It’s 1958 in a drop forge in Oldbury. A wild cat strike is in progress. A faulty machine has injured a worker and it has brought the factory to a halt. The cleaner is looking for the resulting mess to clear up and an irate businessman turns up looking for his missing consignment of hammers. There’s more going on here than meets the eye…

We are thrilled to announce that Black Country Touring and our partners Spectra and The Parakeet have been awarded £73,569 from the Inclusive Communities Fund, which is managed by the Heart of England Community Foundation!

Thimblemill Library was proud to welcome Seven Circles for a week-long residency exploring ideas for their new show ‘Club Ninja’. They held two free workshops for children aged 3-7 and their families, inviting them to play, dance and explore with them. The residency was a part of the Rural Touring Dance Initiative.

We are looking for actors and actor-musicians with strong devising skills to be part of an ensemble cast for ‘Wild’, a new production coming in Autumn 2024.

We’re looking for a community focused, capable and enthusiastic Community Programme Coordinator to join us at Black Country Touring, to lead on the delivery of our Community Cinema Programme.

‘Where Are You?’ is our hybrid theatre production for families, featuring a mix of live performance, pre-recorded performance and animation. In November and December 2023, we toured “Where Are You?” to 5 schools across all 4 boroughs of the Black Country. Each school in the UK was paired with a school in Accra, Ghana, with the performances taking place simultaneously at both locations.

We hosted our first ever Promoters Showcase last Thursday!

22 community promoters joined us to see extracts of performances that we are excited about, and that they might like to book at their venues.

They also had a chance to meet each other and network over some samosas and biscuits!

We're delighted to announce that Black Country Touring has secured a second grant of £75,000 from Postcode Culture Trust, thanks to players of People's Postcode Lottery. This initial year of funding has truly transformed our organisation, and we're eager to reveal some of the exciting developments ahead that this funding will enable. Get ready for a year filled with creativity, connection, and community spirit!