Belgrade Theatre Coventry have revealed details of what’s coming up in the autumn of 2024, and looking ahead to the beginning of 2025.

Tickets are on sale now for an exciting slate of in-house produced work, in collaboration with creative partners Talawa, Paines Plough, China Plate, Hackney Empire, Bristol Old Vic. The autumn will also see high profile main house musicals and plays coming to Coventry, alongside an eclectic programme of dance, drama, comedy and music. 

Kicking off the autumn season from 11 – 21 September will be a co-production with China Plate, Please Do Not Touch, written by former Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey (GrimeBoy, Birmingham Rep) and directed by award winning theatre maker, Gail Babb (Stars, Tamasha - OFFIE’S Best New Play 2024).

Play On!, a co-production from Talawa and The Belgrade, will open at the Belgrade Theatre 23 September – 5 October, ahead of a UK tour. This stylish new jazz musical, a contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, will be directed by Talawa’s Artistic Director Michael Buffong, fusing the thrilling music of Duke Ellington and hip-hop choreography.

Gripping new family drama Revealed, directed by the Belgrade’s Associate Director Jay Zorenti-Nakhid will premiere from 18 October – 2 November. A Belgrade Theatre production, written by renowned writer and performer Daniel J Carver (RSC, Seaview), will be at times devastating and shocking, yet hilarious and heartwarming, celebrating the courage in connecting with those we find hardest to love.

An innovative new version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – the original play, originally scored with Rap and R&B, directed by Corey Campbell in collaboration with local Midlands artists That’s A Rap and A Class, will open at the Belgrade 21 February – 8 March 2025.

As part of the Belgrade’s ongoing collaboration with Paines Plough, who have recently announced a move to Coventry, their new co-production of Kelly Jones’ My Mother’s Funeral: The Show (a cornerstone of the annual Roundabout programme) will also preview at The Belgrade from Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 July before going to the Edinburgh Fringe.

This show (a Paines Plough, Mercury Theatre, Belgrade Theatre, Landmark Theatres and Royal & Derngate Northampton co-production) will also be part of See It First, running from 17 – 27 July; a summer programme of new plays, work-in-progress, workshops and conversations between artists and audiences. The Belgrade will become an artistic hub for the region – an opportunity to see the best shows and engage with leading companies making new work prior to Edinburgh Fringe. Further details of the full programme will be announced shortly.

Other shows coming to the theatre include the 20th anniversary production of Alan Bennett’s modern classic The History Boys (8 – 12 October), the international smash hit Ghost The Musical (22 – 26 October), the multi award-winning comedy ART (15 – 19 October), the classical ballets The Nutcracker and Swan Lake (4 – 6 November) and National Theatre of Scotland’s compelling domestic drama, Enough of Him (20 – 23 November).

Comedy nights across the season include the one-person parody production Buffy – Revamped (4 September), Florence Espeut-Nickless' DESTINY (26 September), An Evening Without Kate Bush (28 September) and Adam Kay: Undoctored (28 October). Music and entertainment highlights include Steve Steinman’s Anything For Love – The Meat Loaf Story (29 October) and Legend – Bob Marley (10 January 2025).

Tickets for all shows are on sale to Priority Members now, and on general sale from Monday 15 April belgrade.co.uk