Brummie Ensemble makes debut at Birmingham Rep celebrating local voices

Women and Theatre will take part in The Brummie Ensemble’s first public performance, celebrating all things Brummie.

Women & Theatre is an award-winning charity and theatre company that creates research-based, socially relevant, community-focused work highlighting underrepresented voices, gender equality, and social change.

The performance will take place on Saturday, 14 March at Birmingham Rep and will feature 26 adults performing original music, poetry, and movement.

The Brummie Ensemble, a free adult drama group run by Women & Theatre, is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

This performance marks the culmination of the project’s first year, bringing together people from different generations, backgrounds, identities, and experiences to co-create original theatre. The project will continue for a further two years, with space for new recruits each year.

The group’s first public performance is a celebration of Birmingham and the vibrant and diverse communities that are proud to be called Brummies’ and is an opportunity for participants to share their experiences of The Brummie Ensemble and the positive impact it’s had on their well-being.

Adaya Henry, artistic director, Women & Theatre said: “It has been a complete joy to work with so many people over the first year of The Brummie Ensemble, at a time when so much of the media is focused on division, it's more important than ever to create propositional theatre that brings people together from across the city. We can't wait to share what we have created with audiences.”

The Brummie Ensemble is a three-year programme delivered over two terms each year with participants attending weekly sessions.

The first term took place at The Legacy Centre of Excellence in Newtown. The second term has taken place at Birmingham Rep.

Thirty people participate each term.

To find out more about The Brummie Ensemble and how you can get involved, visit the website.