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Joined September 2009
He's here! ⛄ Meet The Snowman! Brought to life by the award-winning puppet designer Tahra Zafar, this is the magical friend who'll be taking this evenings' sold out audience (and many, many more!) on an unforgettable journey through the night sky. Come and make a new snowman memory with us... We can't wait for you to discover the wonder, friendship and winter magic waiting in this brand new production! 🌟 📅 Must End Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw 📽️ Irina Mackie
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Our BRAND NEW TRAILER for The Snowman™ is here! Get ready to journey through the night, glide hand-in-hand across starlit skies, and discover a world of wonder, friendship and winter magic. ☃️✨ For a strictly limited time only. Don't miss your chance! 📅 Must End Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw 🎥 @NoClassCreation
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Director and Choreographer: Will Tuckett Production Design: Anna Fleischle Snowman designed by: Tahra Zafar Video Design: Nina Dunn for PixelLux Lighting Design: Matt Daw Sound Design: Kelsh Buckman-Drage Illusions: Chris Fisher Puppet Design: Daisy Beattie Flying Directors Adam Bailey and Floyd Hughes for Flying by Foy Casting Director: Amy Beadel CDG For Grindrod Burton Casting Musical Director: Andy Massey Associate Puppetry Director: Emma Brunton Associate Production Designer: Kezi Ferguson Assistant Director and Choreographer: Paul James Rooney
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Your reactions have been absolutely magical! ✨❄️ We've loved seeing children discover the magic of The Snowman™, and adults leaving feeling like children again. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic before it melts away... ☃️ 📅 Must End Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw 📸 Johan Persson
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"Atmospheric, tense, spooky and terrifying" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Feast your eyes upon the chilling new trailer for The Turn of the Screw. This brand-new stage adaptation of Henry James' seminal ghost story arrives NEXT WEEK, and tickets are running out FAST! Featuring powerful performances, illusions and spine-tingling suspense, this world premiere productions will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Will you dare to discover what lurks in the shadows... 🕯️ 📅 Thu 29 – Sat 31 Oct 🎟️ bit.ly/4wOdlhQ 📽️ by Michael-David McKernan
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Did you catch us on BBC Midlands Today yesterday? 📺❄️ We had the most wonderful time chatting about The Snowman™ and giving everyone a peek into what audiences can expect from this gravity-defying new production! ☃️ And if you missed it... well, there's only one thing for it - come and experience the magic for yourself! This magical production runs at The Rep until Sun 1 Nov, before heading to the West End! 🎟️ Tickets on sale from: bit.ly/4uAl8zw
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Audiences from our first two previews have already fallen in love with The Snowman™, and we're absolutely melting at your reactions! ❄️ Thank you to everyone who joined us for those first precious performances. 🩵 And to those who haven't booked yet, there's still time to experience this brand-new production for yourself this half-term... 📅 Must End Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw 📸 Johan Persson
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Swipe to to experience The Snowman™ as you've never seen it before! ❄️ We're delighted to share these first look production images from our brand-new world premiere production! ☃️ CAST Teague Applegate, Andrew Ashton, Serafina Sofia Barbieri, Ross Black, Tasha Chu, Eleanor Copping, Kynda Ng, Alice O'Brien, Andrii Osadchyi, Suzy Osadchyi, Ben Randall and Aaron Smyth. With Felix, Jake, Tristan and Tate sharing the role of The Boy. CREATIVES Based on the Book by: Raymond Briggs Music and Libretto: Howard Blake Director and Choreographer: Will Tuckett Production Design: Anna Fleischle Snowman designed by: Tahra Zafar Video Design: Nina Dunn for PixelLux Lighting Design: Matt Daw Sound Design: Kelsh Buckman-Drage Illusions: Chris Fisher Puppet Design: Daisy Beattie Flying Directors Adam Bailey and Floyd Hughes for Flying by Foy Casting Director: Amy Beadel CDG For Grindrod Burton Casting Musical Director: Andy Massey Associate Puppetry Director: Emma Brunton Associate Production Designer: Kezi Ferguson Assistant Director and Choreographer: Paul James Rooney 📸 1-3: Andrew Ashton (The Snowman) and Tate (The Boy) 📸 Tate (The Boy) and Aaron Smyth (The Snowman) 📸 Teague Applegate (Father Christmas), Alice O'Brien (Frosti) and Tasha Chu (Ensemble) 📸 The Company of The Snowman™ Photos by Johan Persson 📅 Runs at Birmingham Rep until Sun 1 Nov, ahead of West End run 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw The stage show based upon the book by Raymond Briggs and the film directed by Dianne Jackson and produced by John Coates By Arrangement with Snowman Enterprises Limited and Chester Music Limited © Snowman Enterprises Limited 2026 THE SNOWMAN™ Snowman Enterprises Limited
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🌈 Back for an incredible third year, our LGBTQTeeHee! Comedy Festival 2026 is almost here, and this year's cohort have been absolutely brilliant! This team of budding comedians from the LGBTQ+ community still have about five weeks of comedy workshops and support left before they turn their experiences into comedy gold and take to the stage in November! 🎤✨ Join us for two nights of pure joy as each performer shares 5 minutes of brand-new material, performing alongside Birmingham's comedy royalty. Trust us, you'll laugh your socks off! 📅 Fri 27 & Sat 28 Nov 2026 🎟️ bit.ly/3WhVT8f Presented by Birmingham Rep, and funded by Birmingham City Council (Creative Public Health)
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Dash, race or fly to the box office as this evening, The Snowman™ lands at The Rep for it's very first preview - and it's a SOLD OUT house! 😱 Directed and choreographed by Olivier Award-winning Will Tuckett, with production design by the multi award-winning Anna Fleischle, puppets by Daisy Beattie and a brand new look to The Snowman created by Tahra Zafar - this is The Snowman as you've never seen it before! When a young boy's snowman magically comes to life, an unforgettable adventure begins... and tomorrow, so does ours! ⛄ 📸 Serafina Sofia Barbieri in rehearsals for The Snowman™ 📸 Alice O Brien, Serafina Sofia Barbieri, Eleanor Copping, Ben Randall in rehearsals for The Snowman™ 📸 Tate (The Boy) and Tasha Chu in rehearsals for The Snowman™ 📸 The company in rehearsals for The Snowman™ 📸 Jake, Felix, Tate and Tristan (The Boy) in rehearsals for The Snowman™ Photography by © Johan Persson 📅 Must End Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw
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Are you ready for tomorrow night? Made You Look arrives on our stage - "It's 6/5 stars... Master of his craft is thrown around a lot. But rarely do we see someone practise it quite like this" (★★★★★★ Brighton Journal) This fiercely honest performance fuses poetry, physical theatre, visual art, and sound to create a piece of theatre that demands to be witnessed. 📅 Wed 21 & Thu 22 Oct 🎟️ bit.ly/3TzP8NI 📸 Paul Stringer
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Behind the magic... ✨🎨 Take a peek behind the scenes with our brilliant Paintshop and Scenic Art team. Our Head of Scenic Art, Laura O'Connell shows us a glimpse of what her team has been up to, as they transform Anna Fleischle's beautiful designs into reality - painting the house, crafting walls of ice, and bringing those iconic hedgerows and trees from Raymond Briggs’ original illustrations to life on our stage! Want to see this winter wonderland for yourself? Get your tickets to the world premiere of this brand-new production and experience the magic for yourself! ❄️ 📅 Tue 20 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw 📽️ Irina Mackie
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Why do you need to see Darkling? Because some stories demand to be told. 🏭 Linnea Berthelsen (Stranger Things) delivers a gripping performance in this epic tale of a life ravaged by ecological disaster. Set in Bhopal, India, 1984 - a city of lakes where a girl grows up with her father and sister, until a giant factory rises and tears everything apart. Don't miss this devastating story, powerfully told. 📅 Fri 30 & Sat 31 Oct 🎟️ bit.ly/4fGzwR7
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Alex Moran, producer and main actor from The Void 🌌, had a chat with @brmbbirmingham all about playing Flint and why audiences are going to be thrilled (and chilled 😱 ) by Thunder Road Theatre's much anticipated return to The Rep this Halloween season! Last year, all three performances of Shock Horror sold out and now the last tickets are only available for the matinee - don't miss this one! 🚀 🚨 Final tickets remain: Wed 28 Oct, 2.45pm 🎟️ bit.ly/4x9BTSG 📸 Marc Brenner
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Don't know what to expect from Made You Look? 👀 Well, Made You Look is Ty’rone Haughton's fearless one-man show all about masculinity, identity, and resilience in today’s Britain. Don't miss this blend of theatre and poetry exploration coming to our stage this Wednesday and Thursday.🎭💥 📅 Wed 21 & Thu 22 Oct 🎟️ bit.ly/3TzP8NI 📸 Paul Stringer
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Our world premiere of our brand-new production of The Snowman™ is starting to look like the hottest ticket this autumn (ironic, we know! ❄️), with the FIRST FOUR performances selling out fast! Limited tickets remain - book now before they disappear! ☃️ ✅ Best availability: Sat 24 Oct at 3pm Sun 25 Oct at 11am ✴️ Selling fast!: Sat 24 Oct at 11am Sun 25 Oct at 3pm 🆘 Limited availability: Wed 21 Oct at 10.15am | All tickets £22 Thu 22 Oct at 10.15am | All tickets £22 Fri 23 Oct at 4pm 📅 Tue 20 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/3JV2KyN 📸 Johan Persson
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The Rep has a ghost problem… it doesn’t have its own ghost story. Yet. This October, we’re calling on brave young storytellers to create one. 🗓️Thu 29 Oct ⏰10am - 4pm 🔗 bit.ly/4zqczbV Step behind the scenes on an exclusive backstage tour of The Rep and uncover the secrets hidden within its walls. Then, take part in exciting storytelling workshops where you’ll develop the skills, confidence and imagination to craft a spine-tingling ghost story of your very own. As darkness falls, gather your friends and family for a special ghost-story sharing and bring your chilling tale to life for the very first time. Will your story become The Rep’s very own legend? Join us and find out… if you dare.
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Behind the magic... ✨❄️ Step into the world of The Snowman™ as multi award-winning Production Designer Anna Fleischle and director & choreographer Will Tuckett share some creative insights behind bringing the stunning visual world of The Snowman to life! Alongside our incredible team of makers, painters and costume creators, Anna's designs are set to transforms our stage into something truly spectacular. Want to see Anna's stunning design work in action? 🤔 Get your tickets to the world premiere of this brand-new production and experience the magic for yourself! 📅 Tue 20 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 🎟️ bit.ly/4uAl8zw 📽️ Irina Mackie
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Half-term plans sorted! 🎃 This month, we're inviting ages 6-8 and 9-11 to join us for Play in a Day! Play in a Day lets young theatre-makers aged 6-11 come into The Rep and create, perform and work together in their very own play in just one day! From exploring behind the scenes to crafting spooky stories (exclusively for our 9-11s!), it's a day packed with creativity, collaboration and plenty of theatrical magic. ✨ Plus, you'll get to share your performance with families at the end of the day! Two age groups, two brilliant days of theatre-making: 🔗 6-8 year olds: bit.ly/4hUMNp1 🔗 9-11 year olds: bit.ly/47mSmIa 🕓 Tue 27 or Wed 28 Oct at 10am – 4pm 📍 Creative Learning Hub at The Rep
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