LIVE COMEDY: Box of Frogs
2025-10-18 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | SpArC Theatre
LIVE IMPROV COMEDY
High-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based on your suggestions from this award winning group . Expect the unexpected as quick-witted players conjure up hilarious spontaneous songs, sketches and scenes !
Box of Frogs is Birmingham’s premier improvised comedy group, making up sketches, scenes and songs based entirely on suggestions from the audience!
After a whole summer run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival they are back in the Midlands !
★★★★★ “A Box of Stars here” Derek Awards
★★★★★ “Hilariously funny” Moreish TV
14 + but it is improvised so content varies

NTLIVE: Mrs. Warren’s Profession (12A)
2025-10-23 19:00 - 21:00
Mrs. Warren’s Profession by Bernard Shaw
Directed by Dominic Cooke
★★★★ Radio Time ★★★★ WhatsOnStage ★★★★ London Theatre
“Imelda Staunton is magnificent” Independent
“An extraordinary tour de force” WhatsOnStage
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life
daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in
Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old
patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic
Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions
and progress.
“Imelda Staunton in formidable form”Guardian
“Startlingly fresh” Time Out
“Carter gleams with candour and intelligence” Observer
“Imelda Staunton and real-life daughter Bessie Carter are both forces to be reckoned with”Radio Times

LIVE THEATRE: Grandad Anansi
2025-11-01 15:00 - 16:00
An uplifting tale of love, courage and letting go.
“A colourful, amazing production” The Guardian

Abi and her Grandad tell each other Anansi folktales. They play games as they work together in the garden among the beautiful flowers and tasty vegetables. As they plant memories, they share secrets and develop a bond that nothing can break. Grandad is as smart and mischievous as the wily Anansi legend. Can he find a way to tell his granddaughter about his plans to return to Jamaica, his beloved homeland?

★★★★”Storytelling, and its extraordinary power, is at the centre of the piece” Sardines
Join our intrepid characters in this humorous and heartfelt intergenerational adventure, as they step into the unexpected. With evocative live music, Grandad Anansi is an uplifting tale of love, courage and letting go.
Written by award-winning children’s author Elayne Ogbeta, Grandad Anansi is a Half Moon and Z-arts co-production: an exciting collaboration by the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company and Manchester’s award-winning venue for children and families.
“Half Moon are creating important, beautiful and powerful work for young people” Children’s Theatre Reviews
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The Royal Ballet: La Fille Mal Gardée
2025-11-09 14:00 - 16:30
Screening Via Satellite
Escape to the countryside with Frederick Ashton’s ballet about a capricious girl who hopes to marry her love. Brimming with humour and choreographic invention, La Fille mal gardée is the perfect ballet for all the family.
Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans.
65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside. La Fille mal gardée whisks us away into pastoral bliss with Ferdinand Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful designs.

NTLIVE: The Fifth Step (15)
2025-11-27 19:00 - 20:30
The Fifth Step
by David Ireland
Directed by Finn den Hertog

★★★★★ ‘Raw, excruciating and alarmingly funny’ Daily Mail

★★★★ ‘Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman are superb’ Financial Times

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.

LIVE THEATRE: PENGUINS
2025-12-01 11:30 - 12:15
Tickets for the 11.30am performance

PENGUINS- JAM JAR THEATRE
A brand new sensory show for children, co-created with young imaginations, and housed within a giant inflatable igloo. Little ones will discover the world of penguins and learn about their changing home in this joyful festive treat .

Noah loves penguins (almost as much as he loves David Attenborough) but something strange has happened to their home… and he needs your help to find out why! Jump under the bed covers and with a sprinkle of imagination whoosh off to Antarctica inside an inflatable Igloo.

Get ready for snowball fights silly hats and maybe even a cheeky seal or two as we waddle off on a frosty adventure to meet the penguins and discover what’s happening to their icy world.
A fun, festive and interactive show for Little Explorers age 3 to 6- Join Noah on an exciting adventure with playful story telling, interactive fun and plenty of giggles -bring your biggest imagination and your warmest socks.

About Penguins is an innovative production designed to tour rural areas, within a pop-up igloo! Conceived through direct collaboration with young people, the show is inspired by their insightful, optimistic responses to the pressing issue of climate change and explores current efforts and actionable steps to mitigate its effects.
Max of 30 People per show as it is inside an inflatable Igloo!

The Royal Ballet : The Nutcracker
2025-12-14 14:00 - 16:30
Screening Via Satellite
Journey into the magical kingdom and Light up your Christmas with Peter Wright’s enchanting production for all the family
The magician Herr Drosselmeyer is on a quest to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker doll by the wicked Queen of the Mice; the only way to break the spell is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes to Drosselmeyer in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at the Stahlbaum’s Christmas party. With a swish of Drosselmeyer’s cape and a little bit of magic, a cosy festive gathering turns into a marvellous adventure.
Adults £15 Under 18 £5 Family £40

The Royal Opera: La Traviata (Verdi)
2026-01-18 14:00 - 18:00
Screening via Satellite
At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking.
As intimate as it is sumptuous, La traviata features some of opera’s most famous melodies, and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho. In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Verdi’s opera shines bright.

NT Live: Hamlet
2026-01-22 19:00 - 21:30
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Hastie
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 ultimate question – you know the one.
National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.

An Evening of Film, Words and Music in Appreciation of the Apple
2026-02-19 19:00 - 21:00
An evening in appreciation of the apple :
Join us ,with Long Mynd Cider and the Poetry Pharmacy to celebrate this much loved fruit.
Live readings , Poems, song and cider drinking followed by a screening of:
The orchard of England: This heritage film brings together a wide-ranging and eccentric cast – farmers, Travellers, former apple-pickers, clergymen, wassailers, cider makers, fruit sellers – to explore the deep relationship between the people of Herefordshire its historic crop.

Live Theatre: The Ballad of Mulan
2026-02-28 19:00 - 20:30
Grist to the Mill and Red Dragonfly Productions Presents The Ballad of Mulan
The real Chinese heroine than inspired Disney’s films

‘If you love history and strong women, this performance is for you.’Broadway Baby (on The Ballad Mulan)
‘A brilliant performance… there is always new wisdom to be found even in the oldest of stories.’ British Theatre Guide (on The Ballad of Mulan)
‘A powerful exploration of gender, war, and identity, as relevant and timely today as ever’ Tupla Magazine (on The Ballad of Mulan)
‘Forget the Disney version – If you want to see a powerful performance by a great actress, and writer, go and see ‘Mulan’. Better still – take your daughter!’ HIDDEN GEM – FringeReview (on The Ballad of Mulan)
Woman, warrior, Legend. For ten years Mulan disguised as a man, has fought for the Chinese Empire. Now the fighting is coming to an end, one last battle and she will be going home – but can she return to her old life, become a woman again.
A search for identity in a violent world. From the team behind Edfringe Sell-Out ‘The Unknown Soldier’ Grist to the Mill and working in collaboration with British-East-Asian theatre company Red Dragonfly, we bring you the real Chinese heroine that inspired Disney’s animation and live-feature Mulan.
Don’t expect a fluffy Disney tale here, this Mulan is visceral. She is a warrior, a fighter, a woman who survived in a very male world for ten years without discovery. There is no perfect make-up, no singing animals, just a gritty story of a soldier. Michelle Yim (The Empress and Me and An Evening with Miss Wong) brings to life our heroine who, to save her family’s honour, disguised herself as a man and joined the Emperor’s army.

Commissioned by British-born Chinese Michelle Yim and written by Ross Ericson, whose play Casualties was nominated for an Off West End Award and whose solo WW1 show The Unknown Soldier officially sold out at Edinburgh Fringe 2016, has returned to the original text, the C6th Chinese poem on Mulan, and tried to fill in the gaps to explore the true identity of one of the most revered women in China.
The Ballad Of Mulan is produced by British East Asian theatre company Red Dragonfly Productions and Grist to the Mill Productions, who have championed new writing since 2012. The performance was developed with funding from Arts Council England.

Live Theatre: Eyes Down
2026-03-12 19:30 - 21:30
Eyes Down

It’s Bingo Night at The Stairway To Heaven Social Club and that can only mean one thing: ‘Mr Razzle Dazzle’ himself, Bertie Bingo is ready to host an evening of dabbers, Droopy Drawers… and death!
As games are played, houses are called, tension mounts, and before long a body is discovered… but whose number is up? How culpable are the audience? What really happened to the previous caller? And more importantly… who will win the prize of the night
Eyes Down is a truly interactive comedy thriller where the audience play actual games of bingo, with actual prizes! Who will emerge as Top Of The Shop and who will end up the victim of The Unlucky For Some Killer?
Fresh from their hit tour of The Plot Thickens, Manchester based Just Some Theatre are thrilled to be bringing this new, exciting experience to audiences.

NTLIVE: All My Sons
2026-04-16 19:00 - 21:00
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Directed by Ivo Van Hove
Design by Jan Versweyveld
★★★★★” Stupendously well acted ” The Financial Times
★★★★★ ” The stars of a dream cast align” the Guardian
★★★★★” Bryan Cranston is magnetic in this masterful staging” Independent
★★★★★ ” I barely dared to blink of breath ” the Sunday Express
★★★★★” An astonishing piece of theatre” The Standard
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, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).
One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?
Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.

FILM: Hamnet(12A)
2026-04-23 19:00 - 21:00
7.9 IMDB
Multi award winning Hamnet is coming to SpArC.
After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

★★★★★”Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedChloé Zhao’s film version of Maggie O’Farrell’s myth-making novel powerfully reimagines the agonising loss of a child as the source of Hamlet’s grand stage drama” The Guardian

NTLIVE: The Playboy of the Western World
2026-05-28 19:00 - 21:30
The Playboy of the Western World
by John Millington Synge
Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán 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 man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
‘A sumptuous production, rich in detail, craft and spectacle’ Guardian
‘Two of Ireland’s best-loved comic actors go head-to-head’ Independent
‘A twisty treat’ The i
‘Nicola Coughlan and Siobhán McSweeney reunite for an Irish classic’ Broadway World
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.
The Playboy of the Western World | Official Trailer | National Theatre

LIVE FAMILY SHOW : So Unfair
2026-05-30 11:00 - 12:30
Unfair!
Welcome to our interactive science demo – with a twist! We need YOU to take on some big challenges – and help us save the day.
How can we make things more fair? And what could go wrong if we don’t?
Help Daniel Bye change the world, in an unexpectedly ridiculous adventure involving engineering challenges, bad dad jokes, and an extraordinary quantity of molten chocolate.
Praise for previous shows by the same team:
“Riveting, funny and thoughtful” The Guardian “really great children’s theatre” Exeunt
A brand new show for 7-10 year olds and their grown-ups. Created by Daniel Bye, Sarah Punshon, Toni-Dee Paul, and Matt Powell Featuring engineers from across the UK Zooming in to help you save the day.
