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A Passion For Birmingham - The Old Joint Stock Theatre Company

Venture into hidden places with A Passion For Birmingham

A Passion For Birmingham is a promenade production which will lead its audience around both familiar spaces and hidden spaces via passageways and alleyways…

Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre - 10x10: The Journey Home

See ten new plays at The Old Joint Stock in Birmingham

10×10 at The Old Joint Stock Theatre in Birmingham comprises of ten, ten-minute plays by ten new writers, all performed by a professional company assembled especially for the event…

Teifi Emerald in WiLD at the Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham

Go WiLD in Birmingham this October

Teifi Emerald appears in her first solo show, WiLD, at the Old Joint Stock Theatre in Birmingham this October…

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Capoeira Drummers march on Birmingham!

On Saturday 7th July 2012 Samuel Mascote and his Cordao de Ouro Birmingham team will march a huge street demonstration from the Custard Factory at 2pm…

Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham

Birmingham Alternative Shakespeare Festival

Birmingham Alternative Shakespeare Festival is on from 18th – 28th July 2012 at the Old Joint Stock Theatre and celebrates the local theatre community, as well as Shakespeare of course…

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An unusual comedy for Christmas time

Sharon Foster and Next Page Productions bring an unusual comedy to the Old Joint Stock for their Christmas run…

Come As You Arts Northwest, The Lonely Clouds of Guernica

The Lonely Clouds of Guernica

Justin MacGregor’s brand new production, The Lonely Clouds of Guernica is on at The Old Joint Stock in Birmingham from 18th – 19th November 2011…

Varney the Vampire – The Feast of Blood – Don’t Go Into the Cellar Company

The Feast of Blood at the Old Joint Stock Theatre

Tremble to the fiendish exploits of Varney the Vampire, Lord Ruthven and his bestial sidekick, Wagner the Werewolf in The Feast of Blood at the Old Joint Stock Theatre…

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Mr Edgar Allan Poe’s Terrifying Tales

Candle-lit story-telling, gallows humour and terrifying tableaux guaranteed to raise goose-bumps of dark Gothic delight…

Justin MacGregor’s The Play That Killed Me, Old Joint Stock Theatre

The Play That Killed Me at the Old Joint Stock

The Play That Killed Me is the first of a trilogy of plays based around the diaries of the playwright’s Grandfather, Hector MacGregor…

Gemma Goggin: Double G, Old joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham

Gemma Goggin previews her show Double G

Gemma Goggin’s new show Double G is on at The Old Joint Stock theatre on 20th July 2011…

Talbot House – A Home From Home at The Old Joint Stock, Birmingham

A taste of wartime life in Talbot House

Talbot House, written and directed by Peter Gill, is a feelgood family play set during the Great War. Catch the play at the Old Joint Stock Theatre in Birmingham on 7th & 8th July…

Tread the Boards perform Shakespeare at the Old Joint Stock

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is on at the Old Joint Stock Theatre…

Challenging theatre with Cockroaches

The Tilted Theatre Company presents Cockroaches at the Old Joint Stock Theatre on 17th February…

Celebrate 2 years of Jazz in the bar at the Old Joint Stock

The Old Joint Stock is celebrating 2 years of Jazz In The Bar with a Big Band Jazz Night and will also be raising money for the Help For Heroes charity…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
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Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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