cast members of Starter For Ten a new musical at The Rep, Birmingham - October 2025. Photography Pamela Raith ⭐⭐⭐ Starter For Ten Director and writer Charlie Parham Lyrics Emma Hall Introduction Based on two written works by author, David Nicholls: the novel Starter For Te

Rina Fatania (Mariam) and Kerena Jagpal (Laila)  A Thousand Splendid Suns 2025 at Birmingham Repertory Theatre Photograph Ellie Kurttz Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Based on the book  A Thousand Splendid Suns Author Khaled Hosseini Adapted for stage by Ursula Rani Sarma Directed by Roxana Silbert Background  Ursula Rani Sarma's stage adaptation based on Khaled Hosseini's heartwrenching and compelling fictional story of the plight of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, has returned to The

Sayyid Aki (Khalil) in the play Community at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Feb 2025 Photography Graeme Braidwood Writer, Farrah Chaudry Directed by Alice Chambers With her suitcase and designer bags in tow, Zoya loiters near a Birmingham bus route south of the centre. She is secretly relieved when her plan succeeds and she comes across an old acquaintance, the benevolent Leyla. Zoya remembered that Leyla lived locally (somewhere between Cannon Hill Park and Moseley) and th

Lauren Foster,  Aimee Berwick, Rebecca Holmes Bright Places at Birmingham Repertory Theatre (The Rep) Photography by Graeme Braidwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Peggy Ramsay Foundation helps dramatists in direct ways, a winning recipient of a bursary fund from this organisation is writer, Rae Mainwaring, for this play:  Bright Places,  which is at Birmingham's Repertory Theatre this week and kicks off a UK tour. Mainwaring was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 24 and so this pla

Adonis Siddique (and 'I' - Marwood) and Robert Sheehan (Withnail) in the stage premiere of Withnail and I The Birmingham Repertory Theatre May 2024 Photograph by Manuel Harlan Writer, Bruce Robinson’s Withnail and I  has finally been brought to stage. This totally British cult tale made famous by the film version by Handmade Films  (1987), is about two, jobbing actors seeking work and has premiered at the Birmingham Rep this month, directed by Sean Foley.  Overview It is Camd

Tristan Sturrock (Blue Beard) and Katy Owen (Mother Superior) Blue Beard a new play by Wise Children Written and Directed by Emma Rice Photographer Steve Tanner ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Led by writer and director, Emma Rice for touring theatre company Wise Children , this new play Blue Beard  is a co-production that is flaunty, explicit, amusing and serious and, pretty much, all at the same time. Based on Charles Perrault's  Blue Beard (published 1697) there have been many retellings of the Fre

Jodie McNee as Julia  Minority Report live on stage ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A play based on the 1956 sci-fi novella publication of The Minority Report  by American author, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), and adapted for stage by English actor and writer, David Haig; this production is a fantastic achievement - from early conception to its live performance...a monumental undertaking! Setting is mid 21st-century, futuristic London. The first scene opens with a tenth anniversary event marking the sta