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All My Sons Trailer

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Bleak Expectations - A CAST AT WAR

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Bleak Expectations - A Very Serious Promo

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Red Velvet

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Red Velvet Insights #2

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An Interview with the cast of Sheila's Island

The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham whisks audiences away to the chilly wilds of the Lake District this month with laugh-out-loud comedy “Sheila's Island”. Written by the creator of “Calendar Girls” and “Kinky Boots”, the show strands four middle-aged work colleagues on an island and watches the sparks fly as they quickly realise they are completely and utterly unprepared for a crisis.
We caught up with the cast and co-director of the show to find out what makes the show tick!
Book Now: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/Sheila

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All My Sons: Meet The Cast

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The opening of The Crescent’s superb production of “All My Sons” is just a few days away: Saturday 28 September. In this video, meet the cast and get their take on this amazing play. 28 Sept - 5th Oct 🎟️: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/AllMySons / 0121 643 5858

1:53

All My Sons Trailer

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Birmingham’s Crescent Theatre’s gripping new production of “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller, one of the greatest plays of the 20th Century by one of its greatest playwrights, opens on September 28th (to October 5th) 2024. This is the play that catapulted Miller to global fame. Based on a horrifying true story and with themes including profiteering in times of crisis (remember COVID?), cowardice a...

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Bleak Expectations - A CAST AT WAR

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A CAST AT WAR. A DIRECTOR STARING INTO THE ABYSS. Delve deeper into the creative process behind our upcoming Dickens spoof “Bleak Expectations” with this all-access behind-the-scenes film, revealing the stark truth behind the laughs, as well as some possibly inaccurate information about how the bin came to be invented. Booking soon is STRONGLY advised! 🎟: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/Expectations...

Bleak Expectations - A Very Serious Promo

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Bleak Expectations - A Very Serious Promo

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Here’s a video introducing you to the truly bonkers “Bleak Expectations” which starts on September 14th, opening with a matinée at 2:45pm, by the way. This is the Birmingham première - courtesy of The Crescent - of this hilarious, high-octane comedy which was a huge hit on radio before enjoying a highly regarded West End run. This video features the show’s director, James David Knapp, in contro...

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Red Velvet

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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1811671/open_sms) This month’s episode focuses on Red Velvet, the 2012 play by Lolita Chakrabarti. Laura has been speaking to actor Papa Anoh Yentumi about his role as the young Ira Aldridge in the upcoming Crescent Theatre Company production of the play. We also learn more about the play and the actor who inspired it, the American Ira Ald...

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Red Velvet Insights #2

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RED VELVET, which opens next Saturday, provides great comedy as well as serious food for thought, as Director Alan Marshall explains in this Insights video - a series which will give you fascinating background to seeing the show. 🎟: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/RedVelvet 📞: 0121 643 5858

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Red Velvet Insights #1

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RED VELVET is only a week away. If you haven’t yet booked - do so; you really don’t want to miss this brilliant play which manages to explore really difficult issues whilst providing superb comedy. Just one of those issues in the play is “Blackface” and Hugh Blackwood, who plays the older Ira, gives us an interesting perspective in this video, the first of a series of Insights videos which will...

Red Velvet: The Untold Story of Ira Aldridge

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Red Velvet: The Untold Story of Ira Aldridge

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Red Velvet is almost here! Critically acclaimed RED VELVET, by Lolita Chakrabarti, tells the story of American-born British actor Ira Aldridge, the first Black actor to play Othello in England. 📅13-20 July 🎟️www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/RedVelvet 'It's like being at a crossroads - a point of absolute, unequivocal change. It makes the blood rush.' Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1833. Edmund Kean, t...

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Am to Pro

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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1811671/open_sms) Each episode takes a look at a different aspect of the wonderful world of amateur theatre, and features an amateur theatre-maker talking about their theatrical life, theatrical loves, and the times when they’ve ‘died’ on stage. In this month’s episode, our Backstage Pass holder, John O’Neill, speaks with director Dewi Joh...

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Red Velvet Promo

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RED VELVET IS COMING! If you haven’t seen the Instagram reel for RED VELVET, here it is. It captures the spirit of this super production of a play that is at times shocking and deeply troubling - but also extremely funny! It tells the true story of Ira Aldridge, the first Black actor to play Othello in England. Get Booking: 🎟: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/RedVelvet 📞: 0121 643 5858

Charley's Aunt Crescent Summer Tour 2024

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Charley's Aunt Crescent Summer Tour 2024

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In the Rehearsal Room, the cast and crew of Charley’s Aunt are hard at work. The cast appear to be thoroughly enjoying themselves, as will the audience! A well loved farce perfect for a warm summers evening. It’s set to sell quickly…so speedy booking is ESSENTIAL! 🎟: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/CharleysAunt 📞: 0121 643 5858 www.castlebromwichhallgardens.org.uk/ sellymanormuseum.org.uk/ www.harvi...

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Charley's Aunt

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Britain’s most-loved farce in a brilliant new adaptation by director Michael Barry and a stellar cast… what more can you ask for? A glorious way to spend a summer evening. Nothing nasty happens in this story and, yes, it is all about rather silly antics by rather silly people… but oh! what fun. This super show is in the Ron Barber Studio at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, on June 27th, 28th a...

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Consent Trailer 07/06/24

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If you can’t wait to see “Consent” - which opens tomorrow, Saturday 8th, at the Crescent in Birmingham - here’s another taster of Nina Raine’s superb dialogue and the top class performances you can expect in this thought-provoking yet outrageously funny play. Some tickets are still available, and to book just follow the link below: 🎟: bit.ly/45vbMaI 📞: 0121 643 5858

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Consent Trailer

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Here’s just a taste of Nina Raine’s brilliantly written “Consent” which opens here this coming Saturday and runs until the 15th. It’s thought provoking, explosive and very, very funny. You’ll also get a taste of how well it’s going to be performed - and find out a little more about it. One of the most exciting new plays in recent years, this is definitely one to get your tickets for NOW. You ca...