Birmingham Rep has revealed five more productions for its spring 2024 season, including the compelling production Silence directed by Associate Director Iqbal Khan.

Silence, (Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 April) is adapted from Kavita Puri’s acclaimed book Partition Voices: Untold British Stories and was originally co-produced with the Donmar Warehouse and directed by Abdul Shayek, who sadly died in August this year aged 39.

The work is inspired by the remarkable personal testimonies of people who lived through the last days of the British Raj and was commissioned to mark the 75th anniversary of Partition.

Joining this powerful production is three new works that explore different facets of society.

Fifth Word and Nottingham Playhouse, in association with Brixton House, present  Liberation Squares (Thursday 15 - Saturday 18 May). This exciting production is about British Muslim schoolgirls, whose adolescence is as complex, infuriating and joyous as any other teenagers, but with the added complications of Islamophobia and cultural erasure. This funny, playful and deeply humane play puts young female agency centre stage.

Uncommon Wealth (Wednesday 24 January) is presented by BOLDtext playwrights. Liz John, Helen Kelly, Vanessa Oakes and Tim Stimpson. The production is a series of short sharings that ask questions of what type of society we all want to live in.

Nouveau Riche brings to The Rep Cal-I Jonel’s new award-winning experimental theatre show, No More Mr Nice Guy (Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 and Saturday 30 March). It chronicles the life of Keloughn Douglas, a British-Caribbean music teacher caught in a love cube: his aspiration for senior leadership; his passion to become a successful musician, and his desire to marry the woman of his dreams.

The Rep will welcome back the joyous RUSH (Tuesday 25 - Friday 28 May). This fantastic production, from the Rush Theatre Company that last visited in April this year, takes the audience on a powerful journey through the history of Jamaica, highlighting Caribbean traditions, the influence of calypso, gospel, reggae, ska, lovers’ rock and the impact it has had on Black British culture.

For more information, visit: birmingham-rep.co.uk