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  • Shows

    The Party Girls

    Tue 9 to Sat 13 Sep 2025

    Amy Rosenthal's compelling, touching and witty new play explores the sensational story of the Mitford sisters.

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    Troubled

    Wed 10 Sep 2025

    Troubled is an explosive tale of love, loss and human connection - told with tea and biscuits.

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    Jimmy Cricket’s Big Show

    Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Midday Variety favourite Jimmy Cricket celebrates his 80th birthday with a big afternoon of entertainment!

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    Fastlove

    Thu 18 Sep 2025

    Direct from London’s West End, this is the world’s favourite George Michael celebration!

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    Live at the Belgrade – Apollo Greats

    Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Round up your friends and join us for an uplifting night of laughter in Coventry!

  • Building Tours

    Heritage Open Day – Guided Tour of the Belgrade Theatre

    20 Sep

    As part of this year's Heritage Open Days we are offering three guided walking tours of our Grade II listed building.

  • HUBS Taster Session 2025

    Sat 20 Sep 2025

    Our popular Theatre HUBS return this autumn, and this year, we will be running a familiarisation session before the groups start back

  • Shows

    Rewind: The Journey of Soul, R&B and UK Garage

    Sat 20 Sep 2025

    This electrifying live show brings the soundtrack of the 90s and 00s back to life with powerhouse vocalists, explosive choreography, and a party-starting host in Richard Blackwood - one of the UK’s most iconic entertainers.

  • Shows

    The Rocky Horror Show

    Mon 22 to Sat 27 Sep 2025

    Ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments, Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show comes to Coventry as part of a new world tour. 

  • Take part

    5-7s Junior Drama Classes Autumn 2025

    Tue 23 Sep - Tue 2 Dec 2025

    The Belgrade's popular drama classes for 5-7s are back this autumn term, helping your child learn new skills, improve their confidence, embrace creativity, and make new friends.

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    8-11s Junior Drama Classes Autumn 2025

    Wed 24 Sep - Wed 3 Dec 2025

    The Belgrade's popular drama classes for 8-11s are back this autumn term, helping your child learn new skills, improve their confidence, embrace creativity, and make new friends.

  • Take part

    Adult Acting Classes – Wednesdays – Autumn 2025

    Wed 24 Sep - Wed 3 Dec 2025

    Join the Belgrade's programme of weekly workshops, designed to stretch your creativity and develop performance skills in a supportive environment.

  • Take part

    Adult Acting Classes – Thursdays – Autumn 2025

    Thu 25 Sep - Thu 4 Dec 2025

    Join the Belgrade's programme of weekly workshops, designed to stretch your creativity and develop performance skills in a supportive environment.

  • Shows

    The Real Queens of Bollywood

    Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Step into the world of Bollywood music as we honour the legendary women whose voices have defined generations of cinema. Join us for an unforgettable night of live music, stunning dance & the timeless magic of Bollywood!

  • Take part

    14-19s Theatre HUB 25/26

    Sat 27 Sep 2025 - Sat 11 Jul 2026

    Join the Belgrade's 14-19s Theatre Hub and develop your performance and theatre-making skills, while meeting new people in a fun and supportive environment.

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    11-14s Theatre HUB 25/26

    Sat 27 Sep 2025 - Sat 11 Jul 2026

    Join the Belgrade's 11-14s Theatre Hub and develop your performance and theatre-making skills, while meeting new people in a fun and supportive environment.

  • Shows

    The Best of Queen

    Wed 1 Oct 2025

    Get ready to Break Free with the UK’s biggest Queen Tribute band – Majesty, in a brand-new show – The Break Free Tour!

  • Shows

    Swan Lake

    Wed 8 Oct 2025

    After last year’s triumphant success, Imperial Classical Ballet is proud to return to the Belgrade with their breath-taking production of Swan Lake.

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    The Nutcracker

    Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Following last year’s phenomenal success, Imperial Classical Ballet is delighted to return to the Belgrade with their breath-taking production of The Nutcracker.

  • Shows

    After Sunday

    Fri 10 to Sat 25 Oct 2025

    After Sunday is the absorbing and affecting debut play from Sophia Griffin. Directed by Corey Campbell.

  • Shows

    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

    Fri 10 Oct 2025

    English Touring Opera General Director Robin Norton-Hale directs Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia.

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    Donizetti: The Elixir of Love

    Sat 11 Oct 2025

    English Touring Opera presents Donizetti’s sparkling The Elixir of Love in a new production from Martin Constantine, Artistic Director of the pioneering Streetwise Opera.

  • Shows

    The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical

    Tue 14 to Sat 18 Oct 2025

    Following a record-breaking run in London, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is coming to the Belgrade.

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    Lost Atoms

    Tue 21 Oct to Sat 25 Oct 2025

    Following sell-out tours of Othello and Metamorphosis, Frantic Assembly returns with a brand-new play for its 30th Anniversary year

  • Shows

    Sandi Toksvig: Friends of Dorothy

    Mon 27 Oct 2025

    Come and join the comedian, broadcaster, campaigner (and tiny Danish beacon of hope) for an evening celebrating her love and passion for writers and books.

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    FRIENDS! The Musical Parody

    Tue 28 Oct to Sat 1 Nov 2025

    Get ready for non-stop laughs with your favourite Friends.

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    The Littlest Yak

    Thu 30 Oct 2025

    This adaptation of the award-winning book will delight audiences with beautiful puppets, catchy tunes and an uplifting tale of self-acceptance.

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    Grandad Anansi

    Fri 31 Oct 2025

    An uplifting tale of love, courage and letting go.

  • Shows

    Ballet Black: SHADOWS

    Tue 4 Nov 2025

    Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black makes its debut at the Belgrade with an incredible double-bill.

  • Shows

    Ordinary Decent Criminal

    Tue 4 to Sat 8 Nov 2025

    Set in the years following the Strangeways Prison Riot, this brand new play stars renowned political comedian Mark Thomas as a recovering addict taking part in a liberal prison experiment.

  • Shows

    Anything For Love

    Wed 5 Nov 2025

    Steve Steinman, brings you his brand-new production featuring over 25 of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman’s greatest hits.

  • Shows

    Sleeping Beauty

    Wed 19 Nov 2025 to Sat 3 Jan 2026

    The legendary Belgrade panto for 2025 will be the dreamy tale of Sleeping Beauty, and earlybird tickets are on sale NOW!

  • Shows

    The Legends of Them

    Fri 21 & Sat 22 Nov 2025

    Powered by high-octane musical numbers and a virtuoso performance, The Legends of Them is a chronicle of Sutara Gayle's extraordinary life.

  • Shows

    Well Done, Mummy Penguin

    Wed 3 Dec to Sat 3 Jan 2026

    With daring acrobatics, integrated sign language and heartwarming humour this show is the perfect wintery treat for everyone aged 3 and up.

  • Shows

    Ex Cathedra: Christmas Music By Candlelight 2025

    11 Dec

    Ex Cathedra’s visits to Coventry Cathedral have become a spellbinding Christmas tradition. Early booking is essential to avoid missing this magical concert.

  • Shows

    Legend – The Bob Marley Story

    Sat 17 Jan 2026

    Legend - The Music of Bob Marley is an unforgettable evening celebrating this musical icon in one fantastic stage show.

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    What’s Love Got To Do With It?

    Thu 22 Jan 2026

    This electrifying tribute show celebrates the music and unparalleled career of the one and only Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina Turner.

  • Dining

    Host Dining at Nineteen 58

    Sat 24 Jan 2026

    Host Dining return to Nineteen 58 for an evening of sensational cuisine.

  • Shows

    Blood Brothers

    Tue 27 to Sat 31 Jan 2026

    The multi-award winning Blood Brothers returns to the Belgrade Theatre.

  • Shows

    Queenz – Drag Me To The Disco

    Wed 4 & Thu 5 Feb 2026

    Not just another drag show - QUEENZ is a TRAILBLAZING LIVE VOCAL Drag Sensation that has taken the world by storm!

  • Shows

    Carmen

    Fri 6 & Sat 7 Feb 2026

    Featuring an impressive cast and accompanied by a live Orchestra numbering over 30 musicians.

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    There’s a Monster in Your Show

    Tue 17 to Sat 21 Feb 2026

    There's a Monster in Your Show... and he can't wait to meet you!

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    The Boy at the Back of the Class

    Wed 25 to Sat 28 Feb 2026

    After delighting audiences across the country, the smash-hit, joyful play based on the best-selling novel is back.

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    Murder at Midnight

    Tue 3 to Sat 7 Mar 2026

    From the writer of Murder in the Dark comes a deliciously twisted crime caper like no other.

  • Shows

    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

    Fri 13 & Sat 14 Mar 2026

    The worldwide comic phenomenon returns with this updated and reinvented rollercoaster ride through all 37 of the Bard’s plays.

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    War of the Worlds

    Wed 18 to Sat 21 Mar 2026

    imitating the dog mix the live and the recorded, the animate and the inanimate to create a thrilling, audacious and timely retelling of H.G. Wells’s classic novel.

  • Shows

    The James Bond Concert Spectacular

    Fri 27 Mar 2026

    The only James Bond concert created by die-hard Bond fans, for Bond fans.

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    The Choir of Man

    Tue 7 to Sat 11 Apr 2026

    Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award-nominated, worldwide smash hit - now on its first ever UK tour!

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    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    Mon 13 to Sat 18 Apr 2026

    Step into a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition. How far would you go to become someone else?

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    The Sensational 60s Experience

    Tue 21 Apr 2026

    The Sensational 60’s Experience - the biggest 60’s show on tour.

  • Shows

    Poor

    Fri 1 to Sat 9 May 2026

    Poor charts Katriona O’Sullivan’s extraordinary journey as she emerges from her childhood in Coventry and Birmingham marked by poverty, addiction and homelessness.

  • Malory Towers

    Tue 12 - Sat 16 May 2026

    Emma Rice's 'magic' Malory Towers is touring the UK again by popular demand. Get ready for high jinks, high drama and high spirits, as all set to sensational live music and breathtaking animation.

  • Shows

    Glorious!

    Mon 18 - Sat 23 May 2026

    The true story of American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, who was known for her flamboyant costumes, enigmatic performances, and decidedly off-key voice.

  • Shows

    Breakin’ Convention

    Wed 20 May 2026

    The international tour of Hip Hop dance theatre comes to Coventry.

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    The Simon and Garfunkel Story

    Thu 21 May 2026

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    The Gruffalo

    Wed 27 to Sat 30 May 2026

    Songs, laughs and monstrous fun for children aged 3 and up and their grown-ups

  • We Will Rock You

    Thu 4 - Sun 7 Jun 2026

    Prepare to be rocked as Coventry Musical Theatre Society unleashes the electrifying power of Queen in We Will Rock You—the global smash‑hit musical that has thrilled more than 20 million people worldwide.

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    Our Public House

    Thu 4 to Sat 6 Jun 2026

    A funny and big-hearted show about change, in a pub where anything can happen.

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    The Enormous Crocodile

    Thu 11 to Sun 14 Jun 2026

    A mischievous musical based on Roald Dahl’s snappy book!