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Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. Founded by Billie Lester, it is the longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre companies[1] and one of its most consistently innovative.[2]

Address

Centenary Square, Broad Street
Birmingham
England

52°28′46″N 1°54′34″W / 52.479417°N 1.909414°W / 52.479417; -1.909414

  • 825 (The House)
  • 300 (The Studio)
  • 140 (The Door)

1913 (1913)

2013

Graham Winteringham

Today The Rep produces a wide range of drama in its three auditoria – The House with 825 seats, The Studio with 300 seats and The Door with 140 seats – much of which goes on to tour nationally and internationally.[3] The company retains its commitment to new writing and in the five years to 2013 commissioned and produced 130 new plays.[3]


The company's former home, now known as "Old Rep", is still in use as a theatre.

(1993 world premiere) based on the book by Raymond Briggs

The Snowman

(1996 world premiere) by Ayyb Khan-Din

East Is East

(1998 world premiere) by Bryony Lavery

Frozen

's Brief Encounter (2007 world premiere) adapted and directed by Emma Rice, based on the film by Noël Coward

Kneehigh Theatre

(2014 world premiere) by Danny Robins, co-written and starring Lenny Henry based on the BBC Radio 4 sitcom

Rudy's Rare Records

(2016 UK premiere) by John Pielmeier, based on the novel by John Pielmeier

The Exorcist

(2016 world premiere) by Chris Hannon

What Shadows

(2017 UK premiere) by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière, adapted and directed by Jeremy Sams

What's in a Name?

(2017 UK premiere) written and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah

One Love: The Bob Marley Musical

(2017 world premiere) written and directed by Debbie Isitt

Nativity! The Musical

(2018 world premiere) by Ian Rankin and Rona Munro

Rebus: Long Shadows

(2018 world premiere) by Bryony Lavery, based on the novel by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

(2019 UK premiere) by Alexis Michalik, adapted by Jeremy Sams

Edmond de Bergerac

(2021 world premiere) featuring the songs of Tom Jones, book by Joe DiPietro, based on Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

What's New Pussycat?

(2023 world premiere) by Al Murray, Matt Forde and Sean Foley, based on the TV series Spitting Image

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves The World

(2023 world premiere) by Ian Hallard, directed by Mark Gatiss

The Way Old Friends Do

(2023 world premiere) written by Joe DiPietro, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, based on the life and music of Frank Sinatra

Sinatra: The Musical

(2024 UK premiere), book by Mike Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza, music and lyrics by Sam Willmott, directed by Stafford Arima

Bhangra Nation

(2024 world premiere) by Bruce Robinson, directed by Sean Foley, based on the 1987 film.

Withnail and I

(2024 UK premiere) book by Elliot Davis, music by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe, directed by Jerry Mitchell, based on the novel by Terry Ronald

Becoming Nancy

Cochrane, Claire (2003). The Birmingham Rep - A city's theatre 1962-2002. Sir Barry Jackson Trust.  0954571908.

ISBN

Conolly, Leonard W. (2002). . In Conolly, Leonard W. (ed.). Bernard Shaw and Barry Jackson. Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. xi–xxxvi. ISBN 0802035728. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

"Introduction"

Rowell, George; Jackson, Tony (1984). . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521319196. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

The Repertory Movement: A History of Regional Theatre in Britain

(1963). The Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1913-1963. London: Barrie and Rockliff. OCLC 469519557.

Trewin, J. C.

Turnbull, Olivia (2008). . Bristol: Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1841502083. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

Bringing Down the House: The Crisis in Britain's Regional Theatres

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Official Website

a free online database covering Birmingham Repertory Theatre productions up to and including 1971.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive Database

in the Theatres Trust database

Birmingham Repertory Theatre

held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Papers regarding the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1917-1960