New Season Announced: Winter 24 - Spring 25

Tue 11 – Sat 15 Mar 2025

Step into the fading American Dream in Arthur Miller’s masterpiece Death of a Salesman here at The Rep this March.

This gripping tale pitting a father’s expectations against his sons’ realities is as relevant and as poignant now as it was when it first exploded on the theatre scene in 1949. With star casting to be announced, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play is back in a new production, taking you on an enthralling journey through the final 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life.

Thu 27 – Fri 28 Mar 2025

Now in its 23rd year, Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black returns to The Rep for the third time with a brand new double bill!

This multi award-winning is the UK/Europe’s first black professional neoclassical Ballet company and has transformed the landscape of
British ballet, creating a prominent platform for dancers and artists of Black and Asian descent.

The company was established with a transformative vision for classical ballet, encapsulated by Pancho’s powerful motto, ‘Change Not Trend.’

Fri 11 Apr – Sat 3 May 2025

Six years after its acclaimed UK premiere at The Rep, former Rep Artistic Director Roxana Silbert returns to Birmingham to direct, A Thousand Splendid Suns – adapted by Ursula Rani Sarma from Khaled Hosseini’s spiritual sequel to The Kite Runner.

Performed on the main stage from Fri 11 Apr – Sat 3 May, A Thousand Splendid Suns is set in 1992 in an Afghanistan ravaged by war. An orphaned Laila is left alone in an increasingly threatening world. Her old neighbour Rasheed is quick to open his home and takes Laila as his second wife.

After opening here at The Rep, this unflinching, life affirming drama will then tour to our co-producers Nottingham Playhouse (Tue 13 – Sat 24 May), and Leeds Playhouse (28 May – 14 June)

Thu 21 – Sat 30 Aug 2025

Sir Lenny Henry‘s children’s book The Boy With Wings has been adapted by Arvind Ethan David, who produced the stage production of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, and is directed by the Bush Theatre‘s associate artistic director, Daniel Bailey.

The world premiere of the stage play, recommended for children aged between 7 and 12, will launch at the children-focused Polka Theatre in south-west London before transferring here to The Rep from Thu 21 Aug  to Mon 30 Aug.

The play follows, Tunde, an ordinary kid who is about to become an EXTRAORDINARY hero after sprouting wings and learning that he is all that stands between Earth and total destruction.- suddenly his parents and school aren’t all he has to contend with. Luckily, his rag-tag group of pals have got his back, and with his new powers, Tunde is ready to fly in the face of danger – this is his destiny. No pressure then.