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David Walliams' AWFUL AUNTIE Will Embark on Tour in 2024
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2023


The bestselling children's author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company are teaming up once again for a brand-new production of Awful Auntie. This is their latest collaboration following Demon Dentist, Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy - and the latter two both received Olivier award nominations.

DEMON DENTIST Comes to 3Olympia Theatre in July
by Stephi Wild - Apr 26, 2023


The bestselling children’s author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have teamed up for a brand-new production of Demon Dentist. This is their latest collaboration after Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy, both of which received Olivier award nominations. 

David Walliams' DEMON DENTIST Comes To 3olympia Theatre In July
by Stephi Wild - Apr 18, 2023


The bestselling children's author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have teamed up for a brand-new production of Demon Dentist. This is their latest collaboration after Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy, both of which received Olivier award nominations. 

Birmingham Stage Company Announces The Full Company For The London Run Of David Walliams' DEMON DENTIST
by Stephi Wild - Jun 28, 2022


Birmingham Stage Company has announced David Walliams' Demon Dentist will make its London première at the Bloomsbury Theatre this Christmas – running from 15 December 2022 until 8 January 2023. Find out who's in the cast and how to get tickets!

BILLIONAIRE BOY is Coming to the Milton Keynes Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2022


The bestselling children’s author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have teamed up for a brand-new tour of their hit West End production of Billionaire Boy. This is their third collaboration after the Olivier Award nominated Gangsta Granny and acclaimed Awful Auntie productions.

BILLIONAIRE BOY Comes to Swindon in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2022


The bestselling children’s author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have teamed up again for a brand-new production of Billionaire Boy. This will be their third collaboration after the Olivier Award nominated Gangsta Granny and acclaimed Awful Auntie productions.

BWW Review: BILLIONAIRE BOY, Richmond Theatre
by James Ayles - Oct 31, 2019


Adapted from the 2010 book written by celebrated author, actor, presenter and talent show judge David Walliams, Billionaire Boy brings to life familiar morality tales for a young audience.

Birmingham Stage Company Presents David Walliams' BILLIONAIRE BOY
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2019


The bestselling children's author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have today announced a new production of Billionaire Boy to tour Britain. This will be their third collaboration after the Olivier Award nominated Gangsta Granny and acclaimed Awful Auntie productions. Billionaire Boy started life as a David Walliams novel for children in 2010, published by HarperCollins Children's Books, and was filmed for the BBC in 2016. It will now embark on a national tour on 26 September 2019 from Horsham's Capitol Theatre.

Birmingham Stage Company's Production Of David Walliams' AWFUL AUNTIE To Open At Bloomsbury Theatre After Its Major Renovation
by Stephi Wild - Jun 27, 2018


Fresh from a fifteen month UK tour Birmingham Stage Company today announces a London run for David Walliams' Awful Auntie - opening the Bloomsbury Theatre following the venue's major renovation. Adapted and directed by Neal Foster the production opens on 12 December and runs until 5 January.

BWW Review: THE FALL, Southwark Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - May 4, 2018


Commissioned as part of National Youth Theatre's 60th anniversary in 2016, James Fritz's The Fall takes a candid look at young people's relationship to their elders mixing humour with a deeper contemplation of life and death.

Stage Adaptation of David Walliams's GANSTA GRANNY Returns To The West End
by Marianka Swain - May 1, 2018


Birmingham Stage Company today announces the return of their smash-hit adaptation of David Walliams's bestselling book, Gangsta Granny, to the West End. The Olivier Award and UK Theatre Award nominated production opens at the Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited two week run, opening on 16 August, with previews from 14 August, and running until 26 August. Tickets go on sale today via ATG pre-sale and general on-sale on 3 May.

Cabbage-Crunching, Criminal Mastermind Gangsta Granny to Embark on UK and Ireland Tour
by Julie Musbach - Mar 21, 2018


She's back! The Olivier Award Nominated cabbage-crunching, criminal mastermind GANGSTA GRANNY is touring the UK and Ireland in 2018

David Walliams Meets his AWFUL AUNTIE in the World Premiere Theatre Production of his Bestselling Book
by BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2017


The bestselling children's author David Walliams came face-to-face today for the first time with one of his most monstrous creations, Aunt Alberta.

Save 10% On Tickets For GANGSTA GRANNY At Garrick Theatre
by Marianka Swain - Apr 26, 2017


The theatrical adaptation of David Walliams' bestselling book, GANGSTA GRANNY, has its West End debut this summer. The smash-hit production, which was recently nominated for a UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People, runs at the Garrick Theatre from 26 July to 3 September. Book tickets now from £25

Birmingham Stage Company's Production of David Walliams' GANGSTA GRANNY Makes West End Debut
by Liz Cearns - Sep 26, 2016


???????To celebrate their 25th anniversary next year, Birmingham Stage Company - the acclaimed producers of Horrible Histories Live On Stage - today announce the West End debut of David Walliams' bestselling book - Gangsta Granny. The smash-hit production which was recently nominated for a UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People, opens at the Garrick theatre on 1 August 2017, with previews from 26 July, and runs until 3 September, direct from an extensive UK tour.

BWW Reviews: TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, April 15 2014
by Jenny Antill - Apr 16, 2014


The Birmingham Stage Company is held in fond regard by families across the country for their high standard of productions suitable for all ages. Their latest show, nearing the conclusion of its national tour, is Tom's Midnight Garden which I had the pleasure of seeing at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry last night.

SKELLING Comes To The Stage At New Victory Theater, Closes 3/13
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2011


In Skellig by David Almond, Michael, a good-natured 10-year old with more on his plate than the average boy, discovers a grouchy yet strangely mystical vagabond with a taste for brown ale and Chinese take-out hiding out in his family's garage.

SKELLING Comes To The Stage At New Victory Theater, 3/4-13
by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2011


In Skellig by David Almond, Michael, a good-natured 10-year old with more on his plate than the average boy, discovers a grouchy yet strangely mystical vagabond with a taste for brown ale and Chinese take-out hiding out in his family's garage.

SKELLIG Gets US Premiere at New Victory Theater 3/4-3/13
by Kelsey Denette - Feb 16, 2011


Neal Foster, the actor who plays the title character in the stage adaptation of David Almond's award-winning children's novel, Skellig, by The Birmingham Stage Company, relishes the challenge of becoming someone -- or is it something? -- who is as down-and-out as he is enigmatic.

SKELLING Comes To The Stage At New Victory Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 27, 2011


In Skellig by David Almond, Michael, a good-natured 10-year old with more on his plate than the average boy, discovers a grouchy yet strangely mystical vagabond with a taste for brown ale and Chinese take-out hiding out in his family's garage.

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