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				<title><![CDATA[Long Lost]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Brothers Lance and Leroy spent their childhoods moving from pillar to post as they grew up in foster care.  As the brothers begin an emotional journey exploring what family really meant to them, they discover all is not as it once seemed.

*Long Lost* is an honest story about family, friendship and coming to terms with who you really are.

1st Chance Youth Theatre was established in 2007 by two young women from St Basils&#039;s - a charity for homeless young people.  It was set up with the help of The REP specifically for young people who have experienced homelessness.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[What The Dickens?]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Taking our Christmas production of _A Christmas Carol_ as their inspiration, three of our satellite youth theatre, Shenley Court Young REP, Perry Beeches Young REP and Harborne Hill Secondary School, each present their own festive production inspired by the life and work of Charles Dickens.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pride And Prejudice]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[_It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife..._

The ultimate romantic comedy, Jane Austen&#039;s story of the five Bennet sisters and their relentless pursuit of suitable husbands is one of the best-loved novels ever written.

When feisty Elizabeth Bennet meets handsome bachelor Mr Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited.  When she later discovers that he has scuppered the relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.  In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, the family&#039;s lives are turned upside down as Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and pokes gentle fun at the affectations and etiquette of provincial middle-class life.

Susan Hampshire plays the foolish and marriage-obsessed Mrs Bennet, one of Jane Austen&#039;s most delightfully ridiculous comic creations.  

With its elegant Georgian settings and wonderful comic characters, *Pride And Prejudice* is a perfect entertainment.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Growing, Growing, Gone]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The story of Jack and the Beanstalk

Can two actors and a watering can cover this tall tale?   Krazy Kat present an imaginative and unpredictable storytelling extravaganza with magic tricks, original music, silly puppets and a rather cross giant!]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Something Else]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[What happens when Something meets Something Else?

In a small house on a windy hill lives Something Else.  At least, that&#039;s what everyone calls him when he tries to join in their games.  Something Else is lonely...

Then, all of a sudden, Something shows up.  Has Something Else finally met his match?

Based on the award-winning picture book by Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddell, internationally acclaimed Tall Stories presents this magical show about the fantastical friendship between two unusual creatures.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The Giant's Embrace]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Join Big Brum for an interactive storytelling experience.

The Giant is always hungry, always on the lookout for what he can take and put in the pot.  The earth shudders beneath his feet, he&#039;s tearing up the ground, root and branch, house and home - devouring all to fill his great belly.

He swallows everything that gets in his way.  What about the little people?  What to do?  We&#039;d better teach him a lesson before he starts on us...]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Rainforest Symphony]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Come on an exciting sensory journey into the rainforest to find the real home of Acapella, a frog who has accidentally arrived in a delivery of fruit!

Join in an expedition to find Acapella&#039;s real home with Gaia, the friut delivery lady, and Hourani, a local tribel Elder, who guide them in learning about the animals and discovering the wonder of the rainforest.  As they travel together they create their own unique music using their voices, bodies and a range of percussion instruments in this magical adventure from The Play House&#039;s _Language Alive!_ programme.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[One Little Word]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Meet two characters who play together, exploring new spaces, new objects, dressing up and taking turns.

But struggles arise when one of them wants to be the ONLY Captain of the ship!

A beautiful and gentle story of friendship, power struggles and creative play.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[A Window]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Provocative, compelling, disturbing and darkly comic, Edward Bond&#039;s plays for young people are a body of work which stand alongside his classics _Saved_, _Lear_ and _The Sea_.

The latest, his seventh for the internationally renowned Birmingham company Big Brum, asks what it is to be human.  A play for our times, it promises not only to question society, but our own values and comfortable assumptions; a unique opportunity to engage theatre audiences, both young and old, with a new play by &quot;the greatest of post-war British playwrights&quot;. (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian).]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cling To Me Like Ivy]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[_It&#039;s gorgeous hair you&#039;ve got. It&#039;s a shame to hide it._

Rivka wants the perfect wedding. She has the man, the dress, the wig and two weeks to go. But when doubt is cast on her wig everything starts to unravel and Rivka finds herself far from home, up a tree and caught up in the eviction of an anti road protest, not knowing whether she&#039;ll be able to go back to where she came from, or whether she wants to.

Samantha Ellis&rsquo; play was inspired by a chance remark by Victoria Beckham in 2004 which sparked a crisis within the Orthodox Jewish community about the wigs worn by married women.  

Samantha Ellis wrote *Cling To Me Like Ivy* whilst on attachment at The REP. Her previous plays include _Patching Havoc_ (Theatre 503), _A Sudden Visitation of Calamity_ (Menagerie Theatre), _Startle Response_ (Young Vic workshop) and _Sugar And Snow_ (BBC Radio 4). 

Following the play&rsquo;s premiere in The Door the production will tour the region, supported by the Sir Barry Jackson Trust.

This play was developed with the support of the European Association for Jewish Culture ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Orphans]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[_&quot;I hate violence.  It makes me cry.  Always has...&quot;_

Helen and Danny keep themselves to themselves.  But the outside world comes crashing into their lives one day when Helen&#039;s brother turns up.  Covered in blood.

Dennis Kelly&#039;s new play is a thrilling contemporary suspense story which takes its audience on a chilling journey into a world just outside the front door.

One of the UK&#039;s most electrifying playwrights, Dennis Kelly has written an array of award-winning plays including _After The End_, _Taking Care Of Baby_, _Osama The Hero_ and _Love And Money_.

*Orphans* is co-produced with the Traverse Theatre where it will open during the Edinburgh Festival in August.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[i-witness]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Have you ever read a book that changed your life?  Catherine is fanatical about the things no-one notices.  Paul plays music to keep the silence at bay.  Philip has not been sleeping well since he read it.  Fern is hypnotised by the rhythm of endless walking.

Inspired by WG Sebald&#039;s book _The Rings Of Saturn_, *i-witness* will not tell you that same story - instead it will tell the stories of four people who see the world differently since they read the book, who witness the world through its pages.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dreams Of Violence]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[_&quot;Mum, I had a dream last night where I threw you down the stairs.  It&#039;s not right&quot;_

For Hildy, political activism comes easier than dealing with the disorder of family life: her druggie son, her philandering husband, and her father, misbehaving in a hugely expensive retirement home.

And then there&#039;s her mother - a charismatic 60s pop star who clings to her former beauty (and a bottle of vodka) and who sets up camp in Hildy&#039;s spare room to belittle her from close range.

By day, Hildy leads the City&#039;s cleaners in revolt against the bankers.  But by night, she dreams unsettling acts of violence...

Out of Joint make a welcome return to The REP with this new comedy about love, death and responsibility, from the writer of _O Go My Man_ and _Duck_.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Tough Time, Nice Time]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[A secret, a spa in Bangkok and two naked Germans...

Martin, an ex-rent boy drug-dealing lawyer, offers to share his tales of misfortune with Stefan, a jaded hack writer on a junket.  Together they engage in an intricate exchange of outrageous stories, weaving through movies, sex, celebrity and genocide.  With its razor sharp dialogue and lightning pace, *Tough Time, Nice Time* is challenging, vividly imaginative and utterly absorbing.

Ridiculusmus make seriously funny and deadly serious theatre, earning them a reputation as one of the most exciting theatre companies working in the UK.  they have won numerous awards including a Time Out Live Award, Total Theatre Award and Herald Angel Award.

bq. &quot;Their deceptively rambling, beer-fuelled conversation is, at times, scabrously funny and yet, at bottom, deadly serious and painfully bleak.&quot;
??The Times??]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The Women Of Troy]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[War-torn Troy is in ruins.  The men are dead and the surviving women and their remaining families are about to be taken away as slaves.

Hecuba, a grandmother and once Queen, awaits her uncertain future as her family are taken away from her one by one.

Euripides great anti-war tragedy reels with the consequences of destruction in this vibrant and powerful production by The REP&#039;s youth theatre, The Young REP.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The Idiot Colony]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Forgotten for decades inside a mental hospital, three women escape their present by remembering their past.  In the asylum&#039;s hair salon, to the strains of Rick Astley and Glenn Miller they relive their wartime affairs, illicit trysts and childhood secrets.

*The Idiot Colony* is a visually stunning and inventive play based on real life accounts of the treatment and incarceration of &#039;moral defectives&#039; in 1940s England.  Genuinely funny and incredibly moving.

bq. &quot;An affecting, humorous piece of physical theatre&quot;
??The Times??

bq. &quot;It has a sly sense of fun.  One to catch...&quot;
??The Guardian??]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The Devil Has Quentin's Heart]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the turbulent world of Quentin Forrest and his quest for salvation.  Quentin had it all, riding high as a trader on Wall Street but now he&#039;s paid the price for success and the devil has his heart.

Betrayed and framed for fraud he discovers life in the underbelly of New York as an alcoholic living on the streets.  He sees that greed knows no limits and makes one last wager to save his soul.  This is the story told on his last day, in his last hour before Satan comes banging at the door.

One of the UK pioneers of Hip Hop theatre, Benji Reid returns to the stage with an explosive new production.  *The Devil Has Quentin&#039;s Heart* is a modern day tragedy presented as a twisted, funky and perverse musical that explodes the nature of performance, storytelling and dance.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cabaret ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome...

Following its sell out run last year the multi-award-winning production of *Cabaret*, starring Wayne Sleep as the notorious Emcee, makes a welcome return to The REP this Autumn.

Since its Broadway premiere in 1966 and the famous movie version with Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey, *Cabaret* has won a staggering number of stage and screen awards including 8 Oscars, 7 BAFTAs and 13 Tonys.  This &quot;Sensational&quot; double Olivier Award winner and Variety Club Awards &#039;Best Musical&#039;, which enjoyed a record-breaking run in London&#039;s West End, turns Weimar Berlin of 1931 into a sassy, sizzling haven of decadence...

From the creators of hit musical _Chicago_, *Cabaret* features show-stopping choreography, dazzling costumes and some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre including _Mein Herr_, _Maybe This Time_ and of course _Cabaret_.

Come to the Cabaret - it&#039;s divine decadence darling!]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The Grapes Of Wrath]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The Joads, a family of impoverished Oklahoman sharecroppers, lose everything when their farm is repossessed after a devastating drought and are driven from their home to make the monumental trek Westward to California.  Seduced by the prospect of opportunity and dignity, they invest everything they have in the journey.  When forced to face the possibility that California may not after all be the promised land, they have no choice but to go on; nothing is left for them in Oklahoma.

Frank Galati&#039;s groundbreaking adaptation of Steinbeck&#039;s epic novel won two Tony Awards on Broadway.  A plea for social justice and compassion, *The Grapes Of Wrath* provides the perfect canvas for a vast ensemble cast and is an all too timely examination of a nation in search of itself.

Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck&#039;s other novels include _Of Mice And Men_ and _East Of Eden_.

Chichester Festival Theatre Artistic Director Jonathan Church returns to The REP along with the creative team that was responsible for the sell-out Olivier Award-winning production of Steinbeck&#039;s _Of Mice And Men_ starring Matthew Kelly.

bq. &quot;Not since _Nicholas Nickleby_ has there been so classic an example of a great national book becoming an equally great theatrical event&quot;
??Herald Tribune??

Cast includes Sorcha Cusack]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mrs Warren's Profession]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[What _is_ Mrs Warren&#039;s profession?

Her daughter, Vivie, has never really known much about her mother.  A prim young woman, she has enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, a Cambridge education, a generous monthly allowance and now has ambitions to go into Law.  Is it conceivable that all this privilege and respectability has been financed from the proceeds of the oldest profession?  How will Vivie react when she finds out the awful truth about her mother&#039;s ill-gotten gains?

Shaw&#039;s ultimate test of a mother-daughter relationship is one of his most witty and provocative plays.  Written in 1894 but banned from performance until the racy 1920s, *Mrs Warren&#039;s Profession* lays bare the rampant hypocrisy of Victorian society and its constrained morals.

Felicity Kendal&#039;s television credits include _The Good Life_ and _Rosemary And Thyme_.  Her numerous stage appearances include _Amy&#039;s View_, _The Vortex_, _Happy Days_ and _Fallen Angels_.

Director Michael Rudman has worked extensively in the West End, on Broadway and at the National Theatre.  His award-winning productions include David Storey&#039;s _The Changing Room_ and Dustin Hoffman in _Death Of A Salesman_.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[East Is East]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s Salford 1971 and George Khan, owner of the local fish and chip shop is determined to bring his family up in the traditional manner.  His seven children on the other hand have ideas of their own.  One&#039;s already left home to be a hairdresser, his daughter prefers playing football to wearing a sari and now 18 year old Saleem wants to study art while 12 year old Sajit is about to be transformed from a shy gawky boy into a self-confident teenager.

With one disastrous arranged marriage in the family already, George plots to bring his next two sons into line by marrying them off to the daughters of Mr Shah.  When the Khan kids begin to oppose their father&#039;s blundering attempts to control their lives, his English wife Ella is forced to make a choice between her husband and the right of her children to make their own ways in the world.

Caught between the bell-bottoms and shalwar kameez *East Is East* is a hugely warm-hearted and hilarious story of what happens when two cultures clash within one family.

Written by Ayub Khan-Din *East Is East* received its world premiere at The REP in 1996, where it became an instant hit and was subsequently made into a BAFTA award-winning film.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Jam House Business Bands Gig]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Following the success of the Business Bands night in February, three more bands from the local business community are gearing up to play at the Jam House on Wed 22 July.

We&#039;re keeping the lineup under wraps at the moment, but expect some big bands from big businesses to be doing their bit to raise funds for The REP.

Last time the crowds were up and dancing from the start and the feedback was so positive that we just had to do it again.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The Snowman ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[When a young boy&#039;s snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve the two set off on a night time quest for adventure.  On their travels they meet dancing penguins, reindeer and crowds of the Snowman&#039;s friends.

Will the Snowman escape the clutches of the evil Jack Frost as he soars through the night sky?  And will he get his new friend back home before Christmas morning?

Featuring the classic song _Walking In The Air_ by Howard Blake, The REP&#039;s production of *The Snowman* has thrilled audiences since its premiere in 1993, and makes a welcome return to Birmingham this January.

By arrangement with Snowman Enterprises Ltd, Highbridge Music Ltd, Faber Music Ltd and Chester Music Ltd.  (c) Snowman Enterprises Ltd 1982, 2004]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[A Christmas Carol]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This Christmas Charles Dickens&#039; heartwarming family favourite *A Christmas Carol* comes to life in a fabulous new stage adaptation.

Bah! Humbug!  It&#039;s Christmas Eve and the meanest and most cold-hearted man in London, Ebenezer Scrooge has no time for merriment or mistletoe.

But just as the clock strikes midnight his world turns around when he is taken on a journey through the vivid and enchanting worlds of past, present and future.

Will Scrooge change his ways in time for Christmas Day?]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Is There Life After High School?]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[*Is There Life After High School?* is a light-hearted musical about a group of people remembering the joys and sorrows of their high school days.  Did their high school experience determine their collective or individual fates?  Is the beauty always a beauty?  Is the bully always a bully?

This show will take you back and make you laugh and cry with all the antics from school.  

And with songs such as _Kid Inside_, you&#039;ll feel like you&#039;re 17 all over again!]]></description>
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