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Tuesday 11 September - 9.15am at The AbbeyRoyal Shakespeare CompanyThe Merry Wives of Windsor - William ShakespeareDirector: Fiona LairdCompany includes David TroughtonDown on his luck, Sir John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. But it’s the women of Windsor who really pull the strings!

Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon Stalls £48.75 Circle £48.75

Wednesday 12 September - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraDvorak: OthelloBartok: Violin Concerto No. 1Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)Soloist: Gidon Kremer - violinConductor: Omer Meir Wellber

Venue: Symphony Hall Choir £26.75 Front Stalls £26.75Rear Stalls £36.75 Circle £36.75 Circle Ledge £42.00 Grand Tier £26.75

Saturday 22 September - 5.10pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraShostakovich: Festive OvertureSaint-Saens: Danse macabreWieniawski: Legende, Op.17; Polonaise, Op.4 No. 1 (15')Glazunov: The Seasons - AutumnKreisler: Tambourin Chinois and Liebesleid (8')Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Act 1 FinaleSoloist: Jennifer Pike - violinConductor: Stephen Bell

Venue: Symphony Hall

Choir £26.75 Front Stalls £26.75Rear Stalls £36.75 Circle £36.75Circle Ledge £42.00 Grand Tier £26.75

Tuesday 25 September - 5.10pm at The AbbeyRebus: Long Shadows - Ian RankinAdapted by Rona Munro and featuring Charles Lawson as JohnRebus..DI John Rebus is retired but the shadows of his former life still follow him through the streets of Edinburgh.

Venue: The House, Birmingham Rep.

£29.00, £36.00, £43.00

Venue: CBSO Centre, Birmingham

£21.50

(concert seats unreserved)

Thursday 27 September - 10.55am at St Chad’sCentre Stage - CBSO PlayersMendelssohn: String Octet in E flat Followed by a visit to Winterbourne House and Garden, a rare example of an early 20th century suburban villa and garden.

Venue: Hippodrome

Stalls £25.50, £28.00, £32.25Circle £25.50, £28.00, £32.25

Thursday 27 September - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraTchaikovsky: Romeo and JulietRachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniPuccini: Intermezzi from Madam Butterfly and Manon LescautRespighi: Feste RomaneSoloist: Pavel Kolesnikov - pianoConductor: Alpesh Chauhan



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Wednesday 03 October - 5.40pm at The AbbeyBirmingham Royal Ballet - Double BillThe King Dances

Ignite Music: Stephen Montague Choreography: David Bintley

(World premiere)Music: Kate Whitley Choreography: Juanjo Arques

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Sunday 07 October - 1.10pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraSkalkottas: Four Images (12')Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1Koukos: In Memoriam (4')Beethoven: Symphony No. 7Soloist: Yulianna Avdeeva - pianoConductor: Constantinos Carydis

Wednesday 10 October - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraRavel: La ValseKorngold: Violin ConcertoRavel: Valses Nobles et SentimentalesBernstein: West Side Story - Symphonic DancesSoloist: Baiba Skride - violinConductor: Kazuki Yamada

Thursday 11 October - 5.40pm at The AbbeyThe Wipers Times - Ian Hislop & Nick NewmanThis play tells the true and extraordinary story of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme. Far from being a sombre journal about life in the trenches, two officers produced a cheerful and very funny newspaper.

Thursday 18 October - 5.40pm at The ShirehallMy Mother Said I Never Should - Charlotte KeatleySet in Manchester, Oldham and London, this play is a poignant, bittersweet story about love, jealousy and the price of freedomand details the lives of four women through the immense social changes of the twentieth century.NO WELLINGTON BOARDING

Thursday 25 October - 12.15pm at St. Chad’sCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraWagner: The Flying Dutchman - OvertureMozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467Sibelius: Symphony No. 1Soloist: Benjamin Grosvenor - pianoConductor: Vassily Sinaisky

Thursday 01 November - 9.15am at The AbbeyRoyal Shakespeare CompanyTroilus and Cressida - William ShakespeareDirector: Gregory DoranTroilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another but in the seventh year of the siege of Troy their innocence is tested, and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war, with tragic consequences.

Venue: The House, Birmingham Rep.

£29.00, £36.00, £43.00

Venue: Town Hall, Birmingham

Front Stalls £26.75 Centre Stalls £26.75Circle £26.75

Venue: Anthony Hopkins Theatre Theatre Clwyd, Mold

£29.00, £36.00



Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon

Stalls £50.75Circle £50.75



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Wednesday 17 October - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBrahms: Variations on a Theme by HaydnHaydn: Oboe Concerto in C majorDebussy (arr. Silvestrini): Rhapsody for Cor Anglais & Orch.Bizet: Symphony in CSoloist/Director: Francois Leleux

Thursday 01 November - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBeethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus - OvertureDvorak: Cello ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony No. 6Soloist: Paul Watkins - celloConductor: Alexander Verdernikov



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Sunday 04 November - 5.10pm at The AbbeyCBSO Youth OrchestraBritten: Sinfonia da RequiemShostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)Conductor: Michael Seal

Tuesday 06 November - 5.50pm at The AbbeyThey Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay! - Dario FoA Northern Broadsides production adapted by Deborah McAndrew which tells the story of Anthea who gets mixed up in a riot at her local supermarket and seizes the opportunity to stock her empty cupboards and those of her friend. But what will the two women tell their law-abiding husbands?NO WELLINGTON BOARDING

Thursday 08 November - 12.15pm at St Chad’sCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraDukas: The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeMozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, K.503Rachmaninov: Symphonic DancesSoloist: Jeremy Denk - pianoConductor: Elim Chan

Wednesday 14 November - 5.25pm at The AbbeyWelsh National OperaLa traviata - VerdiCast includes Linda Richardson as Violetta, Kang Wang as Alfredo, and Roland Wood as Germont.Conductor: James SouthallSung in Italian with English surtitles

Wednesday 14 November - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraJanacek: Taras Bulba Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5Soloist: Sergej Krylov - violinConductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky


Front Stalls £23.25 Rear Stalls £23.25Circle £23.25 Circle Ledge £23.25

Venue: Hippodrome

Stalls £40.25*, £46.25, £54.25Circle £40.25, £46.25, £54.25

*Surtitles may not be visible


Choir £26.75 Front Stalls £26.75 Rear Stalls: £36.75 Circle £36.75 Circle Ledge £42.00 Grand Tier £26.75

Venue: Hippodrome

Stalls £40.25*, £46.25, £54.25Circle £40.25, £46.25, £54.25


Venue: New Vic Theatre Newcastle-under-Lyme £25.00

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Saturday 17 November - 4.40pm at The AbbeyWelsh National OperaWar and Peace - ProkofievCast includes Lauren Michelle as Natasha, Mark Le Brocq as Pierre, Jonathan McGovern as Andrei, Leah-Marian Jones as Marie, Jurgita Adamonyte as Helene, Adrian Dwyer as Anatole, James Platt as Count Rostov, and David Stout as Dolokhov. Conductor: Tomas HanusSung in English with English surtitles


Thursday 15 November - 5.25pm at The AbbeyWelsh National OperaLa Cenerentola - RossiniWith Tara Erraught as Angelina, Aoife Miskelly as Clorida, Heather Lowe as Tisbe, Wojtek Gierlach as Alidoro, Giorgio Caoduro as Dandini, Fabio Capitanucci as Don Magnifico, and Matteo Maccioni as Don Ramiro.Conductor: Tomas HanusSung in Italian with English surtitles

Venue: Hippodrome

Stalls £40.25*, £46.25, £54.25Circle £40.25, £46.25, £54.25


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Wednesday 21 November - 5.50pm at The AbbeyDracula - Bram StokerA brand-new stage adaptation of one of the most iconic novels ever written, Dracula remains the father of all gothic thrillers and this production brings out all the spine-chilling fear. Are you up for it?

Venue: Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

Rear Stalls £26.00 Front Stalls £30.00Side Circle £26.00 Centre Circle £30.00

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Saturday 24 November - 5.10pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/KremerataBalticaWeinberg: Symphony No. 21 (UK premiere)Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15Soloist: Gidon Kremer - violinConductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

Tuesday 27 November - 12.25pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBrahms: Piano Concerto No. 2Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - HighlightsSoloist: Rudolf Buchbinder - pianoCBSO Children’s ChorusConductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

Saturday 01 December - 10.35am at The AbbeyThe Habit of Art - Alan BennettBased on a fictional meeting between the poet W.H. Auden and the composer Benjamin Britten, this multi-layered play deals with sex, death, creativity, and biography with the author’s characteristic wit and wistfulness.

Wednesday 12 December - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraTchaikovsky: Capriccio ItalienBruch: Violin Concerto No. 1Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1Soloist: Ray Chen - violinConductor: Daniele Rustioni

Thursday 13 December - 9.15am at The AbbeyRoyal Shakespeare CompanyA Christmas Carol - Charles DickensDirector: Rachel KavanaughA new adaptation by David Edgar of this ghostly, festive tale about redemption and compassion. The central character of Ebenezer Scrooge is one of literature’s greatest inventions.

Tuesday 16 April 2019 - 5.40pm at The AbbeyLes Miserables - Based on the novel by Victor HugoMusic: Claude-Michel SchonbergEnglish Libretto: Herbert KretzmerSet in 19th century France, this musical is the story of Jean Valjean and his quest for redemption after serving 19 years in jail for having stolen a loaf of bread for his sister’s starving child.




Front Stalls £26.75 Rear Stalls £36.75 Circle £36.75 Circle Ledge £42.00 Grand Tier £26.75

Venue: Festival Theatre, Malvern

Stalls £29.25, £30.75Circle £27.00, £29.25

Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon

Stalls £50.75Circle £50.75

Venue: Hippodrome

Stalls £41.50, £50.50, £58.00Circle £41.50, £50.50, £58.00



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