| Belgrade
Theatre, Coventry
[17 OCT 01] REVIEW : A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
 Bizarre,
unusual, humorous, interesting and innovative are all ways in
which this play has been described. MORE
[13 SEP 01] REVIEW:
HAVING A BALL
 A
fine display of naked and semi naked men were seen by all in
Alan Bleasdale’s Having a Ball at the Belgrade
Theatre. MORE
[06 FEB 01] ACTORS
WANTED AS EXTRAS FOR COVENTRY PLAY
Actors from Coventry
are being invited to audition for parts in a production taking
to the boards at the Belgrade Theatre next month.
MORE
[30 JAN 01] BELGRADE
TOASTS £300,000 GOLDEN GOOSE
Bosses at Coventry’s
Belgrade Theatre are celebrating the success of this year’s
panto – the first by director Bob Eaton. MORE
[04 DEC 00] THREE
MINUTE HEROES GET A WHILE LONGER
 A
sell-out show featuring the greatest hits from the Coventry
Two Tone scene is to return to the Belgrade Theatre next year,
along with a host of top musicals and plays. MORE
[31 OCT 00] REVIEW : GUILTY
OF A GOOD IDEA
 It’s
rather implausible and slightly absurd in places, but Jeffrey
Archer’s new play grips the audience until the end.
MORE
[18 OCT 00] REVIEW : A
VERY ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE
Joe Orton's classic
play is loaded with subtle undercurrents, with fresh humour
and the joy of life bubbling up through the surface slime.
MORE
[15 SEP 00] REVIEW:
FIVE GO TO PLAY SOME SKA
The script may be
lacking, but get your pork pie hat out for the nostalgia fest
that truly belongs to Coventry. MORE
[06 SEP 00] CITY
ACTRESS TAKES LEAD IN SKA MUSIC STORY
A convert to the sound of ska is an
actress who was barely around when 2-Tone was all the rage,
but now takes a leading role in a play about how it put
Coventry on the map. MORE
[31 AUG 00] CITY'S
MUSICAL HISTORY TAKES TO THE STAGE
There will be a chance to remember the
Good Old Days before the Ghost Town, as the sound of ska is
heading to the Belgrade stage.
MORE
[24 AUG 00] HISTORY
A-PLENTY FOR JAZZ FESTIVAL VENUES
A
600-year-old guildhall, Britain's first post-war theatre and a
church crowned by one of Coventry's famous three spires all
take starring roles in this year's Coventry jazz festival. MORE
[26 JUL 00] REVIEW:
A QUICK BASH THROUGH THE BIBLE
Stilts, ostriches,
fruit and easily assembled arks are all on show at the
millennium mysteries, but it doesn’t stop a serious point
being made. MORE
[18 JUL 00] MYSTERY
OSTRICH AT THE READY IN RUINS
A huge blue ostrich
will walk into view tonight to start the millennium mysteries
at Coventry Cathedral. MORE
[05 JUN 00] BELGRADE
LOO GOES UP IN SMOKE
An arsonist caused
£2,000 of damage to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry when
they set a toilet roll on fire. MORE
[25 MAY 00] APPEAL FOR HELP WITH
BELGRADE SPACE POSER
Production staff at the Belgrade Theatre
are appealing for help in solving a millennium mystery.
MORE
[14 APR 00] 101 DALMATIANS
This
production at the Belgrade Theatre is certainly more scary and
realistic than any other versions of the dogs' tale. MORE
[24 MAR 00] JAZZ
AT THE BELGRADE
The Belgrade Theatre will be joining the line-up of venues
for the city’s international jazz festival in August. MORE
[25 SEP 99] YOUNGSTERS
AUDITION FOR COVENTRY DOME SHOW
Today and next Saturday local young actors, narrators,
musicians and dancers will be auditioning for a new Coventry
Youth Performance Company. MORE
[19 SEP 99] SIMON
DAYKIN TO LEAVE BELGRADE THEATRE
The Belgrade Theatre's Head of Marketing and Development
has announced his intention to leave the theatre later this
year. MORE
[30 JUN 99] BIG
NOSE - AUDITION / WORKSHOP
The Belgrade Theatre is looking for a team of approximately
15 people from the local Afro-Caribbean community to join the
professional cast of Big Nose. MORE
[17 JUN 99]
BELGRADE SQUARE GETS A SUMMER FEEL
Café culture arrives in a new sector of Coventry city
centre soon when Belgrade Square will be decked out with
parasols, tables and chairs. MORE
[10 JUN 99] THE
REVIEW : BEYOND BREAKING GLASS
Hazel O'Connor returned triumphantly to Coventry with an
astonishingly explicit and honest show entitled 'Beyond
Breaking Glass'. MORE
[09 JUN 99]
RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET
Return To The Forbidden Planet is back with a brand new
cast, a revitalised set and some sensational new special
effects to take everyone on a breathtaking journey towards the
millennium. MORE
[07 JUN 99] NEW
HEAD OF BELGRADES' YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK
The Belgrade Theatre recently appointed Matthew Pegg as the
new Head of Young People's Work. MORE
[01 JUN 99] COOL
WATER MURDER
Imagine an isolated hotel perched precariously on the edge
of a cliff - windswept, bleak and battered by the elements.
Imagine too, that this hotel contains dark secrets, lies and
erratic personalities driven by murderous intent. MORE
[17 MAY 99] THE
NERD
Following in the footsteps of Rowan Atkinson, who starred
in the original West End production, Joe Pasquale takes on the
lead role in the critically acclaimed comedy play The Nerd
written by American playwright Larry Shue and directed by
Andrew O'Connor. MORE
[17 MAY 99] THE
REVIEW : TWELFTH NIGHT
Bob Eaton’s latest Shakespearean offering at the
Belgrade, Twelfth Night, has achieved the feat of making the
bard's words speak to as wide an audience as possible. MORE
[17 MAY 99]
BEYOND BREAKING GLASS
Beyond Breaking Glass is an original piece which was
specially written for the Edinburgh Festival. It traces
Hazel's history from before Breaking Glass right up to the
present day. MORE
[10 MAY 99]
JUNK
Junk, one of the most
controversial novels of recent years, now a highly acclaimed
stage play, comes to The Belgrade Theatre for 1 week only. The
original book won The Carnegie Award for fiction and The
Guardian Fiction Prize in 1997. MORE
[26 APR 99]
BURN IT UP
Need to get rid of some excess
energy? - then 'Burn It Up' with the cast of The Belgrade
Theatre's Acting Out project. Follow the story of Michael and
Helen and the young people they share their lives with on a
Coventry city estate. MORE
[19 APR 99]
TWELFTH NIGHT
We invite you to join us on a
magical (mystery) tour of Shakespeare's mythical lllyria - a
land of love, peace and happenings, where illusion and fantasy
collide and appearances are not quite what they seem ... Bob
Eaton has taken Shakespeare's classic tale of love, deception
and trickery and transformed it into a psychedelic musical
comedy. MORE
[15 APR 99]
THE REVIEW : BOY BAND
Boy Band is an excellent night’s
entertainment, complete with 20 all-time favourite songs. The
Belgrade Youth Theatre has much to feel proud of. Boy Band is
at The Belgrade Theatre until Saturday 17 April. MORE
[31 MAR 99]
PHIL & JILL & JILL & PHIL
Do you find yourself wondering
what life is really like for members of the opposite sex? Does
your partner hear you exclaim 'you never see things from my
point of view!' Would you want your partner to
experience life as you know it? These are some of the
questions posed by Birmingham-based writer Alex Jones in his
brand new comedy Phil & Jill & Jill & Phil. MORE
[24 MAR 99]
BOY BAND
Boyband is a brand new musical,
set in Coventry in 1999, and follows the story of Billy, a
would-be band manager. Billy gathers together a group of five
local 'likely' lads, and with his sister as choreographer,
sets about transforming them, as the M & Ms, into
stars. Amazingly, he achieves his ambition - but not without
some mishaps en route! MORE
[01 MAR 99]
THE TWITS
Continuing our diverse Spring
season, The Belgrade Theatre is proud to present one of Roald
Dahl's most popular tales - his darkly humorous The Twits. A
visually stunning piece of theatre which can be enjoyed by
people of all ages. MORE
[23 FEB 99]
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE
Alan Ayckbourn's hit comedy
Things We Do For Love is to tour the UK from 2 March to 5 June
1999 following its hugely successful West End-run. Directed by
Mark Rayment, Things We Do For Love stars Belinda Lang
continuing in her role as Barbara and Andrew Hall as
Hamish. MORE
[17 FEB 99]
THE GIN GAME
A major new production of DL
Coburn's Pulitzer prize winning play The Gin Game, starring
Joss Ackland and Dorothy Tutin and directed by Frith Banbury
visits The Belgrade Theatre from Monday 1 - Saturday 6
March. MORE
[21 JAN 99]
GUARDS! GUARDS!
Following the enormous success
of the first national tour, Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!
(adapted for the stage by Geoffrey Cush) began a second tour
in January 1999. When the city of Ankh-Morpork is
threatened with destruction by a fiery dragon, a hard-drinking
maverick cop decides to investigate, aided and often hindered
by a 6'4" dwarf and an orangutan who communicates via
charades. MORE
[14 JAN 99]
4 STEPS TO HEAVEN
Belgrade Theatre are delighted
to announce that four of the greatest Rock 'n' roll stars The
Big 0, Eivis, Eddie and Buddy are on stage in concert for the
first time ever in 4 Steps To Heaven which opens at The
Belgrade Theatre from Monday 1 - Saturday 6 February and is
set to take the nation by storm. MORE
[23 DEC 98]
WEST MIDLANDS ARTS INCREASES BELGRADE GRANT
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
has received a significant increase in its annual grant from
West Midlands Arts. The annual grant, fixed since 1994, has
been uplifted by almost 11 % from £465,000 to
£515,000. MORE
[23 NOV 98]
PANTO STARS APPEAR IN 'READY STEADY COOK'
Local fans of BBC2’s frenetic
culinary gameshow Ready Steady Cook are in for a big surprise
when they tune in to the Christmas special on Thursday 17
December at 4.25pm. MORE
[09 NOV 98]
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
Anton Rodgers and Angela Thorne
are combining their comedic talents to appear together in Alan
Ayckbourn's comedy - How The Other Half Loves - at The
Belgrade Theatre from Monday 9 - Saturday 14
November. The characters are a suburban trio of married
couples linked only by the work of their husbands. MORE
[03 NOV 98]
SLEEPING BEAUTY
1998 marks Iain Lauchlan’s
tenth fantastic year as Co-Writer, Director and Dame of The
Belgrade Theatre’s traditional family pantomime. MORE
[03 NOV 98]
SMOKEY
JOE'S CAFE
[15 OCT 98]
IT'S
A LOVELY DAY TOMORROW
[27 MAR 98] SUBSTANTIAL
LOTTERY AWARD FOR BELGRADE THEATRE
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