Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry announces what’s coming up this Autumn/Winter 2026/27 season. Preview Astronaut Tim Peake. Photo courtesy of Warwick Arts Centre. There’s monstrous tales, award-winning theatre, electrifying dance and some of the brightest visual art stars set for Warwick Arts Centre’s Autumn/Winter 2026-2027 Season. The UK’s most significant exhibition of contemporary art, British Art Show 10, opens in Coventry on 2 October 2026 (until 10 Jan 2027), with Warwi

The cast of After Party. After Party by Morna Young at The Belgrade Theatre from 9 – 12 September. Directed by Katie Posner. Preview The Traverse Theatre, Paines Plough and the Belgrade Theatre have announced the full cast and creative team for After Party, a bold new play by award-winning Scottish playwright Morna Young (Lost At Sea, Never Land). Directed by Paines Plough’s Joint Artistic Director Katie Posner, the cast includes Alison Peebles, Hilary Maclean, Gilly Gil

The all male cast of As You Like It. Photo courtesy of the RSC. As You Like It by William Shakespeare at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from Saturday 26 September to Saturday 7 November. Director Daniel Evans. Preview The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the full cast for Daniel Evans’ all male production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Elliot Barnes-Worrell will play Orlando, joining the previously announced Tony Award-winning Broad

A Midsummer Night’s Dream cast enjoy theTrail. Photo courtesy of Simon Hadley. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream enjoyed the magical outdoor installation in the Swan and Avon Bank Gardens, as the RSC celebrates a successful summer run for the production, at The Other Place. Inspired by Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy, the A Midsummer Night’s Dream Summer Trail has invited families to step into the enchanted world of the play, with colourfu

Bleak Expectations at The Talisman. Photo by Gwyn Davies. Bleak Expectations written by Mark Evans, Directed by Michael Seeley, Assistant Director Maurice Smith, at the Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre, from Monday 24 August - Saturday 29 August 2026. Review by Ashley Hayward This play has been cleverly adapted from the widely acclaimed Radio 4 series which wonderfully parodied the novels of Charles Dickens. Under Michael Seeley’s direction the entire cast and crew serve up a

Sins – the show where you decide who lives or dies. At The Albany Theatre, Coventry on Thursday 10 September. Preview SINS is a dark live experience where theatre, psychological challenge and audience power collide. At the centre of it all stands a figure known only as The Examiner. Seven individuals have been taken and brought before him – each representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins: Lust. Gluttony. Sloth. Envy. Wrath. Pride. Greed. One by one their stories unfold on st

9 to 5 The Musical, directed by Paul Jepson at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry from Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 September. Preview The cast are revealed for the upcoming UK tour of 9 to 5 The Musical, the ultimate feel-good musical comedy, heading to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre from Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 September. Bringing sass, style, and a whole lot of ‘Dolly’ sparkle, the talented line-up Includes: Jessica Martin (Me and My Girl, Adelphi Theatre / Jerry’s Girls, Menier Chocola

Excitement for all the family. Photo by Rob Tysall Pro Photography. Have you got your tickets booked for the Tanks Trucks & Firepower Show this Bank Holiday weekend? Once again what is possibly the loudest and most exciting show around will be taking place in Dunchurch, Warwickshire from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August 2026. Organised by Andrew Baker and his team with support from the Alvis Fighting Vehicle Society here’s your opportunity to get up close and personal with

Michael Shaeffer as King Aerys II. Photo credit Johan Persson. George R.R.Martin's Game of Thrones: The Mad King. Adapted by Duncan MacMillan. Directed by Dominic Cooke. At the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon running until 5 September 2026. Review by Ann Cee. Game of Thrones: The Mad King is an extraordinary live theatre show that pushes all the boundaries of theatre and sends deep reverberations to the bones long after its over. The incredible set is the first

Members of UK Garrison and Rebel Legion. Photo by Rob Tysall Pro Photography. It was fun and games all the way at MCM Comic Con held at the Birmingham NEC recently. Around 8,000 visitors attended many dressed as their favourite character. Also, with 110 exhibitors it was the ideal shopping opportunity – the place to buy unique gifts or keepsakes. Clothing, steampunk, hats, T-shirts, replica fantasy and sci-fi weapons and accessories, unique ornaments, original artwork, jewel

George Ormerod and Emily Tietz. Photo by Fuz Films. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Performed by Tread the Boards at The Rother Street Arts House, Stratford, from 19 to 22 August. Directed by John-Robert Partridge. Review by Charles Essex. The Importance of Being Earnest was Wilde’s last play and often considered to be his best. Tread the Boards delivered an outstanding piece of theatre – the script is inevitably as sharp as a tack, the direction is astute

Helpful staff. Photo courtesy of the BMM. The British Motor Museum has been awarded the accreditation of VisitEngland Quality Assured Visitor Attraction following its recent assessment. The Museum achieved an impressive score of 91%, the second year in a row that it has been in the top 10%. The completely objective assessment looks at a number of key areas that are important to any tourist, from pre-arrival communications and first impressions, to cleanliness and catering, wi

Part of The Old Red Lion London's ShakeFest. Understudy No. 5. Written and performed by Hadrian Conyngham. Directed by Warren Rusher. A 50-minute monologue at The Old Red Lion pub, 418 St John Street, Islington, London EC1V 4NJ at 5pm on 30 August. Part of ShakeFest. Preview Understudy No. 5 is a work of new poetry and prose, following a theatrical janitor as he discovers that the abandoned props and costumes are filled with the spirits of minor Shakespearean characters un

Georgina Liley, James McLean, Catherine Warnock and Rob Took. Photo credit Robling Photography. Wensleydale Whey by Lucie Raine (at Calcutt Boats, Southam), 16 August 2026. Performed by The Mikron Theatre. Director: Elvi Piper. Review by Charles Essex . Writer Lucie Raine’s clever script takes us back 900 years to Jervaulx Abbey with Cistercian monks, who supported themselves with cheese making. The show starts with an appropriate Gregorian chant to set the scene. Fast-forw

L-R Ben Nealon, Bill Ward, Gray O’Brien, Ricky Norwood, Tristan Gemmill. Photo courtesy of Birmingham REP.. Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose. Directed by Christopher Haydon. At the Birmingham Rep from Monday 21 to Saturday 26 September 2026 as part of a national tour. Preview Gray O’Brien, Bill Ward, Ricky Norwood, Tristan Gemmill and Ben Nealon lead the cast in Twelve Angry Men. The acclaimed West End production of the classic courtroom thriller visits Birmingham

Jacob Aldroft and Alexandra Ricou. Photo credit Parody of the Rings. Parody of the Rings by Jacob Aldroft and Alexabdra Ricou at The Cidermill Theatre, Chipping Camden, Saturday 5 September 2026. Preview by Charles Essex Jacob Aldroft and Alexandra Ricou bring their hilarious and fast-paced two-person comedy to The Cidermill Theatre on Saturday 5 September. Cinemas sometimes have all night or even 24 hour-a-thons playing all the films in a franchise. Those who attend are

The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde, presented by Tread the Boards Theatre Company. Artistic Director is John-Robert Partridge at the Rother Street Arts House from Wednesday 19 August – 22 August 2026. Preview by Charles Essex. Following the superb production of Pygmalion, the next production at the Rother Street Arts House is the theatre classic The Importance of Being Earnest. Artistic Director John-Robert Partridge (JP), not only directs the play but stars in

Three Shot written and produced by Coventrians, performed in London. Three Shots written by John Marquez will be performed by Coventry Artists at the White Bear Theatre, 138 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4DJ from 1 to 12 September 2026. Produced by Harry Berry. Preview The play Three Shots by John Marquez is set in Coventry, in Binley Woods, and stars two Coventry-born actors, John Marquez, well-known for his roles in Doc Martin and Wild Cherry, and his brother Martin M

Richard Jones – The Sound of Magic at The Albany Theatre, Coventry on Saturday 19 September 2026. Preview Britain’s Got Talent champion and world-class illusionist Richard Jones heads to The Albany Theatre, Coventry with an unforgettable night of magic, mind-reading, comedy and wonder. Coventry audiences are being invited to experience the impossible this September as Britain’s Got Talent winner Richard Jones brings his acclaimed live show, The Sound of Magic, to The Albany T