Announcing Play On! as part of Talawa’s Black Joy Season Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company, has announced Black Joy 2024, a season of theatre and workshops celebrating Black stories and artists. The Black Joy season is a partnership between Talawa, Olivier Award-winning J Clare Productions, and Chuchu Ngawu Productions to create local and national opportunities for Black artists. The season will feature an ..read more

The Glass Menagerie Cast & Creatives Announcement ROSE THEATRE, ALEXANDRA PALACE & BELGRADE THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE BRING CELEBRATED PRODUCTION TO UK AUDIENCES Rose Theatre, Alexandra Palace, and Belgrade Theatre announce full casting and further creative team for the new tour of Atri Banerjee’s highly acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, first seen at Royal Exchange Theatre in late ..read more

Belgrade Theatre HUBs Festival: In the Meantime We Try On Saturday 15 July 2023, the Belgrade Theatre was transformed into a dystopian world by Belgrade Theatre HUBs and Youth Forum members for an intergenerational festival of stories and action to celebrate the work of all involved in the community groups. An immersive day of theatre, workshops, stalls, and artwork had begun. Theatre is now ..read more

Community support during I, Daniel Blake I, Daniel Blake, the critically acclaimed stage premiere of Ken Loach’s multi-award-winning 2016 film centring around social disadvantage, homelessness, and the perils of the benefits system, made all the more relevant by the current cost of living crisis, will come to our B2 stage from 8–11 Nov. During the run, we will partner with Central ..read more

Panto Dames seek boyfriends to join their Love Island! The Ugly Sisters are on the hunt for boyfriends in Coventry this Christmas for the Belgrade Theatre pantomime Cinderella, running on the Main Stage (B1) from Weds 22 Nov – Sat 13 Jan 2024. Lovers of heavy metal music, Flatula and Aroma are back from a summer of muddy festival fields and are looking for ..read more

Laura Elliot and Corey Campbell, the leadership team here at the Belgrade, are delighted to announce who will be joining the theatre as part of our newly structured producing team. This new team will help to deliver their new creative vision for the people of Coventry and the region; focussing on the next steps to ..read more

Changes to the Belgrade Board of Directors We have today (Fri 29 Sept) announced changes to our Board of Directors: Interim Chair, Alan Pollock has stepped down with Professor Jonothan Neelands taking up the Chair, alongside Annette Hay as Vice Chair. Jonothan is Academic Director for Cultural Partnerships for the University of Warwick, and Professor of Creative Education in Warwick Business School ..read more

Marking the passing of Michael Boyd “All of us at the Belgrade Theatre are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former Associate Director, Michael Boyd. He made a huge impact here in the early 1980s with landmark productions of Risky City and the Coventry Mystery Plays. His passionate belief in the power of theatre and particularly in the ..read more

Angela Hunt, Lead Social Prescriber of Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance said "Social prescribing is a way of looking at a person’s health in a very holistic way. Traditionally if a person has a health issue, they might visit their GP and it will be looked at in a clinical way. Social prescribing will look ..read more

Announcing Junior Chorus auditions for Cinderella After last year’s smashing success of Jack and the Beanstalk, we’re delighted to be commencing our search for the Junior Chorus of this year’s pantomime, Cinderella. On Sunday 3 September, kids aged 9-16 from across Coventry and Warwickshire are invited to audition to be part of the legendary Belgrade panto. A total of 32 children will be selected to be ..read more