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Classical Music

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT WITH THOMAS TROTTER Programme includes works by W Harris, Mendelssohn, WT Best, F Bridge, L Rogg & R Laurin, Mon 22 May, Birmingham Town Hall

LONDON CONCERTANTE Programme comprises Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro & Vaughan-Williams’ The Lark Ascending, Fri 26 May, Hereford Cathedral

Gigs

BRAVE RIVAL Mon 22

May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

A COUNTRY NIGHT IN

NASHVILLE Mon 22

May, Stratford

Playhouse

HARRY STYLES + WET

LEG Mon 22 - Tues 23

May, Coventry Building Society Arena

THE FUREYS Tues 23

May, The Core Theatre, Solihull

ALBANY DOWN Tues 23

May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

THE CHATS + THE CHISEL + GUANTANAMO

BAYWATCH Wed 24

May, O2 Institute, Birmingham

THE LAST INKLINGS Wed 24 May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

AMY MAY ELLIS Wed 24

May, The Tin At The Coal Vaults, Coventry

IAN BROWN Wed 24

May, hmv Empire, Coventry

THE PRIMITIVES Thurs 25 May, O2 Institute, Birmingham

MAGGIE LINDEMANN

Thurs 25 May, O2 Institute, Birmingham

MIDGE URE Thurs 25

May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

JANA VARGA Thurs 25

May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

HOOP Thurs 25 May, Marrs Bar, Worcester

SUNSET

ROLLERCOASTER Fri 26

May, O2 Institute, Birmingham

SARKODIE Fri 26 May, O2 Institute, B’ham

BAD BOY CHILLER CREW

Fri 26 May, O2 Academy, Birmingham

DAN WHITEHOUSE Fri 26

May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

CODY PENNINGTON Fri

26 May, The Assembly, Leamington Spa

OLIVER DARLING Fri 26

May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

HOT SPACE UK - QUEEN

TRIBUTE Fri 26 May, The Valkyrie Bar, Evesham

THE DREADNOUGHTS Fri 26 May, Queens Hall, Nuneaton

THE SPECIALS TRIBUTE

Fri 26 May, The Benn Hall, Rugby

SOUL TRAIN Fri 26 May, Macready Theatre, Rugby

TALON Fri 26 May, Regal, Tenbury Wells

CARPENTERS GOLD Fri 26 May, Palace Theatre, Redditch

JOOLS HOLLAND & HIS

RHYTHM & BLUES

ORCHESTRA Fri 26 May, Malvern Theatres

KALASHNIKOV SKUNK +

SMOKIN ESKIMO +

CHIPSUM GRAVY Fri 26 May, 45Live, Kidderminster

TOYAH WILLCOX AND ROBERT FRIPP Fri 26Sat 27 May, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester

BURNING HOUSE +

CITRUS + BROKEN

DRUMSTICK + UNIT 47

+ THE RAIN Sat 27 May, O2 Institute, B’ham

TOKEN Sat 27 May, O2 Institute, Birmingham

DIRTY DC - AC/DC

TRIBUTE Sat 27 May, The Assembly,

Leamington Spa

THE CHURCHFITTERS Sat 27 May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

LONG GOOD FRIDAYS + YES PRINCESS + THE LOADED + WHATS LEFT Sat 27 May, hmv Empire, Coventry

THE SEARCHERS Sat 27

May, The Benn Hall, Rugby

THE FLEETWOOD MAC

SONGBOOK Sat 27 May, Regal, Tenbury Wells

RUST FOR GLORY - NEIL

YOUNG TRIBUTE Sat 27

May, Marrs Bar, Worcester

TOTALLY TINA Sat 27

May, Swan Theatre, Worcester

THE EURYTHMICS

EXPERIENCE Sat 27

May, Palace Theatre, Redditch

HARTWIN DHOORE AND ROSS GRANT Sun 28

May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Sun 28 May, Swan Theatre, Worcester

HATSTAND Mon 29 May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

NXWORRIES Tues 30

May, O2 Institute, Birmingham

TIM GALLAGHER Wed 31

May, O2 Academy, Birmingham

ROGER WATERS Wed 31

May, Utilita Arena

Birmingham

RIC SANDERS AND VO

FLETCHER + ANNA

RYDER Wed 31 May, Temperance, Leamington Spa

ARTIC MONKEYS Wed 31

May, Coventry Building Society Arena

QUEEN SYMPHONIC: A ROCK ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE Featuring Richard Sidwell (conductor) & Jon Boydon, Jenna Lee James, Peter Eldridge & Rachael Wooding (vocalists), Fri 26 May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

CBSO SINGALONG: MOZART’S REQUIEM Featuring Simon Halsey (conductor). Programme comprises Errollyn Wallen’s Peace on Earth, 4 & Mozart’s Requiem, 48, Sun 28 May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN: AMERICANA Programme includes works by Denes Agay, Barber, George Perle, Valerie Coleman, Kazimierz Machala, Reich & Dvorak, Tues 30 May, The Courtyard, Hereford

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN: RED SKY BY SUNRISE Featuring Charlie Hamblett (younger Laurie Lee), Anton Lesser (older Laurie Lee) & Mark Ashford (guitar), Wed 31 May, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratfordupon-Avon

Comedy

MICHAEL MCINTYRE Wed 24 May, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

LOU CONRAN, SEAN MCLOUGHLIN, JENNY HART, DEAN COUGHLIN & COMIC

TBC Thurs 25 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

GARY DELANEY Thurs 25 May, Palace Theatre, Redditch

DAN TIERNAN, LOU CONRAN, SEAN MCLOUGHLIN & RORY O’HANLON Sat 27 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

MUHSIN YESILADA, AATIF NAWAAZ, PRINCE ABDI & IMRAN YUSUF Sat 27 May, The Core Theatre, Solihull

JOSIE LONG Sat 27 May, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

JUDI LOVE Sat 27 May, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

DAN TIERNAN, LOU CONRAN, SEAN MCLOUGHLIN, FARHAN SOLO & TREVOR

BICKLES Fri 26 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

PHIL WANG Fri 26 May, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

SAM AVERY, LAUREN PATTISON, GARRETT MILLERICK & MARKUS

BIRDMAN Fri 26 May, The Rialto, Coventry

KANE BROWN Sun 28 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

JOSH BERRY Sun 28 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

MARK STEEL Sun 28 May, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

JON RICHARDSON Sun 28 - Mon 29 May, Birmingham Hippodrome

HUGE DAVIES, TESSA COATES & BURT WILLIAMSON Wed 31 May, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

Theatre

DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER Amateur version of Marc Camoletti’s sophisticated farce, Mon 22 - Sat 27 May, Talisman Theatre & Arts Centre, Kenilworth

THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE National Theatre production taking audiences on a journey to ‘a childhood once forgotten and the darkness that lurks at the very edge of it’, Tues 23 - Sat 27 May, The Alexandra, Birmingham

ROCK OF AGES Farewell tour of the smash-hit musical, Tues 23 - Sat 27 May, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO Christy Lefteri’s powerful and compassionate story of connection between family, friends and strangers... Tues 23 - Sat 27 May, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

HEMATOMA Kieran Dee’s one-man road movie in which he ‘tries everything to fill the gap in his head’, Wed 24 - Thurs 25 May, Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham

BAD ROADS ‘Heart-breaking, powerful, bitterly comic’ account of what it is to be a woman in wartime. Written by leading Ukrainian playwright Natal’ya Vorozhbit, Wed 24 - Sat 27 May, Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham

ROCK BOTTOM Charlie Day’s one-man show reimagines Shakespeare’s best-loved clown, Thurs 25 May, Swan Theatre, Worcester

TEECHERS (LEAVERS ’22) John

Godber’s comedy about the education system, updated for the 21st century, Thurs 25 May, Albany Theatre, Coventry

MOTHER GOOSE CRACKS... CRACKS ONE

OFF! Adult panto starring Liam Mellor as Billy Goose and Jimmy Burton in the title role, Fri 26 May, Swan Theatre, Worcester

THE SIGN OF FOUR One-man show in which Jonathan Goodwin plays Sherlock Holmes and a miscellany of other larger-than-life characters, Fri 26 May, Swan Theatre, Worcester

STARS - AN AFROFUTURIST SPACE

ODYSSEY A new play about an old lady who goes into outer space in search of her own orgasm, Tues 30 May - Sat 3 June, The Old Rep, Birmingham

THE KING AND I West End performer

Annalene Beechey stars alongside Darren Lee in a new version of Bartlett Sher’s iconic musical, Tues 30 May - Sat 3 June, Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent

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

Kids Theatre

THE SINGING MERMAID Theatre for younger audiences, based on the original storybook by Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks, Sat 27Sun 28 May, The Rep, Birmingham

DRAGONS AND MYTHICAL BEASTS LIVE!

A ‘fantastical’ family show where audiences are invited into a magical world of myths & legends, Sun 28Tues 30 May, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

FIREMAN SAM LIVE! Join Sam, Penny, Elvis, Station Officer Steele and Norman in an all-singing, all-dancing action-packed show, Mon 29 May, The Civic, Stourport

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE LIVE: SCIENCE

SAVES THE WORLD Entertaining, educational show which explores how science shapes the world in which we live. Expect a few loud bangs along the way, Tues 30 May, The Alexandra, Birmingham

THE WORST PRINCESS Children’s show based on the bestselling book by Anna Kemp & Sara Ogilvie, Tues 30 May, The Core Theatre, Solihull

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

MILKSHAKE! LIVE Join your favourite Milkshake! characters in a family show packed with songs, dances, laughter and audience interaction, Wed 31 May, Palace Theatre, Redditch

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE LIVE: SCIENCE

SAVES THE WORLD Entertaining, educational show which explores how science shapes the world in which we live. Expect a few loud bangs along the way, Wed 31 May, Swan Theatre, Worcester

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

Dance

RAMBERT DANCE: PEAKY BLINDERS THE REDEMPTION OF THOMAS SHELBY

Steven Knight’s timeless story returns to the Midlands by popular demand. Expect Peaky tracks from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Radiohead, Anna Calvi, The Last Shadow Puppets, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Tues 23 - Sat 27 May, B’ham Hippodrome

Light Entertainment

SIR JACK’S HISTORY BOYS An evening of football talk with Sky Sports presenter Johnny Phillips and former Wolves players Matt Murray, Mark Kennedy, Nathan Blake and Kenny Miller, Mon 22 May, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

LIZ PULLMAN SINGS STREISAND Fascinating Aida’s acclaimed singer and comedienne, Liza Pulman, celebrates the legend of Barbra Streisand, Wed 24 May, Palace Theatre, Redditch

FUNNY GIRLS ON TOUR Starring female impersonator Betty Legs Diamond, Thurs 25 May, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham

RAT PACK: SWINGIN’ IN THE SANDS Fully choreographed homage to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis

Jnr, Fri 26 May, The Albany Theatre, Coventry

THE BIG LOCAL NIGHT OUT Comedy magician Tom Elliott hosts a variety show featuring local talent alongside artists from the UK’s performing-arts scene, Fri 26 May, Bridge House Theatre, Warwick

MR.B - THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER Join the British parodist as he attempts to reconnect hip-hop with manners and the King’s English! Sat 27 May, Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham

CIRCUS RAJ Featuring Rajasthan street performers, including aerialists, acrobats, musicians, slack-rope walkers and giant puppet characters, Sat 27 May, Steiner Academy, Hereford

SK SHLOMO: BREATHE Join the international beatboxing star as he presents ‘a rollercoaster love-letter to the lifesaving power of beats, bass and breathing’, Sun 28 May, Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham

CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER: AN OPEN BOOK

An evening with the award-winning West End star. Expect perfectly executed songs from the musicals, interspersed with chat about her fascinating life and career, Mon 29 May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

PSYCHIC SALLY An evening of mediumship with ‘the nation’s favourite psychic’, Wed 31 May, The Alexandra, Birmingham

SING-A-LONG-A ENCANTO A screening of the movie with lyrics presented on stage so that you can sing along... Wed 31 May, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry