by Lempen Puppet Theatre Company

Date: Friday 26th April 2024

Time: 18:30

Show length: 45 minutes

Venue: Glasshouse Arts Centre, Wollaston Rd, Amblecote, Stourbridge DY8 4HF

Admission fee: Pay What You Can

Age rating: 4+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Trunk, Tail, Ears or Wings?

Carnival creates itself from all sorts of things!

This is "Carnival of the Animals" but not as we know it. Dissected for body part

potential to create the "ultimate animal" we take inspiration from the music

by Camille Saint-Saëns, a little help from Darwin and a whole lot of cardboard

to mash up a show full of puppet possibility.

With their own inimitable style Lempen have taken the fantastic music by Camille Saint-Saëns, and an exploration of the material of Cardboard, movement and invention to make an accessible, visual production with no text, refreshingly focused on the magic of puppetry to leave our audiences inspired by both the animal theatricality of the music and the creative potential of the simple cardboard box.

This is a Young Promoters event

by Rachel Sambrooks

Date: Saturday 27th April 2024

Time: 14:00

Show length: 50 minutes

Venue: Smethwick Heritage Centre, Victoria Park Lodge, High St, Smethwick B66 3NJ

Admission fee: £4.00

Age rating: 14+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Rachel tells stories of her grandmother and invites yours too. With tales that span Quinton, Warley Woods, the 1930s, both World Wars and even Attingham Park in the 60s, this show has laughs and local recent history. Platforming the hidden voices of older women, family tales are welcome as a lived well lived is celebrated with this award-winning warm and friendly comedian.

by Scratchworks Theatre

Date: Saturday 27th April 2024

Time: 19:30

Show length: 95 minutes

Venue: Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick B67 5RJ

Admission fee: Pay What You Can, suggested donation £5

Age rating: 11+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

In Bideford in 1682, the final witch trial in Britain took place. Three women were accused of witchcraft, tried & hanged. Now fast forward to the present day and name one female magician…pretty tricky. But tonight, three fearless females are climbing out of their boxes, shaking off the sequins and investigating what really happened in a small town in North Devon 300 years ago.

Packed full of magic tricks, physical comedy & live music, our magiciennes explore the witch-hunt mania that swept the country and sent hundreds of innocent women to the gallows. With mind-blowing illusions, stupendous stunts and the occasional disappearing rabbit, ‘Hags’ sets the record straight for thousands of falsely accused women with all the joy, silliness & spectacle these three can muster.

by Casson & Friends

Date: Saturday 11th May 2024

Time: 13:00 and 14:30 shows, workshop at 13:30

Show length: 20 minutes

Venue: Caldmore Community Garden, 12 Carless Street, Walsall WS1 3RH

Admission fee: Free

Age rating: 8+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

THE ALLOTMENT PROJECT is a new documentary dance theatre performance by Casson & Friends, that explores allotments and the communities around them.

With interviews from allotment owners and community gardeners, intercut and combined with compelling movement, THE ALLOTMENT PROJECT is a unique performance that reveals our relationship to the land, the seasons and each other. Presented as an intimate duet that is human, humorous and heart-warming, the performance celebrates the joy of growing produce, plants and relationships across all the seasons.

by Casson & Friends

Date: Sunday 19th May 2024

Time: 12:30, 13:00 & 13:30

Show length: 20 minutes

Venue: Bearwood Allotments, Dale Street, Smethwick, B66 4HX

Admission fee: Free

Age rating: 8+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

THE ALLOTMENT PROJECT is a new documentary dance theatre performance by Casson & Friends, that explores allotments and the communities around them.

With interviews from allotment owners and community gardeners, intercut and combined with compelling movement, THE ALLOTMENT PROJECT is a unique performance that reveals our relationship to the land, the seasons and each other. Presented as an intimate duet that is human, humorous and heart-warming, the performance celebrates the joy of growing produce, plants and relationships across all the seasons.

by Scarlet Oak Theatre

Date: Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Time: 18:00

Show length: 60 minutes

Venue: Old Park School, Thorns Road, Brierley Hill DY5 1SE

Admission fee: Pay What You Can, suggested donation £5

Age rating: 5+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

The Zoo That Comes To You follows the impassioned attempts of two animal enthusiasts to share their love of and concern for animals with the world. They have spent the last eight years taking in animals that need respite, care or a temporary home and have (accidentally) ended up with a sanctuary full of animals.

Come and meet this eclectic group of animals as they discuss their life experiences and the challenges they face in a rapidly changing world dominated by humans.

This is a Young Promoters event

by Lydia De La Murrãy

Date: Thursday 23rd May 2024

Time: 19:30

Show length: 65 minutes

Venue: Central Library, 316 High Stre,t West Bromwich B70 8DZ

Admission fee: Pay What You Can

Age rating: 14+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Do you have questions after a breakup that were left unanswered? Well Lydia did, so she sent a questionnaire to all her ex-partners and made a show out of it. ‘Closure?’ is a one act comedy performance lecture, that follows Lydia De La Murrãy on her journey of self-discovery, through analysing all her past relationships…in detail.

Lydia is a cheesy music loving, serial dating, northern lass, who is seeking closure after a particularly dysfunctional relationship that was swarmed with controversy and drama; so naturally it needed to be made into a show.

If you like statistics, interpretive dance, and Danial Bedingfield then you’ll love this show. Audiences will leave laughing, deciding whether Lydia has actually gained closure and with some noughties classics stuck in their heads.

Date: Wednesday 29th May 2024

Time: 11:00-12:00

Venue: Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick B67 5RJ

Admission fee: Free

Age rating: 3+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Come and meet Ninja dancers to play with light and shadow!

Club Ninja is a participatory dance workshop for families with children aged 3-7. Watch, play and dance with Ninja as you explore shadow dance together.

Only one booking needed per family, spaces are very limited.

Date: Thursday 30th May 2024

Time: 11:00-12:00

Venue: Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick B67 5RJ

Admission fee: Free

Age rating: 3-7

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Come and meet Ninja dancers to play with light and shadow!

Club Ninja is a participatory dance workshop for families with children aged 3-7. Watch, play and dance with Ninja as you explore shadow dance together.

Please book a place for each child attending.

by Seven Circles

Date: Saturday 1st June 2024

Time: 11:00 & 14:00

Show length: 50 minutes

Venue: Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN

Admission fee: various ticket options, see booking link

Age rating: 0-6 years

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Rip, fold and scrumple! Shall we see what we can make with a single square of paper? As you scrunch the paper, see how your imagination begins to dance… Dive into the magical world of Club Origami, an immersive and interactive dance show inviting family audiences to create, imagine and explore whole new ways of thinking, playing, and moving.

Dance, fashion, and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land made purely of paper and play.

“Full of imagination, and creativity springing from an empty page” The Guardian

Grusha’s Theatre Company

Date: Friday 7th June 2024

Time: 19:30

Show length: 60 minutes

Venue: Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick B67 5RJ

Admission fee: £5

Age rating: 11+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Babsolutely Fabulous is a play written by former Birmingham Poet Laureate and Guardian journalist Adrian Johnson for Grusha’s Theatre Company of Smethwick. It is the story of three amazing and controversial Black Country women: Sylvia King – builder of a massive people’s fun palace in West Bromwich, Edna Kirby- Walsall’s manufacturer of the UK’s finest leather gloves and Dorothy Round - Dudley’s two times Wimbledon tennis champion. They are on a mission, unexpectedly gathered together in the Wolverhampton offices of The Express & Star, to reclaim their own story of remarkable achievement from the sensational front page newspaper reports, myth, local legend, and sceptical newshounds. All three larger than life Black Country women have their side of the story to tell but, will they succeed, listen and learn from each other's tale that includes soaring success and some devastating disaster? Whatever else happens it’s guaranteed to be Babsolutely Fabulous!

by Kepow Theatre Company

Date: Friday 21st June 2024

Time: 19:00

Show length: 90 minutes

Venue: Glasshouse Arts Centre, Wollaston Rd, Amblecote, Stourbridge DY8 4HF

Admission fee: Pay What You Can

Age rating: 8+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Fresh from a sell out world tour! Seven Ages is a wonderful comedy theatre show which explores the idea that we go through seven stages in life. Taking true stories from his own upbringings Tomlinson (with the help of co-performer Abi Hood) create amusing and touching scenes based on a variety of topics such as: going to school, falling in love, finding a job, having a child and growing old disgracefully!

Seven Ages has been praised for it's wonderful combination of comedy, drama and pathos, as it aims to explore two of the most important questions one can ever ask oneself: Why am I here? and What's important in my life?

A truly unique show that makes one re-assess one's priorities in life, whilst simultaneously making you laugh. Suitable for 8-108 year olds.

This is a Young Promoters event

by Paulus The Cabaret Geek

Date: Saturday 29th June 2024

Time: 19:30

Show length: 85 minutes

Venue: Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick B67 5RJ

Admission fee: £5 in advance, £8 on the door

Age rating: 14+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Featuring the star of BBC1's 'All Together Now', Paulus The Cabaret Geek with Michael Roulston (Fascinating Aïda) on piano, it’s an evening of pure joy filled with Victoria's best-loved songs.

This show is for those who loved Vic and for those yet to discover her, to come together and relish her breathtaking wizardry with words.

So, pair your stilettos with your oven glove, zip-up your cocktail slacks and get booking!

by Scarlet Oak Theatre

Date: Sunday 11th August 2024

Time: 11:00 & 14:00

Show length: 60 minutes

Venue: Lightwoods House, Adkins Lane, Bearwood, Smethwick B67 5DP

Admission fee: £0-£4

Age rating: 5+

Access: Disabled access & toilet

The Zoo That Comes To You follows the impassioned attempts of two animal enthusiasts to share their love of and concern for animals with the world. They have spent the last eight years taking in animals that need respite, care or a temporary home and have (accidentally) ended up with a sanctuary full of animals.

Come and meet this eclectic group of animals as they discuss their life experiences and the challenges they face in a rapidly changing world dominated by humans.

Date: Friday 10th May 2024

Time: 18:00

Venue: Brushstrokes Community Project, 253 High Street, Smethwick B66 3NJ

Admission fee: Free

Age rating: 15

Access: Disabled access & toilet

U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

No need to book

Date: Thursday 16th May 2024

Time: 11:00

Venue: Beacon Centre for the Blind, Wolverhampton Road East, Wolverhampton, WV4 6AZ

Admission fee: £5 (includes refreshments)

Age rating: 15

Access: Disabled access & toilet

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

Contact Mary to book: 01902 880111 or mspiers@beaconvision.org

Date: Tuesday 28th May 2024

Time: 13:00

Venue: Rowley Regis Disability Centre, Rowley Village, Rowley Regis, B65 9AT

Admission fee: £3

Age rating: 12A

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Booking is essential, to book call Clive on 07905 065770

Date: Thursday 30th May 2024

Time: 13:00

Venue: Wesley Centre for All, Spring Head, Wednesbury, WS10 9AD

Admission fee: £1

Age rating: 12A

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

To book, call the Wesley Centre at 0121 556 0420 on Saturdays - Tuesdays only.

If there is no answer, please leave a message with your name, phone number, how many spaces you would like to reserve, and the names of all the people you are reserving for.

You will receive a phone call to confirm.

Date: Thursday 30th May 2024

Time: 11:30

Venue: Glebefields Library, Glebefields Estate, St Mark's Road, Tipton DY4 0SZ

Admission fee: Pay What You Can

Age rating: PG

Access: Disabled access & toilet

Armed with nothing but a hatful of dreams, young chocolatier Willy Wonka manages to change the world, one delectable bite at a time.

Book Here

Date: Friday 31st May 2024

Time: 15:00

Venue: Blackheath Library, 145 High St, Blackheath, Rowley Regis B65 0EA

Admission fee: Pay What You Can

Age rating: U

Access: Disabled access & toilet

The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

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Date: Thursday 20th June 2024

Time: 11:00

Venue: Beacon Centre for the Blind, Wolverhampton Road East, Wolverhampton, WV4 6AZ

Admission fee: £5 (includes refreshments)

Age rating: U

Access: Disabled access & toilet

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

Contact Mary to book: 01902 880111 or mspiers@beaconvision.org

Date: Tuesday 25th June 2024

Time: 13:00

Venue: Rowley Regis Disability Centre, Rowley Village, Rowley Regis, B65 9AT

Admission fee: £3

Age rating: 15

Access: Disabled access & toilet

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Booking is essential, to book call Clive on 07905 065770

Date: Thursday 18th July 2024

Time: 11:00

Venue: Beacon Centre for the Blind, Wolverhampton Road East, Wolverhampton, WV4 6AZ

Admission fee: £5 (includes refreshments)

Age rating: 12A

Access: Disabled access & toilet

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Contact Mary to book: 01902 880111 or mspiers@beaconvision.org

Date: Tuesday 23rd July 2024

Time: 13:00

Venue: Rowley Regis Disability Centre, Rowley Village, Rowley Regis, B65 9AT

Admission fee: £3

Age rating: 12A

Access: Disabled access & toilet

She left the land of Marks and Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin. Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a feelgood comedy following one dysfunctional family's journey from 1968 West Yorkshire to 19-below-freezing East Germany and back again. Mr Ratcliffe fought for the cause, but his wife fought for their family: a teenage sex goddess and a 12-year-old Communist spy. Will Mr Ratcliffe throw out his party cad and fall in love with his brave new wife?

Booking is essential, to book call Clive on 07905 065770