About the Theatre
A 40- to 60-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, this intimate and versatile space boasts a wide variety of productions which bring in local and far-reaching audiences alike. Artistic quality and representation of our societies' real diversity are at the heart of the theatre's programming with a focus on new writing, underrepresented voices, distinctive work and the development of new work and opportunities. As well as welcoming visiting companies, the theatre hosts an in-house schedule of its own, producing well received in-house productions and facilitating a range of schemes and events.
More a creative hub than simply a venue, the Bread and Roses Theatre offers many ways for emerging creatives to take to the page or stage. Theatre-makers are offered rich and challenging writing opportunities to involve in and box office split deals with no hidden fees. Thereby providing audiences with a constantly increasing diversity of perspectives, voices and creative approaches.
Contemporary revivals, reinvented classics, devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre – this adaptable space can accommodate all.
With You
22/4 - 26/4/2025
In the aftermath of a cataclysmic event known as The Blackout , With You follows two figures navigating a world where human contact is scarce ...
Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Birmingham Hippodrome
by Laura Lott - March 05, 2025
The current UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has several well-known names attached to it - Ore Oduba, Liam Fox and Charlie Brooks all feature - but there's no denying that the star of the show is the car itself. Part polished wood, part shining steel and fully extraordinary, Chitty enchants audien...
Review: PICTURE YOU DEAD, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Caroline Cronin - March 05, 2025
Local Brightonian legend Peter James brings yet another slick adaption of his Roy Grace novella series to the stage on a six-month UK Tour....
Review: THE LAST LAUGH, Noël Coward Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 27, 2025
Homage to much-loved comedians and their deceptively dangerous art...
Review: PRIDE & PREJUDICE (*SORT OF), Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 25, 2025
How many ways can you re-tell Jane Austen? Isobel McArthur continues to prove it is more than possible to stage a show bursting with silliness, satire and the sharpest wit without losing the essence of Austen's beloved work....
Review: HAMLET, Starring Luke Thallon
by Cindy Marcolina - February 23, 2025
What do Shakespeare and James Cameron have in common? Before Rupert Goold took hold of the Bard’s tragic masterpiece, the answer would have been ‘nothing’. The soon-to-be artistic director of the Old Vic returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company after 14 years to offer a blockbuster Hamlet. Elsinore ...
Review: THE PEACEFUL HOUR, Liverpool's Royal Court
by Sarah OHara - February 21, 2025
Haunted Scouse and Yellow Breck Road writer Gerry Linford returns to Liverpool’s Royal Court with a brand new comedy drama, The Peaceful Hour - a five star, feel good show show that you will fall in love with....
Review: CINDERELLA, Birmingham Hippodrome
by Vikki Jane Vile - February 21, 2025
Sir David Bintley’s 2010 production of Cinderella has been long overdue an outing, and based on Wednesday’s opening night at Birmingham Hippodrome it is worth the wait. Thanks to Birmingham Royal Ballet’s fundraising efforts, the work now returns refreshed with restored costumes and a dazzling cast,...
Review: THE 39 STEPS, Salisbury Playhouse
by Katie Bourne - February 19, 2025
Adapted from Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, Patrick Barlow’s The 39 Steps takes us on a chronicle of espionage as a begrudging bachelor embarks into a cat and mouse chase from London to the Scottish highlands as he uncovers the clandestine organisation of German spies....
Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN, Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 18, 2025
The premise of The Shark is Broken is deceptively simple; three men in a boat, waiting and talking. We meet the cast of a new film in 1974 when Bruce the mechanical shark, necessary for the whole shoot, is indeed broken. Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss would go on to star in the icon...
Review: BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF, Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 13, 2025
After debuting at Liverpool's Royal Court and successful London and West End transfers, James Graham's adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s iconic television series is now on a national tour. And what a good thing, as this is urgent and thoughtful theatre that deserves to be seen by as many people as poss...
Videos
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Attack of the Melanie Bracewell
Forge Comedy Club (3/8 - 3/8) | |
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Lay Down Your Burdens
Norwich Theatre Royal (3/28 - 3/29) | |
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The Play That Goes Wrong
James Hay Theatre, Town Hall (5/6 - 5/11) | |
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Riders to the Sea
The North Wall Arts Centre (2/25 - 3/26) | |
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Murder, She Didn't Write
Gordon Craig Theatre (5/23 - 5/23) | |
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Aunty Donna - DREM
Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre (9/13 - 9/13) | |
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The Detective Dog
Jackson's Lane (3/8 - 3/9) | |
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