The Belgrade Theatre‘s autumn/winter season starts in just two weeks’ time! The highlights include West End musical smash-hits SIX, The Rocky Horror Show, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, brand-new musical Bombay Superstar, classic dramas An Inspector Calls and The Mousetrap, as well as Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses. The season kicks off with Kenyan acrobatic troupe The Black Blues Brothers on 1 Sept.
Join the Belgrade for the world premiere of Tabby Lamb’s Happy Meal from 21 Sept. The joyful queer rom-com is directed by Jamie Fletcher, fresh from her acclaimed production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and sees change all around as Millennial meets Gen Z – from teen to adult, from MySpace to TikTok, and from cis to trans.
From 13 – 18 Sept, the first ever UK tour of Bugsy Malone saunters onto the main stage. Packed with iconic songs from Oscar-winner Paul Williams, including My Name is Tallulah, You Give a Little Love and Fat Sam’s Grand Slam, this new touring production is a revival of the acclaimed Lyric Hammersmith Theatre production. Moreover, the international smash-hit musical SIX comes to Coventry from 27 Sept – 2 Oct. With a global, chart-topping cast recording, SIX remixes five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power.
Join the Belgrade for a late night, double feature picture show this October as The Rocky Horror Show invites audiences to do the Time Warp from 4 – 8 Oct. From 15 – 22 Oct, see the world premiere of the brand new musical Bombay Superstar; co-produced by Phizzical and the Belgrade Theatre, embark on a journey of love and betrayal set in the 1970s, the golden age of Bollywood cinema.
David Walliams’ Demon Dentist, arrives in Coventry from 26 – 29 Oct. As children leave their teeth for the tooth fairy to collect, they wake up to find odd and horrible things under their pillow. Can Alfie and Gabz solve the mystery and find out who’s leaving these ghastly gifts? From Birmingham Stage Company, the Olivier Award-nominated company who bought you Billionaire Boy and Gangsta Granny.
Happy days are here again, as Beautiful: The Carole King Musical arrives in Coventry for the very first time from 1 – 5 Nov. Follow the extraordinary journey of one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of all time, through a tumultuous marriage which led her to write the chart-topping album, Tapestry. Following the Belgrade’s annual pantomime, already announced as Jack and the Beanstalk this year, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses arrives on the main stage from 24 – 28 Jan. Adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz, the gripping retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is transposed into a divided world. Directed by Esther Richardson, Noughts & Crosses is presented by Pilot Theatre.
From 7 – 11 Feb, the Olivier Award-winning Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) brings a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story to Coventry. Adapted by Isobel McArthur, the acclaimed production was a smash-hit in the West End and now embarks on its very first UK tour.
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap returns to the Belgrade this season from 13 – 18 Feb. The world’s longest running play from the best-selling novelist of all time has been seen by millions of people across the globe.
Finally, it’s time for Coventry audiences to find out ‘whodunnit?’ Drawing the season to a close is J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, running from 28 Feb – 4 March. This National Theatre production is directed by Stephen Daldry, and sees the prosperous Birling family shaken to their very core by revelations from the mysterious Inspector Goole.
To book with Theatre Tokens at the Belgrade Theatre call their box office on 02476 553 055 or email boxoffice@belgrade.co.uk