Classical Music

ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Featuring Olari Elts (conductor) & Barry Douglas (piano). Programme includes works by Pärt, Rachmaninoff & Dvorak, Tues 16 May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Featuring Kati Debretzeni (director/violin) & JeanGuihen Queyras (cello). Programme includes works by CPE Bach, JC Bach & Mozart, Wed 17 May, Birmingham Town Hall

Sat 20 May, Uttoxeter Racecourse

KING PLEASURE AND THE BISCUIT BOYS Sat 20 May, Tamworth Assembly Rooms

AMERICAN FOUR TOPS Sat 20 May, Prince Of Wales Theatre, Cannock

THE EQUATORS Sat 20 May, Lichfield Guildhall

THE HOT HOUSE COMBO

Sat 20 May, The Hub at St Mary’s, Lichfield SKERRYVORE Sat 20 May, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury

DAN HADFIELD AS GARY BARLOW Sat 20 May, The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury

THE WEEKENDERS Sat 20 May, Albert’s Shed, Shrewsbury

VRI Sat 20 May, Herman Arts, Oswestry, North Shropshire

ARMY OF SKANKS + THE VERMIN SUICIDES + THE DEMENTIAS Sat 20 May, Percy’s Cafe Bar, Whitchurch, North Shropshire

THE ROCKET MANELTON JOHN TRIBUTE Sat 20 May, Aston Hall, Wrexham

THE WEDDING PRESENT Sun 21 May, O2 Institute, Birmingham

THE SEARCHERS Sun 21 May, Birmingham Town Hall

THE EVERLY BROTHERS STORY Sun 21 May, Regent Theatre, Stokeon-Trent

STEVE HARLEY Sun 21 May, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EWAN MACCOLL Sun 21 May, Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, Staffs

CBSO: MAHLER’S TENTH SYMPHONY

Featuring Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla (conductor), Thurs 18 May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

LONDON CONCERT ORCHESTRA: THE MUSIC OF LORD OF THE RINGS AND BEYOND Fri 19 May, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

LONDON CONCERTANTE: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Programme includes works by Puccini, Mozart, Verdi & Rossini, Sat 20 May, Worcester Cathedral

LICHFIELD SINFONIA SPRING CONCERT

Sat 20 May, Lichfield Cathedral

ORGAN CONCERT WITH HANS HIELSCHER

Sat 20 May, The Abbey Church, Shrewsbury

BRITISH POLICE SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA: SPRING ROMANCE

Featuring Dr Richard Jenkinson (musical director). Programme includes works by Ravel, Shostakovich & Rachmaninoff, Sat 20 May, The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

QUINBORNE CHOIR: NOW IS THE MONTH OF MAYING Featuring Chloe Chousmer-Kerr (harp), Darren Hogg (organ & piano) & Nicola Starkie (director), Sat 20 May, St Francis Church, Bournville, Birmingham

ROYAL SUTTON COLDFIELD ORCHESTRA

Featuring Bob Vivian (conductor) & Joss Brookes (cello). Programme includes works by Tchaikovsky, Sat 20 May, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall

THE BREWOOD SINGERS IN CONCERT Sat 20 May, St Mary’s Church, Willenhall

Comedy

DEAD MEN TOURING WITH FREDDY

QUINNE & ROB MULHOLLAND Tues 16 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

ELEANOR MORTON Wed 17 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

THE ALTER COMEDY CLUB Wed 17 May, The Hub at St Mary’s, Lichfield

TOM ALLEN Wed 17 - Fri 19 May, Birmingham Hippodrome

COMEDY CAROUSEL WITH ANDY

ROBINSON, JOSH PUGH & KAZEEM

JAMAL Thurs 18 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

GARY POWNDLAND & FRIENDS Thurs 18 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

JAY LAFFERTY, CHRIS KENT, JOSH PUGH, KAZEEM JAMAL & ANDY BARR Fri 19 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

CHARLIE BAKER Fri 19 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

JONNY COLE Fri 19 May, Churchill’s, Wednesbury

JAY LAFFERTY, CHRIS KENT, JOSH PUGH & KAZEEM JAMAL Sat 20 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

JUDI LOVE Sat 20 May, Birmingham Hippodrome

DAVE LONGLEY, DAN ANTOPOLOSKI

DAMION LARKIN & COMIC TBC Sat 20 May, Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent

JONNY COLE Sat 20 May, Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge

GEOFF NORCOTT Sat 20 May, Bilston Town Hall

ROUGH WORKS: NEW MATERIAL NIGHT Sun 21 May, The Glee Club, B’ham

KENNY SEBASTIAN Sun 21 May, The Glee Club, Birmingham

IGOR KWIATKOWSKI Sun 21 May, The Old Rep, Birmingham

Theatre

SISTER ACT HQPA Productions present an amateur version of the divine musical comedy, Tues 16Thurs 18 May, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury

HEATHERS THE MUSICAL Black comedy based on the cult 1989 movie that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Tues 16 - Sat 20 May, The Alexandra, Birmingham

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Amateur version presented by The Mellow Dramatics, Tues 16 - Sat 20 May, The Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton upon Trent

UNEXPECTED TWIST A contemporary new musical, based on a novel by children’s author Michael Rosen, Tues 16 - Sat 20 May, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre