2025 is fast approaching & with it comes a new year of great shows in Birmingham & across the Midlands. We've picked just a few of our faves

Adapted by Mark Gatiss’, ‘A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story’ is an acclaimed re-telling of Charles Dickens’ winter classic,

Here & Now: The Steps Musical is a sparkling, brand-new production premiering in Birmingham; based on the pop classics of Steps.

(Very loosely) based on the court case that amused the nation, Gwyneth Goes Skiing is a hilarious, high-camp show from Awkward Productions

After The Act: A Section 28 Musical is a production based on commentary from people who experienced living under the infamous Section 28

“Santi and Naz is a coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of the India/Pakistan partition," Farah Ashraf tells Midlands Rainbow

Adapted from Terry Ronald’s best-selling novel, Becoming Nancy at The Rep, Birmingham is the UK premiere of this new musical

Four Felons and a Funeral is a queer, rom-com, road-trip musical

Here You Come Again: The New Dolly Parton Musical is a jukebox musical full of some of Dolly's biggest hits

Boy Out The City is the autobiographical début one-man show from Declan Bennett

The Wizard of Oz at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre stars Drag Race UK winner, The Vivienne as the Wicked Witch of the West

The School for Scandal at the RSC is a new production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 'comedy of manners' play

Jonathan Blake is a British gay rights activist from Birmingham, perhaps best known for his role in Lesbians and Gays support the Miners.

My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) is a multi-award-winning show by playwright Rob Madge.