West End theatre part of packed programme at Coventry’s Belgrade

Opening the season in the B2 auditorium in February is the Belgrade’s production of Ben Jonson’s classic comedy The Alchemist. Co-produced by Riding Lights Theatre Company, it tells the story of a group of con-artists who find their deceptions spiralling out of control. The Belgrade is also producing three classic plays: A Lady of Little Sense, Don Gil of the Green Breeches and Punishment Without Revenge, which will run in March and April.

Opening the season on the theatre’s main stage is the legendary musical Blood Brothers, which returns for a two-week run from January 22, starring Maureen Nolan. In February, all-male Shakespeare company Propeller return to the Belgrade with The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Also returning is Horrible Histories, while TV and stage star Les Dennis stars in The Perfect Murder by crime thriller novelist Peter James.

See How They Run - starring Warwick Davis - takes the stage in March, with comic situations involving mistaken identity, doors and vicar a plenty.

Music and dance shows including Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story and Moscow Ballet La Classique’s Giselle and Swan Lake also feature in the spring programme.

For full details and tickets, visit www.belgrade.co.uk