Climate change, plastic waste and sea temperatures rising. This really is the last straw. Action is needed and the children of the world are taking matters into their own hands!

Join them as they strike out together, determined to be heard.

Are they too small to really make a big difference?

Can they make the grown ups listen?

This exclusive reworking of Rae Mainwaring’s play about the power of collective protest is written specifically for younger performers and performed by our Young Rep Juniors.

Director: Jasmin Hylton

See the full cast list here.

Does anyone really know where their story starts?
Do you?
Maybe it only really starts when you tell it.
Maybe it’s starting right now.

Devised against the backdrop of an ever-changing world in the wake of COVID-19, a group of young people have come together to tell the story of their lives – past, present and future. Initially created on Zoom and then staged in December 2021 at The Rep, the company are thrilled to be re-mounting this performance for Uncommon Riches Festival. When This is All Over captures the extraordinary, funny and surprising moments that can change our lives forever. Devised by the Young Rep company with Filiz Ozcan and Robert Beck. As part of Company Three’s When This is All Over Project.

Open Theatre use nonverbal physical theatre to collaborate with young people with learning disabilities, creating quality art which reflects and celebrates their unique creativity. They wholeheartedly believe in the ability of young people with learning disabilities to contribute to the creative and cultural life of the places where they live, and work as advocates for their valued involvement as artists and leaders.

For Uncommon Riches they are creating a physical theatre response to the Commonwealth Games and what it means to us as young people who live in and around Birmingham. It will be wacky, wild and one to remember!

LouDeemY Productions are a theatre and arts company who create and deliver exciting, unique and innovative multimedia Performance, Poetry, Comedy, Drama, Theatre, Film, and Photography. Their performance will include poetry from some of their participants and a short extract from their play What Myra DID, which gives the audience a peek into the life of women living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D). The play contains adult themes, possible triggers and strong language, and is recommended for ages 18+

Adult Drama is a diverse group of performers from across the city and the region who meet weekly to share and create theatre. In recent years the Adult Drama company have performed in Beneath the City (2020), Scenes From A Brummie Iliad (2019) alongside Lightpost Theatre and group members have been involved as community cast in shows such as Woyzeck (2018), Anita and Me (2015) and Stadium (2017). This summer the Adult Drama Company explores the ways in which the Commonwealth impacts people today. From the inspiration and celebration that comes with the games to the stories that unpick a world of difference. We reflect on history and ask questions of the future. How rich can the Commonwealth be?