Apr 28, 2026

Birmingham Rep is to present its first Shakespeare play for ten years. Joe Murphy who became artistic director 12 months ago is directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream along with deputy artistic director Madeleine Kludje.

BTG Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to Joe and Madeleine about their take on the play before...

Aug 9, 2025

For almost 40 years, the Classic Thriller Season has been held during the summer at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. It’s one of the few rep seasons left in the country.

In 2025, the season has been reduced to three weeks instead of four and will feature plays by Peter Gordon, Ira Levin and Richard Harris.
 
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Feb 27, 2025

Playwright Jane Upton has taken her experiences of motherhood and included them in a new play, (the) Woman.

Nottinghamshire company New Perspectives is touring the play which will also have a five-week run in London.

Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to Jane Upton and New Perspectives artistic director Angharad Jones...

Oct 14, 2024

Fierce Festival is a “youthful and joy-filled festival of international theatre, performance and experiences” which takes place in and around Birmingham every two years.
 
Midlands editor Steve Orme spoke to Fierce’s artistic director Clayton Lee and Adam Kinner whose one-to-one show Manual will be presented daily...

Sep 17, 2024

Derby Theatre is to present a new play, Welfare, by local playwright Abi Zakarian, that will take audiences to The Derbyshire Miners’ Holiday Camp in Skegness, where miners went initially to convalesce and later to holiday, as it was turned into a holiday camp for Derbyshire miners and their families.

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