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World Bee Day 2023
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World Bee Day 2023

Wed 17 May

To celebrate and support World Bee Day (20 May) UK Productions and the Belgrade are raising awareness through The Beekeeper of Aleppo UK tour to help raise funds and support the efforts of the British Bee Charity (Charity number: 1174123) assisting them in their educational programmes in schools across the UK. Pollination is a fundamental…

Big School
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Big School

Mon 15 May

Big School is an original theatre-in-education programme for children in Year 6 that combines live professional theatre with participatory activities. It’s designed to support pupils to explore their feelings about the move to secondary school and to equip them with useful strategies for dealing with issues of transition. The programme is delivered in your school hall…

Belgrade Theatre & Social Prescribing – A Journey Toward Understanding
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Belgrade Theatre & Social Prescribing – A Journey Toward Understanding

Kim Hackleman
Mon 15 May

We decided to invite some social prescribers into the building and ask them this question. We also wanted to give them the opportunity to hear about the work the Belgrade Theatre undertakes at the intersection of art and health/wellbeing and to take part in a co-created, co-led workshop by the participants and me, Kim Hackleman,…

Traffic update
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Traffic update

Thu 20 Apr

If you're coming to see a show at the Belgrade and are travelling from west of the city, please be aware that there are roadworks forcing the night time closure of the A45 from Monday 17 to Friday 21 April between the hours of 19:00 - 5:00. More information can be found here: www.coventry.gov.uk/roads-highways-pavements/roadworks Please…

Belgrade’s 65th Birthday Round-up
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Belgrade’s 65th Birthday Round-up

Thu 13 Apr

On Monday 27 March, World Theatre Day 2023, we celebrated our 65th birthday by welcoming hundreds of members of the local community through our doors for a free lunch. https://youtube.com/shorts/hQ3X2k0wpsQ The event also marked the culmination of our ‘Warm Welcome’ initiative, which helped to support people through the winter months. The initiative, which ran from…

Call Out: Local Choir & Cyclists Needed for Self-Sustaining Production
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Call Out: Local Choir & Cyclists Needed for Self-Sustaining Production

Tue 04 Apr

The Belgrade Theatre is searching for a local choir and cyclists to take part in their upcoming production of A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction, a co-production between Headlong and the Barbican, in partnership with The Belgrade, which will play in The Belgrade’s B2 auditorium from Wednesday 10 – Saturday 13…

Celebrating the Belgrade’s 65th Birthday
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Celebrating the Belgrade’s 65th Birthday

Fri 24 Mar

To mark the end of our Warm Welcome initiative, which has helped to support people through the winter months, and also to mark the Belgrade turning 65 years old, we’re opening our doors to everyone in our wonderful city, for a fabulous, and free, community lunch. Come and join us on our first-floor foyer, for…

Our 2023 Autumn / Winter Season is on ON SALE NOW!
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Our 2023 Autumn / Winter Season is on ON SALE NOW!

Mon 20 Mar

We’re delighted to reveal details of our Autumn/Winter 2023 season, which will include the WhatsOnStage Award-nominated musical adaption of The Book Thief, produced in association with Deus Ex Machina Productions, a thrilling new version of Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning produced in association with the National Theatre of Scotland and Aberdeen Performing Arts, alongside a series of nationally…

International Women’s Day 2023
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International Women’s Day 2023

Wed 08 Mar

Wed 8 Mar marks International Women’s Day 2023. A day to focus on celebrating women's achievements, raising awareness about discrimination, and taking action to drive gender parity. On Fri 10 Mar, the brand-new powerful drama Family Tree takes to the Blegrade's B2 stage after weeks of rehearsal to share the remarkable story of Henrietta Lacks.…

Coombe Abbey Renews its Support of the Belgrade
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Coombe Abbey Renews its Support of the Belgrade

Mon 13 Feb

Despite changes in leadership, major redevelopment, and the catastrophic impact of a global pandemic (for both parties), the relationship has undergone a recent evaluation and of the partnership; Director of Sales at Coombe Abbey, Kathy Nakra, says: “We are proud to be partnering with The Belgrade. As patrons of the destination we are keen to work…

Changes to the Belgrade Board of Directors
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Changes to the Belgrade Board of Directors

Tue 06 Dec

The Belgrade Theatre have announced that Chair of the Board David Hanson stepped down on 7 December 2022. Board member Nyasha Daley has stepped up as interim Chair, with recruitment for the permanent position to start in January. David took up his position in June 2021, and has successfully steered the Belgrade through a time…

The multi award-winning West End hit Life of Pi goes wild in Coventry
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The multi award-winning West End hit Life of Pi goes wild in Coventry

Thu 01 Dec

Winner of every major play award including five Oliviers. The West End ‘theatrical phenomenon’ (Telegraph) embarks on its biggest journey yet. Jaw-dropping visuals, magic and world-class puppetry, combine in a unique and ‘breath-taking’ (The Times) theatrical event that is ‘a wonder to behold’ (Daily Mail). Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors…

Belgrade’s Warm Welcome
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Belgrade’s Warm Welcome

Thu 17 Nov

From 30 November 2022 - 1 March 2023 the Belgrade Theatre, with kind support from Coventry Building Society, will be joining the national ‘Warm Welcome’ campaign, which aims to support local people through the coming winter months.

More shows from our Spring / Summer 2023 Season are on sale
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More shows from our Spring / Summer 2023 Season are on sale

Mon 14 Nov

We're delighted to announce more shows from our Spring / Summer 2023 Season, with highlights including the world premiere of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, co-produced with internationally renowned touring company Complicité, and Mojisola Adebayo’s Family Tree, in co-production with Actors Touring Company. Kicking off the season is the acclaimed stage…

Arts Council England backs the future of the Belgrade
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Arts Council England backs the future of the Belgrade

Fri 21 Oct

Arts Council England (ACE) have announced that the Belgrade Theatre Coventry has retained its status as a National Portfolio Organisation, and has been awarded an increase in its core annual funding to £1,229,552 for the period 2023 – 26, under ACE’s new strategy ‘Let’s Create’. Chief Executive, Laura Elliot, and Creative Director, Corey Campbell, said:…

Meet the artists taking over B2 this autumn
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Meet the artists taking over B2 this autumn

Wed 12 Oct

Ty'rone Haughton, Open Theatre Ensemble, Sam Barrowcliffe, and Dan Edge, Steven George and John Quinn will each be taking up residency in B2 for a week to work on exciting new projects. They are supported with funding and resources from the Belgrade Theatre, as part of a scheme to make the Theatre more inclusive and…

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