WHAT'S ON AT THE CRESCENT THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM
What's On at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
The Jury Experience - An Immersive Courtroom Case
Crescent Theatre
Fri 31 Jul 2026 - Thu 4 Mar 2027
Kate Butch - Choose Your Own Cabaret
Crescent Theatre
Wed 15 Apr 2026 - Wed 21 Apr 2027
What's On at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
A Monster Calls
Till the Stars Come Down
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 11 April 2026 - Saturday 17 April 2027
The National Theatre's smash-hit, sold-out production transfers to the West End this summer for a strictly limited 13-week run. It's Sylvia and Marek's wedding and you're all invited. Over the course of a hot summer's day, a family gather...National Theatre Live - The Audience (12A)
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 11 April 2026 - Saturday 17 April 2027
Returning to the big screen for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning hit production, The Audience, directed by Stephen Daldry. For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with...Murder on the Nile
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 11 - Saturday 18 April 2026
Kay Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth, and a new husband, she embarks on a honeymoon voyage down the Nile. Fatal circumstances await when the idyllic surroundings are shattered by a shocking and brutal m...You Are African First Before Anything
Kate Butch - Choose Your Own Cabaret
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 15 April 2026 - Wednesday 21 April 2027
Hot on the heels of her smash hit Wuthering Shites tour, Kate Butch is back with her trademark wit, campery and vocal stylings. Join the star of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Celebrity Mastermind, The Power of Parker, and at least three episodes o...National Theatre Live - Dr Strangelove (12A)
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 16 April - Saturday 2 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...National Theatre Live - The Importance of Being Earnest (PG)
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 16 April 2026
Showing as though live, on the big screen, three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a...Pop Music
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 16 April 2026 - Saturday 24 April 2027
A play for anyone that's ever been a dick on the dance floor.A wedding. A free bar. A blast from the past. G and Kayla's lives are a mess but tonight they're determined to Have It Large. As their veins course with adrenaline and cheap pros...
The Diary Room Podcast
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 16 April 2026 - Thursday 22 April 2027
The Diary Room Podcast Live!Get ready for an unforgettable night of laughs, surprises and entertainment as The Diary Room Podcast celebrates over 100 episodes with a one night only live show at The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham on 16th Ap...A Star Wars Improv Show: The One-Man Made-Up Movie
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 18 April 2026 - Saturday 3 July 2027
A Star Was Improv Show: The One-Man Made-Up Movie... Strikes Back?Following the raging success of the first show that completely SOLD OUT, the show is returning to the Crescent Theatre to do it all again!Fresh from a sell-out run at the Ed...Backstage Theatre Tours
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 18 April - Sunday 19 July 2026
- ?5.00 per tour ticket- Accompanied Children - free entry (ages 5+)- Groups of 10 include 2 free ticketsMatinee Performances- Labour of Love on 1st March- Nora: a Doll's House on 22nd March- Murder on the Nile on 12th April- [title of sho...Leila Navabi - Relay
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 23 April 2026 - Thursday 29 April 2027
A bold, joyful punk-musical one-person show about making a queer family on your own terms, written and performed by award-nominated comedian, writer and composer Leila Navabi. The critically acclaimed show was included in The Guardian'...Seeing with my Dog
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 24 April 2026 - Saturday 1 May 2027
So Oliver's a visually impaired man who has a chimp on his shoulder called Twist and a Guide Dog called Jason. Oliver can talk to Jason and Twist. Jason can talk to Twist and Oliver. Oliver can't understand Jason but can understand Twist. ...The Sound of Music
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 25 April - Saturday 2 May 2026
One of the greatest musicals of all time returns to the stage in a magnificent production to enchant and enthral the young and the young at heart. Emilie Fleming will star as Maria (BBC's Over the Rainbow) and Andrew Lancel as Captain von T...
COME FROM AWAY
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 25 April 2026 - Saturday 8 May 2027
7,000 stranded passengers. One small town. A remarkable true story. Winner of four Olivier Awards including Best New Musical, this smash hit show shares the incredible real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who...Backstage Tour @ The Crescent Theatre
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 26 April - Monday 24 August 2026
- ?7.00 per tour ticket- Accompanied Children - free entry (ages 5+)- Groups of 10 include 2 free ticketsSome parts of the building are only accessible via stairs and may not be suitable for some people with restricted mobility however an ...Princess Live
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 27 April 2026
Princess Live is the ultimate hour long princess pop party, featuring your favourite fairytale royalty in this all singing all dancing hour long concert show. The Princesses are tired of their royal duties. So they decided to come togeth...
National Theatre Live - All My Sons
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 1 May 2026 - Friday 7 May 2027
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller's classic play All My Sons, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge)....The British International Amateur Film Festival
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 1 - Sunday 3 May 2026
If you book for The Friday Evening Cinema and Networking Event, The Saturday Cinema and the Award Winners? Show you will get ?10.00 off per person. The Friday Evening Cinema PLUS networking event(25th April)BIAFF 2025 launches its in-theat...
The Adult Pantomime - The Wizard of Oz Adults Only
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 9 May 2026 - Saturday 15 May 2027
The Adult Pantomime is back for its 8th year with a trip over the rainbow for The Wizard of Oz -Adults Only! Prepare to experience the story like you've never seen it before. Follow Dorothy as she is whisked away by a tornado to the Merry ...
The Welkin
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 16 May 2026 - Saturday 22 May 2027
Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling th...title of show
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 16 - Saturday 23 May 2026
The hilarious, Tony Award-nominated Broadway show comes to the Crescent. Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away. With nothing to ...The George Harrison Project
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 17 May 2026
Enjoy the UK's leading live music tribute to George Harrison, performing his best-loved hits from The Beatles, his solo career, and The Traveling Wilburys. After the Liverpudlian four-piece called time on Beatlemania, George Harrison enjoye...Little Wars
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Sunday 17 May 2026 - Saturday 29 May 2027
France, 1940. Tensions are high. The booze is flowing. WW2 is raging. The coolest women on earth are having the what-if dinner party of your dreams.A dinner party during the Second World War unites celebrated writers Agatha Christie, Lilli...Unplugged
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 18 May 2026 - Monday 24 May 2027
Unplugged features performances by talented members of the Crescent Theatre Company alongside guest performances from some of the best musicians, singers, and acts in the Midlands, all keen to showcase their talents to an appreciative audi...Backstage Tour @ The Old Rep
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 23 May 2026 - Saturday 29 May 2027
Please be aware, due to the age and listed status of the building there are no lifts and the tour involves a lot of stairs!...Award Winners' Show
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Monday 25 May 2026 - Monday 31 May 2027
Join us for the British International Amateur Film Festival, the UK's premier event for amateur filmmaking! Now in its fifth year at the Crescent Theatre, the festival showcases the finest non-commercial films from across the UK and beyond...Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Thursday's Performance will be signed by a BSL interpreter....Eight
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 28 May 2026 - Saturday 5 June 2027
Set A: Mona, Jude, Danny and BobbySet B: Astrid, Miles, Andre and MillyEight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage. From Millie, the jolly-hockey-sticks prostitute who mourns the loss of the good...
Snatches - Set A
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Thursday 28 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Set APritilata by Tanika GuptaReclaim the Night by Charlene JamesPig Life by E.V. CroweOutside by Theresa IkokoYou can also book for Set B's monologues here. Book both for ?11.00....
Snatches - Set B
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 29 - Saturday 30 May 2026
Set BCompliance by Abi MorganBovril Pam by Vicky JonesMultiples by Zinnie HarrisTipping Point by Rachel De-laheyYou can also book for Set A's monologues here. Book both for ?11.00....
Shrek The Musical
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 2 June 2026 - Saturday 12 June 2027
Based on the Oscar winning DreamWorks film, the Broadway and West End smash hit Shrek the Musical is a fun filled and hilarious musical comedy with a cast of vibrant characters and a 'shrektacular' score. Leading our stellar cast as the leg...
National Theatre Live - Playboy of the Western World
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Friday 5 June 2026 - Friday 11 June 2027
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Eanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge's riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty's life is turned upside down when a young m...Bent
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 6 June 2026 - Saturday 12 June 2027
If you survive the train, you stand a chance. Here's where they break you. You can do nothing for your friend. Nothing. If you try to help him, they will kill you. If you try to care for his wounds, they will kill you. If you even see?see ...Ernest Aines Music
Irish Annie's
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Starring Ricky Tomlinson as Scouse Jim and Samantha Alton as Irish Annie, Asa Murphy's new musical play celebrates the best of Irish culture, from the music to the comedy. Meet landlady Annie and her regular madcap customers for a fun n...Scouts! The Musical
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 June 2026
Welcome to the Scout Games! Scouts from around the world have gathered to compete but when an intruder threatens to sabotage the competition, it is up to Joe and Ayesha to use their newfound skills to save the day! Created in partnership wi...Something About Lennon - The John Lennon Story
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Imagine a show that tells the story of one of popular music's most iconic figures in a totally unique way. A tale of controversy, genius, politics and protest, Something About Lennon charts John's story from the breakup of The Beatles to h...BDS PRESENTS LIMITLESS
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 13 June 2026
Please see the image above for details on how to book tickets. Tickets can be booked by e-mailing kevinhallam@outlook. com...Jerusalem
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Saturday 13 June 2026 - Saturday 26 June 2027
"English rebellions by their very nature are generally bloodthirsty affairs."Jez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land. Jerusalem is widely considered...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
The Jury Experience - An Immersive Courtroom Case
Crescent Theatre
Fri 31 Jul 2026 - Thu 4 Mar 2027
Kate Butch - Choose Your Own Cabaret
Crescent Theatre
Wed 15 Apr 2026 - Wed 21 Apr 2027
