WHAT'S ON AT THE BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM
What's On at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Most Popular Shows and Events at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Boys from the Blackstuff
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 26 - Sat 28 Mar 2026
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Mon 20 - Tue 21 Apr 2026
The Merchant of Venice 1936
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Tue 7 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Hold On To Your Butts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Fri 27 - Sat 28 Mar 2026
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 28 Aug 2025 - Sun 20 Sep 2026
In the Night Garden Live
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Sat 2 Aug 2025 - Wed 12 Aug 2026
The Koala Who Could
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 7 Aug 2025 - Fri 14 Aug 2026
What's On at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Home & Horizons Festival
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 9 July 2025 - Sunday 26 July 2026
Our Young Rep Festival is BACK this summer in our third annual celebration of the city?s brilliant young talent!Featuring more than 400 performers across 15 shows, Home and Horizons Festival gives voice to the next generation as they explor...Iranian Community Theatre of Birmingham
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 9 July 2025
The Iranian Community Theatre of Birmingham are proud to present Nowruznameh: A Cultural & Artistic Event??A performance and storytelling event featuring tales from Shahnameh, Zarathushtranameh, and other Iranian stories related to Nowruz, ...Summer & Smoke
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 11 - Saturday 12 July 2025
Performed by The Company??Set in Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams? epic play Summer and Smoke explores the doomed connection between spiritual Alma and sensual John as they switch roles but tragically miss the...Medea
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 13 - Tuesday 15 July 2025
Performed by Young Rep Seniors. Medea is devastated when her husband, Jason, leaves her for the king?s daughter. Heartbroken, alone, and consumed by rage, Medea decides to take revenge so that Jason will suffer as much as she has. No matter...Jasmin Vardimon Company - Alice
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 17 - Friday 18 July 2025
A woman, or perhaps a child, unsure of her identity and where she is going. Escaping or exploring, discovering the powers within her changing body. The world around her is different, curious, and compelling - at times absolutely bonke...Jekyll & Hyde
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 July 2025
In a new and enthralling one-man stage adaptation of the classic tale of terror, acclaimed actor Jonathan Goodwin plays both Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in this production from Don't Go Into The Cellar! Victorian theatre company. Journey...The Vagina Monologues
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 19 July 2025 - Saturday 25 July 2026
The Vagina Monologues is based on writer V?s (formerly Eve Ensler) ?Vagina Interviews? conducted with 100 women all around the world. This collection of funny, lively and emotional monologues represents the untold experiences of women in a ...Building A Creative Toolkit
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 21 July 2025
Our ?Building a Creative Toolkit? sessions are back and better than ever!The Rep are offering a series of skills-building sessions for freelance facilitators working across the West Midlands. These fun, collaborative meet ups are led by pra...Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty in Concert
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 25 July 2025 - Friday 31 July 2026
Priority Booking for Gold & Silver Friends, Access Register & 16-25 members:Opens Tue 29 Apr at 10amPriority Booking for Bronze Friends:Opens Thu 1 May at 10amPublic Booking:Opens Fri 2 May at 10am?Experience the true artistry of living leg...Backstage Tours
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 26 July 2025 - Saturday 29 August 2026
Fascinated by Theatre? Explore the hidden secrets of The Rep and join us on a backstage tour around our fascinating building. Take a look at spaces usually closed to the public, including our huge workshop and paint shop where we create set...Codebreakers
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 26 July 2025 - Saturday 1 August 2026
Codebreakers is a fascinating exploration into one of the greatest stories of the Second World War, that of the Enigma Machine, led by Dr Mark Baldwin,Throughout the war, the Germans had entrusted their secret communications to an ingenious...London City Ballet: Momentum
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 29 July 2025 - Wednesday 5 August 2026
London City Ballet, former resident company of Sadler?s Wells, makes its debut at The Rep showcasing artists rarely seen in the UK in a brand new repertoire. London City Ballet is wide awake and back in business????? The TimesThe company pr...London City Ballet: Class on Stage
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 30 July 2025 - Wednesday 5 August 2026
Get a front row seat to learn how performers prepare for a performance. Watch the dancers in their warm-up ballet class live on stage. Introduced and led by members of the creative team, audiences get the chance to gain a rare and fascinati...In the Night Garden Live
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 2 August 2025 - Wednesday 12 August 2026
Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends are back in their fun-filled live show Igglepiggle's Busy Day! Join Igglepiggle as he looks for his friends in the Night Garden by following their funny sounds until he finds them all! You'll...The Koala Who Could
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 7 August 2025 - Friday 14 August 2026
A Lowry, Rose Theatre, Nicoll Entertainment, Northern Stage, Unicorn Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios co-production Based on the bestselling picture book about taking a chance An empowering and chuckle-out-loud story about embracing chang...
Yeh Dosti - Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 8 August 2025 - Saturday 15 August 2026
Yeh Dosti: Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay will feature mesmerising dance performances choreographed to Sholay's legendary soundtrack. Experience the unforgettable dances and songs that have defined Bollywood cinema! A talented cast of dan...Yeh Dosti : Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay Birmingham
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 8 - Saturday 9 August 2025
Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Bollywood film, Sholay....Family Backstage Tours
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 15 August 2025 - Friday 28 August 2026
Our Family Tours are aimed at children aged 5 to 14* and their families. This is the perfect treat to introduce children to theatre, get involved in fun activities and explore our amazing venue. There?s lots to see and experience in a worki...The Boy With Wings
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 21 August 2025 - Saturday 5 September 2026
An ordinary kid is about to become an EXTRAORDINARY hero!Wings? Check.A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. An impossible mission to save the entire galaxy. Check. When Tunde sprouts wings and learns that his father is a ferocious alien w...Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 28 August 2025 - Sunday 20 September 2026
Starring Tom Chambers (Father Brown, Strictly Come Dancing) as Inspector Morse, in the first-ever stage adaptation of the iconic detective. ITV's long-running Inspector Morse, hailed by Radio Times as 'The greatest British crime series of a...Murder at Midnight
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 16 September 2025 - Saturday 26 September 2026
It?s New Year?s Eve in rural Kent, and Jonny ?The Cyclops? has decided to throw a party. But amidst the drinking, music and fireworks exploding overhead, a twisted trail of clues emerges. As midnight looms, tarot cards foretell doom, police...The Talented Mr Ripley
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 22 September 2025 - Saturday 3 October 2026
This electrifying new stage adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley brings Patricia Highsmith's iconic 1955 psychological thriller to life like never before. With razor-sharp dialogue, simmering tension, and a dangerously charismatic antih...Emma
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 29 September 2025 - Saturday 10 October 2026
?I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like?The beautiful, high-spirited Emma Woodhouse is determined that she will never marry but loves to meddle in her friends and neighbours? relationships. When her confidante an...The Legends of Them
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 3 - Saturday 4 October 2025
The Legends of Them charts the story of Sutara Gayle's extraordinary life - a pioneering female deejay on London's infamous reggae scene in the 1980s, Lorna Gee cut her cloth performing for the legendary Saxone, Coxsone and Nasty Rockers so...Little Red Riding Hood
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 4 October 2025
Priority booking for Rep Friends, Access Register & 16-25 members opens:Thu 26 Jun at 10amPublic booking opens:Fri 27 Jun at 10am?A wolf in granny?s clothing knows all about what fun dressing-up can be and in Little Red Riding Hood our magi...The Party Girls
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 6 October 2025 - Saturday 17 October 2026
The sensational story of the Mitford sisters. The glamorous Mitford girls cut a glorious swathe through pre-war high society, amidst the glittering world of debutantes and dukes. But as Fascism rises and political storm clouds crackle over ...Time Critical
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 7 - Wednesday 8 October 2025
Priority booking for Rep Friends, Access Register & 16-25 members opens:Thu 26 Jun at 10amPublic booking opens:Fri 27 Jun at 10am?Two competing actors, tyrannised by a chess clock, struggle to compress 34 years of global vs personal history...Yippee Ki Yay
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 13 October 2025 - Tuesday 20 October 2026
This achingly funny rhyming retelling of classic (festive?) film Die Hard from Richard Marsh - Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Comedy-winner and New York cop (one of these is untrue). When gunmen sei...
Black is the Color of my Voice
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 15 October 2025 - Thursday 22 October 2026
Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live. Apphia Campbell's acclaimed play follows a successful singer and civil rights activist as she seeks redemption after the untimely death o...Tujhe Dekha - Come Fall In Love...Again
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 17 October 2025
Priority booking for Rep Friends, Access Register & 16-25 members opens:Thu 26 Jun at 10amPublic booking opens:Fri 27 Jun at 10am?Come Fall In Love Again as we commemorate the legendary 30 year journey of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) ...Barrier(s)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 18 October 2025 - Saturday 31 October 2026
Eloise Pennycott's Barrier(s) is a powerful and intimate love story. Love has no single language. Alana and Katie come from different worlds. One is hearing, one is deaf. Together, they navigate the joys and struggles of love, communicati...How Very Hannah
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 18 October 2025
Hey stagey friends!!! Hannah Lowther here - you might know me from TikTok, the West End, or for going viral in a Tesco uniform! Now I'm bringing my love for theatre straight to you with... How Very Hannah! This isn't just a podcast - it's a...COBO Comedy Shutdown
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 18 October 2025
Comedy of Black Origin's Comedy Shutdown is back, bringing the joy of laughter to a venue near you! Gather your crew and come on down for an unforgettable evening of hilarity! COBO promotes comedy from the top black comedians in the country...COBO : Comedy Shutdown Black History Month Special Birmingham Rep
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 18 October 2025
COBO : Comedy Shutdown proudly presents our Black History Month Special, hitting venues across the UK this October! Gather your friends and family for an unforgettable evening of uproarious laughter and celebration. Acts:Richard Blackwood (...Matt Parker
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 19 October 2025
Priority booking for Rep Friends, Access Register & 16-25 members opens:Thu 26 Jun at 10amPublic booking opens:Fri 27 Jun at 10am?Matt Parker talks a lot of maths. He?s a NYT best-selling author and sold-out stand-up performer. But now it?s...Starter for Ten
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 22 October 2025 - Saturday 7 November 2026
?Laugh-out-loud funny?????? Lifestyle DistrictFingers on buzzers!After a sell-out run at Bristol Old Vic in 2024, the bright, big hearted and ?truly brilliant? (????? Broadway Baby) new musical is back, with its ?joy, comedy and 80s nostalg...Margaret Thatcher - Queen of Soho
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 October 2025
Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza! Following four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, UK tours and a West End season, the Iron Lady is back and more fabulous than ever. On the eve of the vote on Section 28, Maggie gets lo...National Theatre Live - Inter Alia (15)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 30 October 2025
Rosamund Pike (Saltburn) makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica in this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood. Written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin following their global phenomenon, Prima Facie. Jes...The Big Gay Poetry Night
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 30 October 2025
Priority booking for Rep Friends, Access Register & 16-25 members opens:Thu 26 Jun at 10amPublic booking opens:Fri 27 Jun at 10am?The Big Gay Poetry Night is headed to The Rep with a brand-new Halloween special. Join us for a night of queer...Shock Horror: A Ghost Story
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 31 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
Priority Booking for Gold & Silver Friends, 16-25 Members and Access Register:Now open!Priority Booking for Bronze Friends:Open from Thu 15 May, 12 middayPublic Booking:Open from Fri 16 May, 12 middayA nightmare is about to break free?Herbe...The Real Queens Of Bollywood
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 8 December 2025
Priority booking for Rep Friends, Access Register & 16-25 members opens:Thu 26 Jun at 10amPublic booking opens:Fri 27 Jun at 10am?Step into the world of Bollywood music as we honour the legendary women whose voices have defined generations ...
Anansi The Spider
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 2 January 2026 - Wednesday 6 January 2027
Superlative family theatre? is pure joy and delight????? The StageThe greatest tales ever spun?People say that in a time long, long ago, animals walked on two feet and spoke with words, like we do. And back then, it was known by everyone th...Sherlock Holmes
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 2 January 2026 - Wednesday 6 January 2027
I think you?re a couple of ice creams short of an interval, Mr. Holmes. We don?t do murders in the theatre. It?s bad for audience numbers!?It?s Christmas in Victorian London but in the West End ? where dreams come true and nothing bad ever ...The Battle
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 11 February - Saturday 7 March 2026
WORLD PREMIERE - PRIOR TO WEST ENDLondon, 1995. Two of the country's biggest bands release singles on the same day, commencing the battle of Britpop. On one side, clean-cut, art-school intellectuals from the South. On the other: raw and una...Prima Facie
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 10 - Saturday 14 March 2026
Jodie Comer's (Killing Eve) Olivier, Evening Standard, Whatsonstage and Tony award-winning performance in Suzie Miller's gripping one-woman Olivier award-winning play returns to theatres in a unique and limited national tour. Tessa is a you...Prima Facie Birmingham Tickets
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 10 - Saturday 14 March 2026
Prima Facie 19:30 12/3/2026...Let The Right One In
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 March 2026
Trafalgar Theatre Productions presents the Royal Exchange Theatre Production of the international sensation Let The Right One In, which returns to the stage in a new UK & Ireland tour, following a smash-hit sold-out run at the Royal Excha...Boys from the Blackstuff
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 March 2026
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents Liverpool's Royal Court and National Theatre production of Alan Bleasdale's "Boys From The Blackstuff" by James Graham. Gizza job. Go on, gizzit. 80s Liverpool. Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are used ...The Intrusion
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 26 March 2026
The cast members are faultless in their hybrid roles and the whole thing is, aptly, a perfect example of the risk of new and exploratory ideas paying off.????? ? The Observer, on Glass Ceiling Beneath The StarsThe world has ended, time to r...Hold On To Your Butts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 March 2026
65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth... 30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office... Hold On To Your Butts is a must see "shot-for-shot" parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. After selling out in New ...Everybody Wants to Be Ronaldo
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 March 2026
Everybody Wants To Be Ronaldo is a raucous, high-octane Grime-sical. (That?s right?)It follows the pressures of football academies on young men,?the connection between mother and son and asks the question ?Who are you?? when you?ve lost eve...Nigel Havers
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 31 March 2026
"Well, here it is - my first ever solo show. Just me, a stage, and a lifetime of gloriously ridiculous stories to share. You'll get the full Havers experience: charm, wit, and absolutely no running in slow motion. I'll be taking you on a th...Triple Bill - Everywhere
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 2 April 2026
Explore what drama and conflict mean through three shortform works of theatre in this triple bill of short plays presented together, motivated by the question of how the spaces we use influence the significance of our actions. THREE BUMPS b...Ballet Black: Shadows
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 2 - Friday 3 April 2026
Now in its 23rd year, Cassa Pancho?s Ballet Black makes its debut at/return to Birmingham Rep with an exciting new double bill including Pancho?s darkly comic adaptation of Oyinkan Braithwaite?s international bestselling novel, My Sister, T...Jamaica Love
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 April 2026
Feel the rhythm of Reggae as you enjoy the legendary vocals of John McLean, the soulful harmonies of Celia Wickham-Anderson (of Black Voices fame), and the vibrant sounds of our amazing live band as they take you on a journey through Jamaic...The Merchant of Venice 1936
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 April 2026
'THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO SHAKESPEARE' (Metro) Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant of Venice 1936, direct from selling out the RSC and London's West End. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Boys from the Blackstuff
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 26 - Sat 28 Mar 2026
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Mon 20 - Tue 21 Apr 2026
The Merchant of Venice 1936
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Tue 7 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Hold On To Your Butts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Fri 27 - Sat 28 Mar 2026
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 28 Aug 2025 - Sun 20 Sep 2026
In the Night Garden Live
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Sat 2 Aug 2025 - Wed 12 Aug 2026
The Koala Who Could
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 7 Aug 2025 - Fri 14 Aug 2026
