Classical Music

BENJAMIIN GROSVENOR AND THE CBSO PLAY CHOPIN Riccardo Minasi conducts. Programme includes works by Schubert, Chopin & Mozart, Thurs 1 June, Symphony Hall, B’ham

ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:

ELGAR’S ARTHUR SUITE Featuring Kenneth Woods & Stephen Shellard (conductors), Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir, St Cecilia Singers & Jonathan Hope (organ), Thurs 1 June, Great Malvern Priory

ELGAR’S STRINGS - CONNECTIONS

Featuring English String Orchestra & Kenneth Woods (conductor). Programme includes works by Tippett, Elgar, Berkeley, Ruth Gipps & Britten, Fri 2 June, Worcester Guildhall

KOSMOS ENSEMBLE Featuring Harriet MacKenzie (violin), Meg Hamilton (viola) & Milos Milivojević (accordian), Fri 2 June, Worcester Guildhall

THE GOLDEN AGE OF SWING - MIDLAND CONCERT ORCHESTRA Sun 4 June, Swan Theatre, Worcester

BIRMINGHAM PHILHARMONIC

ORCHESTRA: SPACE ODYSSEY Featuring Michael Lloyd (conductor).

Programme includes works by Khachaturian, J Strauss II, Ligeti & R Strauss, Sun 4 June, Leominster Priory

Comedy

ANDREW O’NEILL, JOHN LYNN, BENNY SHAKES, CHARLIE BOWERS & COMIC TBC

Thurs 1 June, The Glee Club, B’ham

TIM VINE Thurs 1 June, The Alexandra, Birmingham

THE WARWICK COMEDY CLUB Thurs 1 June, Warwick Arms Hotel

CHLOE PETTS Fri 2 June, The Glee Club, Birmingham

ANDREW O’NEILL, MARC JENNINGS, JOHN LYNN, VICTOR DANIELS & EVA

BINDEMAN Fri 2 June, The Glee Club, Birmingham

PETER KAY Fri 2 June, Utilita Arena

Birmingham

ANDREW O’NEILL, MARC JENNINGS, JOHN LYNN & DANNY MCLOUGHLIN Sat 3 June, The Glee Club, Birmingham

TIM VINE Sat 3 June, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre daring feat yet. Based on the novel by Jules Verne, Tues 30 May - Sat 3

June, The Albany Theatre, Coventry

PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF)

Award-winning retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story, Tues 30 May - Sat 3 June, Malvern Theatres through the entire 144 episodes of the hit 1990s TV show in just 75 minutes (no interval), Sat 3 June, The Rep, Birmingham

SENSE & SENSIBILITY Heartbreak Productions present an outdoor version of Jane Austen’s biting social satire, Sun 4 June, Eastnor Castle, Ledbury

Kids Theatre

LONDON CONCERTANTE: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Programme includes works by Puccuni, Delibes, Mozart, Verdi, Bizet and more... Sat 3 June, Coventry Cathedral

THE ELGAR CHORALE IN CONCERT

Featuring Piers Maxim (conductor & organist). Programme includes works by Holst & Britten, Sat 3 June, St Martin’s in the Cornmarket, Worcester

ELGAR FOR EVERYONE GALA CONCERT

Featuring English Symphony Orchestra, Elgar Festival Chorus, Kenneth Woods (conductor) & Stephen Shellard (chorus master), Sat 3 June, Worcester Cathedral

WORCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA: DISCOVER ELGAR’S ORCHESTRA Featuring Keith Slade (conductor). Programme includes Elgar’s Serenade for Strings and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Sat 3 June, Worcester Guildhall

CBSO FAMILY CONCERT: PETER AND THE WOLF Featuring Julian Wilkins (conductor), Jane Wright (presenter), the CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus & Sarah Butt (BSL Interpreter). Programme includes Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, 25 & Patterson’s Little Red Riding Hood, 27, Sun 4 June, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

ELGAR’S STRING QUARTET Featuring the ESO Players, Sun 4 June, The Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester

STEPHEN BAILEY, JEFF INNOCENT, KEVIN

J, ESTHER MANITO & KAT B Sat 3 June, The Core Theatre, Solihull

ANDREW BIRD & COMICS TBC Sat 3

June, The Royal Pug, Leamington Spa

SENSE & SENSIBILITY Heartbreak Productions present an outdoor version of Jane Austen’s biting social satire, Wed 31 May - Thurs 1 June, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa

STARS - AN AFROFUTURIST SPACE

ODYSSEY A new play about an old lady who goes into outer space in search of her own orgasm, Thurs 1Sat 3 June, Old Rep, Birmingham

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

DRAGONS AND MYTHICAL BEASTS A ‘fantastical’ family show where audiences are invited into a magical world of myths & legends, Wed 31 May - Fri 2 June, The Rep, B’ham MOG THE FORGETFUL CAT First-ever stage adaptation of Judith Kerr’s bestselling Mog picture books, Tues 30 May - Sun 4 June, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

THE SMEDS AND THE SMOOS A stellar tale of star-crossed aliens, based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Thurs 1 - Sun 4 June, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS

ESTHER MANITO, LOST VOICE GUY, JEFF INNOCENT, FREDDY QUINNE, STEPHEN BAILEY & FARHAN SOLO Sat 3 June, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

GEOFF NORCOTT, DUNCAN OAKLEY, CATHERINE YOUNG & SALLY-ANNE

HAYWARD Sat 3 June, Benn Hall, Rugby

Theatre

HAMNET Stage adaptation of Maggie

O’Farrell’s bestselling novel, pulling back the curtain on the imagined life of William Shakespeare, until Sat 17 June, Swan Theatre, Stratford-uponAvon

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Fact meets fiction as a band of travelling performers embark on their most

Norwich Puppet Theatre present a unique version of Shakespeare’s magical tale using puppetry, original music and shadows, Fri 2 June, The Roses, Tewkesbury

MADE IN (INDIA) BRITAIN A coming-ofage story about discovering your community and the journey that follows, Fri 2 - Sat 3 June, The Rep, Birmingham

MACHAMLEAR Heartbreak Productions present a farcical piece of new writing which shamelessly exploits England’s most celebrated writer, Fri 2 - Sat 3 June, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa

MRS KAPOOR’S DAUGHTER’S WEDDING 2

MAURITIUS British Asian ‘laugh-outloud’ theatre production promising comedy, singing, dancing and dhol, Sun 4 June, The Alexandra, B’ham

BUFFY REVAMPED A fast-paced new production that makes its way

Pantomime-style show featuring seasoned performers alongside top circus and speciality acts, Sun 4 June, Albany Theatre, Coventry

MARK THOMPSON’S SPECTACULAR SCIENCE Family entertainment exploring the strange and magical properties of matter, featuring exploding elephant’s toothpaste, vortex-generating dustbins and howling jelly babies, Sun 4 June, The Henrican, Evesham

Light Entertainment

SING-A-LONG ENCANTO Fun family screening, complete with lyrics so that you can sing along, Thurs 1 June, The Core Theatre, Solihull FUN & SLUTTY WITH JONATHAN VAN