Thursday, May 5

NEW College Performing Arts Students: Jungle Book, Artix Theatre, Bromsgrove, 2.30pm and 7pm. Tickets from 559364.

Neville's Island by Tim Firth, Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Until May 7. Tickets from 0121 236 4455.

A Midsummer Night's Dream/Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford. Until October. Tickets from 0870 609 1110.

Thomas More/A New Way to Please You, Swan Theatre, Stratford. Until October. Tickets from 0870 609 1110.

Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Birmingham Hippodrome. Until May 7. Tickets from 0870 730 1234.

Mrs Brown Rides Again, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. Until May 21. Tickets from 0870 607 7544.

Doorman/Bouncer by Geoff Thompson, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Until May 7. Tickets from 024 7652 4524.

Talking to Terrorists by Robin Soans, Festival Theatre, Malvern. Until May 7. Tickets from 01684 892277.

Friday, May 6

John Spiers & Jon Boden - In Concert; Melodeon, Fiddle and Two Fine Voices, St Luke's Memorial Hall, Headless Cross. Tickets from 545521.

Bromsgrove Festival: John Williams (guitar) and Richard Harvey, Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove. Tickets from 876504.

Queen and Paul Rodgers, NEC Arena. Tickets from 0870 909 4133.

Cleo Laine & John Dankworth, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Tickets from 01905 611427.

Birmingham Opera Company: Monteverdi's Ulysses Comes Home, Planet Ice, Pershore St, Birmingham. Also May 7. Tickets from 0121 440 3838.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Copland, Sibelius, Beethoven, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 780 3333.

Saturday, May 7

Redditch Music Society: David Quigley, Ecumenical Centre. Tickets on door.

Bromsgrove Festival: The National Youth Jazz Orchestra with vocalist Gary Williams, Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove. Tickets from 876504.

An Evening with Hall and Oates, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 780 3333.

Freddie Starr, Malvern Theatres. Tickets from 01684 892277.

Naked Voices Extraordinary Acappella, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Tickets from 01905 611427.

Sunday, May 8

60th Anniversary VE Day Gala, NIA Academy. Tickets from 0870 909 4144.

Andras Schiff: Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle IV, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 780 3333.

Monday, May 9

Stepping Out, Festival Theatre, Malvern. Until May 14. Tickets from 01684 892277.

Round the Horne......revisited, Birmingham Hippodrome. Until May 11. Tickets from 0870 730 1234.

Tuesday, May 10

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Britten, Strauss, Shostakovich, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.30pm. Also May 11 at 2.15pm. Tickets from 0121 780 3333.

Wednesday, May 11

Bryan Adams, NEC Arena. Tickets from 0870 909 4133.

Nigel Kennedy & Jarek Smietana Jazz Sextet, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Tickets from 0121 780 3333.