Birmingham Library Theatre

The Venue

Birmingham Library Theatre is an intimate 250 seat venue in the heart of the city centre. It promotes the special collections and services of Britain's biggest and busiest Central Library by staging challenging literary events, film screenings, author visits, local history talks and dramatic and musical performances.

Birmingham Library Theatre
Paradise Place
Birmingham
B3 3HQ
(near the Central Library)

For information on the Library Theatre ring 0121 303 2868

Disabled access (before 8.00pm) is by Reception in the Library.

Coming Soon

1. 18:15 Tue 7^th February

   Morgiana (15)
   Dir: Juraj Herz
   Czechoslovakia 1972 1hr 37mins Czech with subtitles

   A unique, psychological, horror

   — Dvd Beaver

   Twin sisters Klára and Viktorie (both played by Janžurová) inherit their late father’s estate. Younger red-headed Klára… More

2. 20:15 Tue 7^th February

   Bluebeard (Barbe Bleue) (15)
   Dir: Catherine Breillat
   France 2009 1hr 20mins French with subtitles

   This is once-upon-a-time at its grim best

   — Film4

   In a dusty attic, two young sisters are reading the creepy tale by Perrault, also about two sisters, whose father has just died, leaving… More

3. 18:15 Thu 16^th February

   Way of the Morris (E)
   Dir: Rob Curry, Tim Plester
   UK 2011 1hr 4mins

   An enchanting traipse through England\'s green and pleasant land that shares some fascinating insights into this proud folk tradition

   — Empire

   In Partnership with Moseley Folk Festival

   A… More

4. 20:15 Thu 16^th February

   The Wild Hunt (15)
   Dir: Alexandre Franchi
   Canada 2009 1hr 36mins

   A nuanced, unpredictable character study

   — Jam!

   Jilted by his girlfriend Evelyn, Erik sets off to win her back. To do so, however, he must swallow his pride and join in with the LARP-ers… More

5. 18:15 Tue 21^st February

   The Lighthouse (Mayak) (12)
   Dir: Maria Saakyan
   Russia 2006 1hr 15mins Russian with subtitles

   A poetic reverie on memory and homeland, with a hypnotic combination of image and music

   — Sight & Sound

   Lena travels to her grandparents’ small village in war-torn Armenia, to… More

6. 20:00 Tue 21^st February

   Dreams of a Life (E)
   Dir: Carol Morley
   UK/Ireland 2011 1h 30mins

   Haunting, compassionate and inventive

   — Time Out

   In 2006, a gruesome discovery was made in a block of flats above Wood Green shopping centre in London – the skeletal body of… More