Ellie Blackwell Voice Reviewer

A classy and enlightening celebration of dance and orchestra as Sir Frederick Ashton’s treasured favourites harmonize in this dreamy mélange. The best of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, brought to life by ballet star and director Carlos Acosta.

Real and raw, Poetry Jam is freedom of speech like you’ve NEVER felt before. Strikingly unapologetic, get a glimpse inside innovative minds and incredible stories with this well-kept Brum secret.

Blend Wicked, The Descendants and Six and add a dash of Chappell Roan… Then shake it all up with fire juggling, Frankenstein, water fights and two velociraptors for a mere taster of this year's enchantingly unconventional panto!

Fun for all the family, Balance is a unique and experimental blend between education and entertainment through sensual and stirring dance. 

This is no traditional opera. Four striking women take to the sold-out stage to stupefy the art scene, distorting female societal standards.

Bringing to light centuries of India and England’s forgotten past, two women take us on an unconventional ‘journey through history’ with sweet harmonies, poetic metaphors, and a Shruti box.

An exquisite and original ballet, destined to be both a treasured classic and a modern marvel as it playfully recounts the story of two divided lovers.

Harriet Quimby: America's pioneering writer, journalist, and pilot. Unjustly forgotten by most, her long-lost legacy is revived in this immersive and striking one-woman play. 

Six unlikely comrades swap dead-end job centres, custodial battles and suicide for a red curtain, a sparkly police uniform and a blue silk thong…

Dancing zombies, fluffy dogs, Backstreet Boys and Sigmund Freud, the Theatre Severn’s 12th pantomime with Evolution is here, and it’s gorgeous.

Hope, bravery, kindness, and love flow bountifully from the enchanting tale of Narnia and its saviours, yet malevolence lurks beneath its fantastical façade in this phenomenal adaptation.

Mark Billingham’s freshly published thriller is blighted by the remnants of covid and today’s politics, making it a modern and relatable read. But does it live up to its hype?