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Anansi the Spider show artwork. A colourful spiderweb with the words Anansi the Spider creatively woven in.

Anansi The Spider Library Tour

Anansi The Spider is delighting audiences in The Door at The Rep this festive season, and in January 2026, it’s heading out on tour to libraries across the West Midlands.

Sit under the canopy of the banyan tree and experience the laugh-out-loud West African and Caribbean tales of the world’s most infamous spider! Meet Anansi, the mischievous, clever spider trickster who uses his wit to outsmart the other animals.

A laugh-a-long tingly-tangly 50 minutes of joy.”
★★★★★, The Bromsgrove Standard

Tour Schedule

JANUARY

Shard End Library – Tue 20 Jan, 11am & 1.30pm

Small Heath Library – Wed 21 Jan, 11am & 1.30pm

Perry Common Library – Thu 22 Jan, 11am & 1.30pm

Handsworth Library – Fri 23 Jan, 11am & 1.30pm

South Yardley Library – Sat 24 Jan, 11am & 1.30pm

Selly Oak Library – Mon 26 Jan, 11am & 1.30pm

Northfield Library – Tue 27 Jan, 11am & 1.30pm

Penn Library – Wed 28 Jan, 11.30am & 1.45pm

Whitmore Reans Library – Thu 29 Jan 11.30am & 1.45pm

East Park Library – Fri 30 Jan, 11.30am & 1.45pm

Wolverhampton Central Library – Sat 31 Jan, 1.30pm

 

FEBRUARY

Lichfield Street Hub Library – Mon 2 Feb, 11.30am & 1.45pm

Darlaston Library – Tue 3 Feb, 11.30am & 1.45pm

Streetly Community Library – Wed 4 Feb, 11.30am & 1.45pm

Bloxwich Community Library – Thu 5 Feb, 11.30am & 1.45pm

Willenhall Community Library – Fri 6 Feb, 11.30am & 1.45pm

Bilston Library – Sat 7 Feb, 1.30pm

Tour Information

Anansi The Spider is headed out a tour to 17 local libraries. Tickets will be FREE thanks to the generous support of Arts Council England.

To book tickets, please contact your local library for more information.

Presented by

Birmingham Rep and Unicorn Theatre

Created by

Justin Audibert

Directed by

Robin Belfield

Age Guidance

Suitable for ages 4 – 8 and their families.

Tour supported by

Arts Council England

Trailer

Cast

Creatives

Writer

Justin Audibert

Director

Robin Belfield

Designer

Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey

Movement Director

Asha Jennings-Grant

Lighting Designer

Will Monks

Sound Designer

Esther Kehinde Ajayi

Songs Composer and Musical Director

Duramaney Kamara

Voice and Dialect Coach

Joel Trill

Associate Designer

Delyth Evans

Casting Director

Saffeya Shebli