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
The Talented Mr Ripley
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Mon 28 Sep - Sat 3 Oct 2026
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 3 - Sun 20 Sep 2026
In the Night Garden Live
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Sat 8 - Wed 12 Aug 2026
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Mon 18 - Tue 19 May 2026
The Merchant of Venice 1936
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Tue 7 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
What's On at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Anansi The Spider
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 7 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...Peter Pan
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 7 January - Wednesday 30 December 2026
Clap if you believe!It only takes a dash of fairy dust and the happiest of thoughts to experience an unforgettable trip to Neverland for the festive season. Bursting with imagination, this faithful re-telling of J M Barrie?s much loved chil...Sherlock Holmes
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 7 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 Ugly Duckling
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 7 January - Thursday 31 December 2026
Never judge a bird by its feathers?This festive season, one brave little duckling embarks on an extraordinary mission to find a place where they truly belong. Farm life has a very strict pecking order, and one duckling is too big, too dull,...Backstage Tours
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 17 January - 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...Anansi The Spider Library Tour
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 20 January - Saturday 7 February 2026
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-...SWEET HENRY V
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 23 - Saturday 24 January 2026
Born to be King. Dying to be free. This party boi trashbag is about to break history. It?s 1413, witness the glow up as Sweet Henry V (it?s pronounced Vee, actually) transforms from playboy prince to the most famous warrior king in British ...Ace Dance Double Bill: TWAWSI
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 24 January 2026
?Technically masterful, emotionally charged, and performed by dancers working at the absolute height of their craft??????, London Pub TheatresHuman life is fleeting, the world is still unfolding?Redefining dance from the African Diaspora, A...Search for the Second Star: Reimagined
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 24 January 2026
An immersive adventure through Neverland ? full of music, play and discovery. Three Lost Boys have lost their Star. To find it, they?ll need to travel across Neverland and they?d love your help. Together, you?ll journey through the sky, fol...Send in the Clowns - Unpopular
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 29 - Saturday 31 January 2026
Send In The Clowns is a raucous, wild, and tantalising drag revue show celebrating the magic and madness of musical theatre. This time the Clowns are taking on the megamusicals of the 80s, 90s, and 00s in their biggest show yet, 'UNPOPULAR!...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...Cally Beaton
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 13 February 2026
Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from TikTok favourite Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) - a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife. Combining Cally's comedic and storytelling prowess with extracts...NT Live: The Fifth Step
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 14 February 2026
Raw, excruciating and often alarmingly funny?????? ? Daily Mail?Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Responder, Sherlock) in this critically acclaimed and subversivel...The Three Little Pigs
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 16 - Tuesday 17 February 2026
We highly recommend you go ? in fact, we?ll huff and puff if you don?t!?Musical Theatre ReviewGet ready for a heart-warming adventure in this fresh, lively, family-friendly musical that?ll have you laughing out loud from start to finish!Fro...The Gruffalo's Child
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 20 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Tall Stories presents The Gruffalo's Child Adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning picture book Optional book line subheading: The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should Ever set foot in the deep dark wood... Follo...Tell it to the Music
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 26 February 2026
Join us for an evening of verse and music as Birmingham?s favorite experimental poetry group return for a round at The Rep!Tell It to the Music are excited to showcase four fantastic poets, and four incredible improvising musicians in one n...Children of the Night
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 2 - Tuesday 3 March 2026
A Play, A Poem, and A PartyA clubland coming-of-age story, Children of the Night follows Lindsay Jenkins, a young Donny lass with an A in English, a thirst for rave and ?4.25 for the taxi home. Amidst the chaotic finale of 90s nightlife, th...Meet Fred
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 4 - Thursday 5 March 2026
A decade ago, a two-foot-tall puppet took on the world?and he?s still fighting. After touring 20+ countries and delighting thousands of audiences, Meet Fred returns to the UK for its 10th anniversary tour. This darkly hilarious, critically ...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...Apples and Snakes present Jawdance X Unislam @ the Rep
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 13 March 2026
Jawdance comes to Birmingham!Get ready for an electric night of performance poetry, rhythm, and truth as Apples and Snakes?in collaboration with UniSlam?brings the legendary Jawdance?to Birmingham Rep. This is a showcase of the very best in...Myra's Story
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 15 March 2026
?F?onna Hewitt-Twamley is extremely impressive?Irish TimesDirect from London?s West End and the four-time smash-hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Myra?s Story is the tour-de-force performance that you?ll never forget. Meet Myra (played by the ac...Unislam Grand Final
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 15 March 2026
The UK and Ireland?s most exciting spoken word poets perform live at?UniSlam 2026!UniSlam Grand Finals are the culmination of the UK?s premier student and young people?s poetry event. The Finals will see the country?s top 4 poetry slam team...Unislam Semi-Finals
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 15 March 2026
The UK and Ireland?s most exciting spoken word poets perform live at UniSlam 2026! UniSlam is a poetry festival based around the UK and Ireland National Inter-University Poetry Slam, bringing together teams of poets and performers to battle...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...Looking For Me Friend - The Music of Victoria Wood
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 March 2026
A funny and touching tribute to this much loved and sorely missed national treasure. Written and performed by BBC1's All Together Now star, Paulus, ('King of Cabaret', The Stage) this brand-new show sees him in a fresh light as a lifelong...Tim Key
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 22 March 2026
Comedian and poet Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme) again pops his suit on, plods about, in a brand new show, Loganberry. Bit gutted he's old. Guzzling continental lager. Magneti...Noughts & Crosses
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 March 2026
This gripping Romeo and Juliet story by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman and adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz from Pilot Theatre is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world. Winner of Excellence i...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...NT Live: Hamlet
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 27 March 2026
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare?s famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultima...Pepper and Honey
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 March 2026
Ana is ready to start her new life in the UK. As she focuses on life in this new land, she is haunted by the voice of her Grandma- calling her to stay true to heridentity and yearning for Ana to come home. Notnow Collective?s Pepper and Hon...Tribhangi Dance Theatre: UBUNTU
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 28 March 2026
Where India and South Africa come together in rhythm and dance. Prepare to be dazzled as the award-winning Tribhangi Dance Theatre present UBUNTU, a high energy production that celebrates global cultures. Based in Johannesburg, Tribhangi Da...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...Small Island
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 1 - Saturday 18 April 2026
Journey from the sun-drenched shores of Jamaica to the cold, grey streets of 1940s London in Small Island, a powerful and intimate portrayal of Andrea Levy?s multi award-winning novel, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson. Directed by M...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...Perfect Show for Rachel
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 10 - Sunday 12 April 2026
Step into Rachel's unique, often hilarious world in this critically acclaimed show, a "joyous celebration of theatre without the rules" (★★★★ The Stage) combining physical theatre, live music, family memories, massive fights and f...Rob Auton
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 11 April 2026
Multi award-winning writer, performer and actor Rob Auton presents his debut narrative show. Having written 11 critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows on specific themes, including the colour yellow in 'The Yellow Show', sleep ...Claytime
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 11 April 2026
An out-of-the-ordinary theatrical experience????? ? Lyn Gardner, The GuardianThe award-winning Indefinite Articles present their work for the very young: Claytime, a play with clay, where the audience are invited to participate. Come to a p...All The Happy Things
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16 April 2026
A dark comedy about the power of sisterhood and grief. Sienna is trying to deal with her grief by clinging on tightly to what she knows ? in short, she?s seeing her dead sister everywhere she goes. Not only seeing her? but having full on co...A Thousand Splendid Suns
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 17 April - Saturday 9 May 2026
Heartbreaking and uplifting. This is storytelling at its very best.?????? Broadway Worldon Roxana Silbert?s 2019 production of A Thousand Splendid SunsThe Rep presents a powerful new production of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini?s...Last Unicorn Airways
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 18 April 2026
Last Unicorn Airways is a spellbinding sensory-immersive journey around the world and into the heart of Hand Christian Anderson's timeless tale, The Flying Trunk. Two baggage handlers recreate a round-the-world journey aboard the final flig...The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 20 - Tuesday 21 April 2026
Dive into Eric Carle's bright and colourful world as his beloved stories are transformed from page to stage using a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets and charming music. Featuring your favourite titles: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubb...A Midsummer Night's Dream
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 25 April - Sunday 24 May 2026
When a love-struck teenager is forced to marry a man, rather than the women she loves, she has a few options: certain death, live a lie, move to a nunnery? or flee to a messy, neon rave in an enchanted forest!Beyond the city walls boundarie...The Worst Princess
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Feisty Sue is not your everyday fairy tale superstar, in fact she?s The Worst Princess. After being rescued by her twit of a prince she?s ready to start her happy end. But first she?ll have to make friends with a dragon, escape from a tower...Falling
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 30 April - Saturday 9 May 2026
Come and put your arms around meI need someone and I?m falling through the cloudy death of a dreamAnd if I hit the ground I?ll be deadDead and aloneIn my dreamThe walls are closing in: a young woman dreams of a better life ? she wants to br...National Theatre Live - Dr Strangelove (12A)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 1 May 2026
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in this pre-recorded cinema screening of the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear a...The Shark is Broken
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 12 - Saturday 16 May 2026
Step aboard the Orca and into a "profound dive behind the scenes of the making of Jaws" (The Daily Telegraph). This Olivier Award-nominated new play is "hilariously brilliant and pure genius" raves the Sunday Express in its 5 Star review an...BYOB - Bring Your Own Baby Comedy
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 13 May 2026
WINNER: Best bring-along Baby Event (HOOP Awards)Join us for an afternoon of hilarious comedy, where you can relax and have a good laugh at the best comedians in the UK, without needing childcare! Each show features two brilliant comedians ...Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 15 - Saturday 16 May 2026
?Bridgerton-meets-Gen-Z-Jane-Austen-on-Adderall??????, FringeBiscuitLady Clementine has until her 27th birthday to find The One. When her latest beau goes missing, she embarks on a hilariously unhinged quest to solve the mystery of her ill ...Talking About The Fire
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 15 - Saturday 16 May 2026
Chris Thorpe?s one-man show about nukes is disarmingly powerful?????? Time OutNuclear weapons could destroy us all, right now ? so why aren?t we talking about them? Sometimes the threat slides into view ? Russia invades Ukraine ? but that d...Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 18 - Tuesday 19 May 2026
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest - direct from the West End - this smash-hit 2016 Olivier Award-winning improvised show brings something new to life at each and every performance! Transforming audience suggestions into al...All My Pretty Ones
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 20 - Saturday 23 May 2026
Three young medical students, one German girl, Miriam, one French girl, Marie Christine and one British lad, Steve are travelling together to the south of France. However due to a heavy storm they become stranded at the local train station ...Access Forum
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 21 May 2026
Our next Access Audiences Forum will take place online on Thu 15 May at 5pm. During this session we will talk more about our upcoming access performances, and welcome questions and feedback from participants on our access provision. If ther...Joe Tracini
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 May 2026
Ten Things I Hate About Me is Joe Tracini's new show about hope. It's also about mental illness, good liars, bad ideas, Lorraine Kelly and a gang lord forcing him to hold a raw chicken. But it's mostly about hope. He lives with a complex me...How to get to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Most Popular Shows and Events at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
The Talented Mr Ripley
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Mon 28 Sep - Sat 3 Oct 2026
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Thu 3 - Sun 20 Sep 2026
In the Night Garden Live
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Sat 8 - Wed 12 Aug 2026
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Mon 18 - Tue 19 May 2026
The Merchant of Venice 1936
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Tue 7 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
