Most Popular Shows in Birmingham

wedding singer dad's army high school thriller mary poppins queen blood brothers

Birmingham shows just announced

NEW SHOWS ADDED!!! Drama and family shows at The Rep Theatre

NEW SHOWS ADDED!!! Concerts and gigs at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

The Last Shadow Puppets at the Civic Hall on October 11th - indie

Fall Boy Boy at the NEC Arena on October 19th - emo rock

Seth Lakeman at the Wulfrun Hall on October 22nd - folk

Grand Slam Of Darts at the Civic Hall on Nov 15th to 23rd - darts competition

McFly at the NEC Arena on November 14th - pop rock

Leonard Cohen at the NEC Arena on November 22nd - canadian folk singer

Coldplay at The NIA on December 1st to 3rd - indie rock

80's Mania at the Alexandra Theatre on December 5th - musical show

Kings Of Leon at the NEC Arena on December 10th - indie rock

The Drifters at the Alexandra Theatre on March 1st - soul music

All The Fun Of The Fair at the Hippodrome on March 9th to 14th '09 - musical

West Side Story at the Hippodrome on April 20th to May 2nd 2009 - musical

Essence Of Ireland at the Alexandra Theatre on April 30th 2009 - irish dance

| click here for our full theatre calendar |

Alexandra Theatre Highlights

	On July 30th & 31st, Barney Live - The Let's Go Tour are at the Alexandra Theatre. Barney, BJ and Baby Bop are going on a super-dee-duper musical adventure to a tee-rific toy factory and introducing their newest dino friend, Riff in the All-New Barney Live! The Let's Go Tour. Featuring 25 songs, including original compositions as well as classic Barney favorites. Below are the other highlights coming up at the Alexandra:
	Joe Power - July 18th - mediumship Summer Showcase - July 20th - variety show Harry & His Bucket Full Of Dinosaurs - August 6th - family show Boogie Nights - August 20th to 23rd - musical The Great American Trailer Park - August 26th to 30th - musical Puppetry Of The Penis - September 5th - adult variety Tim Vine - September 12th - comedy John Edward - September 18th - mediumship Guava Jelly - September 21st - comedy The Mikado - September 23rd to 27th - operetta Ken Dodd - October 1st to 3rd - comedy Elvis On Tour - October 4th - tribute act Dylan Moran - October 5th 2009 - comedy Over The Rainbow - The Eva Cassidy Story - October 7th - musical tribute Colin Fry - October 8th to 10th - mediumship Boy George - October 11th - pop singer The Motown Show - October 13th - musical show Joe Brown 50th Anniversary Tour - October 16th - singer Jim Davidson - October 17th - comedy Frankie Boyle - October 12th - comedy Roll out The Barrell - October 14th - musical revue Paddy McGuinness - October 15th - comedy La Boheme (Ellen Kent International) - October 19th - opera Beyond The Barricade - October 21st - musical show 4 Poofs And A Piano - October 22nd - musical act Vampires Rock - October 24th - musical revue Real Deal Comedy Jam - October 25th - comedy Russell Howard - October 26th - comedy Joe Pasquale - October 27th 2009 - comedy That'll Be The Day - October 28th - musical revue John Hylton - Real Diamond - October 30th - comedy Jane McDonald - October 31st - singer Simply Ballroom - November 3rd & 8th - dance show Fifi & The Flowertots - November 9th - family show For The Love Of Mrs Brown - November 11th to 22nd - comedy play Seven Brides For Seven Brothers - November 25th to 29th - musical Sing-A-Long-A Abba - November 30th - interactive show 80's Mania - December 5th - musical show Halfway To Paradise - The Billy Fury Story - Feb 26th '09 - musical tribute The Drifters - March 1st 2009- soul music Jungle Book (Birmingham Stage Productions) - March 3rd to 7th 2009 - family show Charlie Landsborough - March 22nd '09 - country Essence Of Ireland - April 30th 2009 - irish dance Roy Chubby Brown - June 24th & 25th 2009 - adult comedy One Night Of Queen - June 26th 2009 - tribute act
	| click here to see what's on at the Alexandra Theatre |

Birmingham Hippodrome Highlights

	See Mary Poppins at the Hippodrome from July 10th to Sept 27th. Adapted from the classic Walt Disney film and the original stories by P.L. Travers, this unforgettable production includes all of the best-loved songs from the film including Chim Chim Cher-ee, Jolly Holiday, Let's Go Fly a Kite and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Below are the other highlights coming up at the Birmingham Hippodrome:
	Russian Steps (Birmingham Royal Ballet) - October 9th & 11th Chasing Fate - October 17th & 18th - play Blood Brothers - October 20th to November 1st - musical play Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - November 5th & 8th - ballet Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands - November 11th - ballet National Youth Ballet - November 16th - ballet The Nutcracker (Birmingham Royal Ballet) - Nov 28th to Dec 13th - ballet Robin Hood - December 21st 2008 to February 1st 2009 - pantomime Sylvia (Birmingham Royal Ballet) - February 25th to 28th 2009 - ballet Pomp & Circumstances (Birmingham Royal Ballet) - Mar 4th to 7th 2009 - ballet All The Fun Of The Fair - March 9th to 14th '09 - musical West Side Story - April 20th to May 2nd 2009 - musical Mitridate, Re di Ponto (Welsh National Opera) - May 27th 2009 - opera The Queen Of Spades (Welsh National Opera) - May 29th - opera La Boheme (Welsh National Opera) - May 28th & 30th - opera Sir Fred & Mr B - June 17th to 20th 2009 - ballet Love & Loss (Birmingham Royal Ballet) - June 24th to 27th 2009 - ballet
	| click here to see what's on at the Hippodrome |

What's on at the NEC venues

	There are five NEC venues - the NEC, NEC Arena, NIA, ICC and the Symphony Hall. BirminghamTheatreGuide.com feel that it is was essential to add all the shows and performances staged at these venues so we don't leave off the big names and you'll not miss out on seeing your favourite artists. Below are the main highlights coming up at the NEC's five venues.
	k d lang - August 1st - country music
	Dolly Parton - August 2nd - country icon
	Moody Blues - August 27th - rock
	Stevie Wonder - September 8th - piano legend
	Shelby Lynne - CANCELLED!!! - September 15th - country music
	Nickelback - September 18th - rock music
	Kate Rusby - September 27th - folk music
	Jimmy Carr - Joke Technician - October 3rd - comedy
	Van Morrison - October 4th - soul legend
	OMD - October 6th - electronic pop
	James Blunt - October 7th - easy listening
	Lee Evans - October 9th to 11th - comedy
	Art Garfunkel - October 9th - classic singer
	Level 42 - October 12th - 80s pop
	Cyndi Lauper - October 13th - pop singer
Stephen Stills - October 15th - guitarist
Queen + Paul Rodgers - October 16th - rock legends
Fall Boy Boy - October 19th - emo rock
Herbie Hancock - October 20th - jazz
Eddi Reader - October 22nd - folk singer
Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 featuring Slayer, Trivium & Mastodon - October 28th - metal
Steve Coogan - October 29th - comedy
The Mighty Boosh - October 31st, November 1st & December 22nd - comedy
Bryan Adams - November 2nd - rock music
Disney On Ice - Finding Nemo - November 5th to 16th - family show
Katie Melua - November 6th - folk/pop
The Temptations - November 7th - comedy
Michael Bolton - November 8th - singer
Hayley Westenra - November 13th - soprano
McFly - November 14th - pop rock
Paul Carrack - November 18th - singer
Elton John - November 19th & Decemeber 16th - pop legend
Cliff Richard - November 20th to 23rd - national tresure
Leonard Cohen - November 22nd - canadian folk singer
Tony Hadley - November 25th - pop singer
Simple Minds - November 28th - rock music
Birmingham International Tattoo - November 29th & 30th - military
Coldplay - December 1st to 3rd - indie rock
Will Young - December 7th to 8th - singer
Kings Of Leon - December 10th - indie rock
Katherine Jenkins - December 12th - opera singer
James - December 13th - indie music
Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra - December 20th - blues
Status Quo - December 22nd - rock music
Cbeebies Live! - December 27th - children's show
Disney's High School Musical - The Ice Tour - Jan 8th to 11th 2009 - family show
Strictly Come Dancing - February 17th to 21st 2009 - dance show
Riverdance - March 9th to 14th - irish dance
Al Murray - The Pub Landlord's Beautiful British Tour - April 14th 2009 - comedy
| see what's on at all the NEC venues in Birmingham |

The Rep Theatre Highlights

	From July 12th to 19th, Henry VI Part III: The Chaos can be seen at the Rep Theatre. Following their outstanding productions of Antigone and The Laramie Project last year, The Young REP return with their most ambitious production to date. Set during the War of the Roses, Shakespeare's compelling play sees father set against son, and brother against brother as bloody battles rage in a divided nation. Below are the other main highlights at the Birmingham Rep, you can book tickets for online:
	Cabaret - August 29th to September 13th - musical Pornography - September 3rd to 20th - play The Bad One - September 25th to October 27th - play Wuthering Heights - September 26th to October 18th - play At The Gates Of Gaza - October 2nd to 4th - play Five - October 7th to 11th - family show If I Cover My Nose You Can't See Me - October 14th to 16th - solo show Knock Against My Heart - October 21st to 22nd - play Privates On Parade - October 23rd to November 8th - play Best Friends - October 25th - family play The Child & The Toad - October 28th - family play Giant & Hero - October 29th to 30th - family play Hope Springs - October 30th to November 1st - play 8Sixteen32 - November 5th to 8th - mc battles The Boy Who Grew Flowers - November 8th - family play Enjoy - November 10th to 15th - play Locked In - November 10th to 12th - play The Brothers Size - December 2nd to 6th - play Lion Witch Wardrobe - December 9th to 16th - family show The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - November 26th 2008 to January 17th 2009 - family play An Inspector Calls - Janurary 30th to February 14th 2009 - play These Four Streets - February 12th to 28th 2009 - play Don John - February 17th to 21st 2009 - play The Hounding Of David Oluwale - February 25th to 28th - play His Dark Materials Part 1 - March 13th to April 11th - family play His Dark Materials Part 2 - March 13th to April 11th - family play
	| click here to see what's on at The Rep theatre |

The Old Rep Theatre Highlights

	From July 12th to 19th, Skellig are at the Old Rep Theatre. Ten year old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But his baby sister is ill and his parents are frantic. Then Michael wanders into the crumbling garage and sees something lying beneath the spiderwebs and flies - is it a man or an animal? Below are the other main highlights at the Old Rep Theatre, you can book tickets for online:
	Why The Whales Came - November 12th 2008 to Januray 24th 2009 - children's play
	| click here to see what's on at the Old Rep theatre |

Midlands Arts Centre Highlights

	mac closed to the public on April 6th 2007 so that work on the mac and sampad's £13.5million building project could begin. A small team remain behind to work towards the re-opening in autumn 2009, when we look forward to welcoming you back to a refurbished building with better facilities, more exhibition spaces, an extra rehearsal and performance space, an improved main house theatre and improved access for everyone. Jointly funded by Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council and a mac and sampad fundraising campaign, the development will dramatically improve and update the arts centre, creating a more effective and efficient arts centre. Through this website, you will be able to keep up to date with all of the developments regarding the building project as they happen, and as we move towards 2009, here is where you will find details of our 'curtain raising ' events in and around Cannon Hill Park in summer 2009, and our dynamic launch season of events, exhibitions and courses in autumn 2009.
	| click here for what's on at the Midlands Arts Centre |

Wolverhampton Civic Highlights

	There are three venues at the Wolves Civic - the Civic Hall, Wulfrun Hall and the Little Civic. Below are the highlights of what is coming up at the Wolves Civic...
	Kasabian - August 21st & 22nd - indie rock
	Sam Sparro - September 25th - indie pop
	Puppetry Of The Penis - September 23rd - adult variety
	David Gest... My Life! - October 7th - musical show
	Dirty Pretty Things - October 9th 2008 - indie
	The Hold Steady - October 2nd - indie rock
	The Last Shadow Puppets - October 11th - indie
	Elbow - October 15th - indie rock
	You Me At Six - October 18th - emo rock
	Scorpions - October 19th - rock
	The Hooisers - October 21st - indie
	Dean Friedman - October 22nd - singer
	Seth Lakeman - October 22nd - folk
	Edinburgh & Beyond - October 23rd - comedy
	Vampires Rock - October 26th - musical show
	Alter Bridge - October 28th - rock
	Steve Coogan - October 29th & November 11th - comedy
	Michael McIntyre - October 30th - comedy
	Dara O'Briain - October 31st - comedy
	Paddy McGuinness - November 1st - comedy
	Sigur Rós -