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  • The Tell-Tale Heart & The Screaming Skull – Double Bill (11th – 23rd December)

    Blue Orange Arts presents – Ghost Stories for Christmas A double Bill of plays   The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe A lone narrator draws us into the shadowed recesses of an obsessive mind, in this new working of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of tension and paranoia. Drawing on other works by this […]

  • Dame Ida’s International Cabaret Show 🎉 (19th September)

    The sensational Dame Ida is RETURNING to The Blue Orange stage with her most glamorous show yet! 💃 With 25 breath-taking costume changes and a medley of hits from your favourite Musicals, as well as all time hits you ALWAYS need to sing along to, Ida’s show promises an unforgettable night of entertainment!  🌟 This comedy […]

  • Jack and the Beanstalk (14th-23rd August)

    Birmingham’s Affordable Family Panto returns this Summer with Jack and the Beanstalk! Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum… a GIANT panto that’s lots of fun! This Summer, grab your boots and join Jack, Jill and the ever-muddled Simple Simon for a sky-scraping panto adventure! When Dame Judy Henchman convinces Jack to trade the family’s only cow for a handful of […]

  • Tell Me Where It Hurts (26th – 27th July)

    TeePee Productions presents – Tell Me Where It Hurts As Part of Birmingham Fest Following award-winning show FLUFF Teepee Productions & Joe C Brown present Tell Me Where It Hurts.This powerful comedy-drama follows Chrissy, a dedicated drama teacher navigating life with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). She is determined to stage the school play while also […]

  • The Poet of Lufatia (22nd – 23rd July)

    Zander Gibney presents – The Poet of Lufatia As Part of Birmingham Fest The Poet of Lufatia is the debut play of American writer, actor, and director Zander Gibney. Zander recently graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Master of Fine Arts–Acting program. Now based in Birmingham, Zander is thrilled to be bringing this passion project […]

  • Lieutenant Lempriere and his Parachute Queens (21st July)

    Birmingham History Company presents – Lieutenant Lempriere and his Parachute Queen As Part of Birmingham Fest   Birmingham History Theatre Company presents a dramatic lecture  telling the story of George lempriere, the famous Balloonist  or “aeronaut” who lived in Handsworth, Birmingham.   He was renowned for his shows from the 1880s to the  1920s , which […]

  • Destination: ‘Old Hag’ (18th July)

    (uncredited) presents – Destination: ‘Old Hag’ As Part of Birmingham Fest Set in a theatre broom cupboard, next to the building’s only toilet, Destination: ‘Old Hag’ is a Buxton Fringe Theatre Award-nominated production that draws on the Ladies’ many years in the world of opera. You may have seen them before as Cigarette Girls, Nuns, […]

  • The Speckled Band & The Signalman – Edinburgh Preview (18th July)

    Blue Orange Arts presents – Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band & Charles Dickens: The Signalman – Edinburgh Preview Double Bill   Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band “Oh my God. It was the band. The specked band!” A dying woman’s mysterious last words and a plea for help from her sister, lead Sherlock Holmes and Doctor […]

  • Henry V and The Prussian Officer – Edinburgh Preview (15th – 17th July)

    Blue Orange Arts presents – Henry V and The Prussian Officer- Edinburgh Preview Double Bill William Shakespeare: Henry V A single actor takes the field in this electrifying retelling of Shakespeare’s Henry V, embodying kings, comrades, and enemies alike. With nothing but language, imagination, and sheer force of performance, the epic story of power, war, […]

  • The Body Snatcher & The Hanged Man’s Bride – Edinburgh Preview (11th July)

    Blue Orange Arts presents – The Body Snatcher & The Hanged Man’s Bride – Edinburgh Preview Double Bill Robert Louis Stevenson: The Body Snatcher A chilling tale of greed, guilt and the macabre, “The Body Snatcher” exposes one of the darkest truths in history – the grisly pursuits of the so-called Resurrection Men. When medical […]