Production Listings
The What's On page shows what is happening, day by day, in the Crescent Theatre over the next few months. More detail is shown in the individual production pages, which are linked from the What's On entries.
Productions are also listed in future and past categories.
Future productions includes those on stage now. These details will be moved to the Past Productions list when the show closes. We hold details of productions going back to 2000.
How to Book Tickets
On-line through the Book tickets link (always available in the left-hand menu).
By Post: Please enclose a cheque (made payable to The Crescent Theatre Limited) or credit card details together with a SAE or add 50p to the total to cover postage.
Please send to: The Box Office, The Crescent Theatre, Sheepcote Street, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B16 8AE.
By Telephone: For reservations and credit card bookings. 0121 643 5858, 12 noon - 7.00pm Monday – Friday. 12 noon - 4.00pm and 4.30pm - 7.00pm Saturday.
In Person: Box Office opens 12 noon – 8.00pm Monday – Friday. 12 noon - 4.00pm and 4.30pm – 7.00pm Saturday
When there is no performance the Box Office will close at 7pm.
Sunday Performances: Box Office opens one hour prior to the performance to personal callers.
Bank Holidays on performance days only: 12 noon - 8.00pm.
Ticket Prices (Crescent Theatre productions only)
For visiting companies, see individual production information pages.
Main House: All Seats £13.50 (Concessions £12.50)
Wind in the Willows Only - Children under 16 £10.00, Family Ticket (at least 2 children under 16) 4 tickets £35.00
Wassail - Highbury Hall - All Seats £16.50, Crescent Theatre - All Seats £15.50
Sunday Matiness - All seats £5.00
Ron Barber Studio Theatre:
Other Performances - All Seats £11.50 (Concessions £10.50)
Sunday Matinees - All Seats £5.00
Schools Matinees - All Seats £9.00
Toad’s Tea Party - £7.00 Children Only, Adults free. Tickets to be purchased with a Morning or Afternoon Matinee Ticket
Concessions: These are available to Children (For Wind in the Willows - see separate price schedule), Senior Citizens, Students, and the Unwaged. If you have a disability and you require a companion when attending a performance, both your seat and that of your companion will be half price.
Reservations: Tickets will only be held for 7 days. Reservations cannot be made for performances scheduled within 7 days.
All unpaid reservations will be released for re-sale one hour before the performance.
Ticket Exchange: Tickets received at least 24 hours in advance may be exchanged for seats at another performance of the same production. There is a charge of £1 per ticket exchanged.
Ticket Resale: The Crescent Theatre will endeavour to resell your tickets if necessary. However, we cannot guarantee this service and tickets will only be resold once no other is available for that performance. There is a charge of £1 per ticket.
Groups: Please call the Box Office for details of group rates.
Dine & Play: Enjoy a meal at the CITY CAFé restaurant, bar and terrace (at the City Inn Hotel adjacent to the theatre) and a show at the Crescent Theatre. Just add the price of your meal to your theatre ticket.
CITY CAFé two courses £10.95 (pre-show only from 6pm) from set menu.
Children: We regret that children under 18 months will not be admitted to shows other than Children/Pantomime shows. They must have a ticket whether they sit on the parents/guardians lap or not. We ask that you respect the enjoyment of other patrons and in the event of restlessness we request that you take the child from the auditorium.
Latecomers: Latecomers cannot be guaranteed immediate entry to the auditoria, but every effort will be made to seat them as soon as there is a suitable break in the performance. No-one can be admitted to the auditoria without a valid ticket.
Car Park: When attending a performance at the Crescent Theatre obtain ticket from Car Park and get it stamped in the theatre – Parking £4.50 for up to 6 hours. Tickets no longer obtainable from the Crescent Theatre. Car Park prices correct at the time of going to press. Purchase of this voucher does not guarantee you a space in the car park.
FREE MAILING LIST
To join and receive regular updates on all Crescent Theatre shows call 0121 643 5858, fax the theatre on 0121 643 5860, e-mail or write to the Box Office at the address on the home page.
The Crescent Theatre Box Office - Conditions of Sale
Tickets may not be exchanged nor money refunded. The Management reserves the right, in combination with any other statments or directives which may be displayed on the premises, to:
a) refuse admission of the ticket holder to the premises
b) refuse entry of and use on the premises of any camera or any form of audio or visual recording equipment
c) request the ticket holder to leave the premises and to take any appropriate measure to enforce such a request
d) delay entry of latecomers until a suitable break or interval in the performance/ event
e) make any change whatsoever in the performance/event owing to any unforeseen or unavoidable cause
f) cancel or abandon the performance/event for reasons beyond its control without notice and without being liable to pay any person any compensation or damage whatsoever other than, at the management's discretion, a possible percentage or maximum refund to the ticket holder of the value of the ticket.