ALEXANDRA THEATRE, Birmingham.  Peppa Pig's Party  Sept 4 and 5. 0844 847 2302   www.alexandratheatre.org.uk 

BIRMINGHAM REP:  Little Shop of Horrors, Sept 1 to Sept 18. Main House. My Romantic History Sept 1 to Sept 11. The Door. 0121 236 4455 tickets@birmingham-rep.co.uk or www.birmingham-rep.co.uk.

HIPPODROME,  The Country Girl  Sept 13 to Sept 18. 0844 338 5000 www.Birminghamhippodrome.com

LICHFIELD GARRICK: Marty Wilde Sept 10 A Night at the Proms - Black Tie Gala Sept 11  01543 412121  www.lichfieldgarrick.com 

THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Stratford upon Avon: King Lear, REVIEW VIDEO Feb 18 - Aug 26. Romeo and Juliet REVIEW Mar 12 - Aug 27. Anthony & Cleopatra April 10- Aug 28  Also Morte D'Arthur Jun 11-Aug 28. The Winter's Tale July 14 - Sept 2. As You Like it Jul 21 to Sept 4. Julius Caesar Jul 28 - Sept 4. 

Young People's Shakespeare productions of Hamlet May 1-Sept 11 and The Comedy of Errors Aug 7 - Sept 11.

 Ticket hotline: 0844 800 1110.www.rsc.org.uk

THE OTHER RSC:  Station Pub, Sutton Coldfield.  www.rscaw.com

WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND:  The Best of Brian Conley Sept 11.. 01902 42 92 12. http://www.grandtheatre.info/

THE OLD JOINT STOCK   Precious Things Sept 2 0121 200 0946. oldjointstocktheatre@fullers.co.uk www.oldjointstocktheatre.co.uk 

MALVERN FESTIVAL THEATRE:  Carrie's War Sept 1 to Sept 4  01684 892277  www.malvern-theatres.co.uk/

THEATRE ROYAL, BATH: Main House -

Refurbishment. Next production, The Rivals Sept 7 to Sept 18.  01225 448844. www.theatreroyal.org.uk/

Day of Reckoning, Swan Theatre Amateur Company, Swan Theatre, Worcester (to August 28). http://www.stac-worcester.com/  Box office: http://www.worcesterlive.co.uk  01905 611 427

Martha Josie and the Chinese Elvis, Sutton Arts Theatre, Sutton Coldfield (Sept 3-11).

84, Charing Cross Road, Dudley Little Theatre, Netherton Arts Centre (Sept 8-11). www.dudleylittletheatre.org (01384) 872583.   Also  request tickets on website PLUS tickets also available from Dudley Council Plus, Castle Street, Dudley. ( 01384 812812 ) Books Unlimited, Lower High Street, Stourbridge; Flavell's Butchers, Netherton.

Game Plan, Grange Players, Grange Playhouse, Walsall (Sept 9-18). Box office:  www.grangeplayhouse.co.uk  01922 649168      

Dads Army, Sutton Arts Centre, Sutton Coldfield:  Trinity Players Sept 16 to Sept 25,  7.30pm.

Golden Beaks Festival, Theatre on the Steps, Bridgnorth (Sept 18).

Corpus by Alan Bennett, Fradley Village Hall, Oct 28 to Oct 30  7.30pm