapted by Olivier Award-winning writer James Graham and directed by Adam Penford.
This production is dedicated to James Hodgkinson and all victims of one-punch.
Rep Rising Festival
Wed 1 – Sat 18 Jul
After the success of our previous trio of youth festivals (Order and Chaos, Love and Rebellion and Home and Horizons) our brand new youth festival, Rep Rising will be taking it to the next level!
This year we’ll be taking over The Studio to showcase an exciting programme of theatre performed by the emerging talent from the Young Rep and Rep Pathways programmes, and for this inaugural year, the festival will feature the first-ever performance by our brand new intensive training programme for emerging actors, Rep Studio 8.
The four headline productions leading the charge next summer will be:
The Littlest Yak
Wed 17 – Thu 18 Feb
Kicking off next years family-friendly programming will be the heart-warming musical adaptation of the award-winning children’s book – The Littlest Yak!
Full of beautiful puppets, catchy tunes and an uplifting tale of self-acceptance this gorgeous story will delight audiences young and old as Gertie, the Littlest Yak with the curliest, whirlest wool takes audiences on a a dazzling adventure, into the heart of the Himalayas.
The Elves and The Shoemaker
Fri 2 – Sun 4 Apr
Then later in the season, a brand-new version of the beloved fairytale The Elves and the Shoemaker will be taking audiences aged 3+ on a truly inventive and highly interactive 50-minute adventure – full of clowning, puppetry and a magical miniature world!
Join these little elves as they take you into the nooks and crannies of the old Shoemaker’s shop as the perfect family treat next Spring.
REWIND: Bosnia & Herzegovina
Mon 19 Oct, 7.15pm
The multi-award-winning and critically acclaimed REWIND returns for one night only in an special adaptation as REWIND: Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Inspired by memories of survivors and draws from the humanitarian work of forensic anthropology, the first science in history to investigate human rights violations. The show is a respectful and sensitive tribute to the victims of the Bosnian and Herzegovina Genocide using powerful live music, energetic movement, puppetry, projection and innovative lighting.
BULL
Sat 12 – Sat 19 Sep
We will once again be teaming up with award-winning deaf-launched and led theatre company, Deafinitely Theatre as well as Park Theatre, to bring the sharp, darkly funny and deeply uncomfortable, Bull to our most intimate performance space – The Door.
This strained and unsettling examination of workplace bullying, power and survival explores how people will do anything to survive when the stakes are high; presented in Deafinitely Theatre’s renowned bilingual style, combining British Sign Language, spoken English and creative captions.
Chains
Thu 4 – Sat 20 Feb
With thanks to funding from The Sir Barry Jackson Trust, we will be bringing a brand new piece of work written by proud Brummie writer Rem Conway – Chains, co-produced by The Rep in association with the Legacy Centre of Excellence – Europe’s largest Black Arts, Business and Heritage Centre, based right here in Birmingham.
Directed by our very own Deputy Artistic Director Madeleine Kludje this production follows an estranged father and son chained together, as they confront the choices that shackled them. The chain between them takes on new meaning — no longer just metal and rust, but the echo of an umbilical cord that once gave life and now denies freedom. To break it is to face the inevitable truth of growing up: that every son must, in time, cut the cord, and in doing so, learn how to stand as his own man.
Originally commissioned by Senti.
And that’s only a handful of the shows announced in the brochure! With this much variety, this is a season not to missed!
Explore our full Autumn 2026/Spring 2027 Programming Now
Priority booking for Gold and Silver Friends & Patrons
Now Open!
Priority booking for Bronze Friends
Thu 19 Mar at 12 noon
Public booking opens
Fri 20 Mar at 12 noon