A new version of a fairytale classic created for the City of Birmingham in Birmingham Royal Ballet's 20th anniversary year.

Neglected and mistreated by her stepmother and sisters, Cinderella's life is one of drudgery and hardship until the evening of a wonderful ball at the palace when her Fairy Godmother appears to cast a spell that will change her life forever. Transformed into a beautiful princess, Cinderella dances the night away in the arms of a handsome prince, before the clock chimes midnight and brings a sudden end to the party.

Birmingham Royal Ballet's Director David Bintley choreographs this spellbinding new production, which receives its world premiere in Birmingham in November 2010. John Macfarlane, designer of The Nutcracker and the Company's recent Le Baiser de la fée is conjuring up a magical world to bring this much loved fairytale to life.

Supported (2010) by a generous donation from David Lloyd. Additional support (2010) from Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust

Manchester's Kyla Brox is without question the finest young female blues singer in the UK today. Her voice is magnificent, combining effortless power with exquisite control, singing her own special mix of funky, jazz-tinged blues. Kyla has just released her new album Grey Sky Blue to great acclaim.

A proud man struggles to break through as a writer. He is in a constant battle between his environment, the salivating monster inside him and the grinding, satanic mills of progress.

Hunger is a dark, grotesque and provocative performance of human survival and man's need to express himself.

Written by Knut Hamsun in 1890, Hunger is widely regarded as one of the first novels to describe the interior of the human mind, while Hamsun himself is considered one of the founders of the modern novel. Pickled Image's adaptation explores the salivating monster of Hunger, touching on madness, delusion and creative genius with just a few puppets, two puppeteers, minimal props and a haunting soundtrack written by Bristol composer Simon Preston.

Van Morrison's daughter Shana has a musical style that is hard to pin down with influences from most of the major genres. Her beautiful wide ranging voice has gained her a number of famous fans including John Lee Hooker, Joe Cocker and Dr John to name a few. She has just released her album Joyride to great acclaim.

Featuring the best gags and a great meal, this pitch-perfect ‘13th episode' of the TV series is face-achingly funny. Basil is manic, Sybil domineering, and Manuel hopelessly language-challenged. Everything that can wrong does in some beautifully controlled chaos.

This is 'total immersion' interactive comedy theatre: you, the audience, are the diners and the cast your warring waiters…But please, don’t mention the war!

Tiny Tin Lady are a young six piece band who have become one of the most talked about groups on the accoustic scene, stunning audiences everywhere with their blend of brilliant, original sonfs, superb musicianship and spine-tingling harmonies.

Australian singer-songwriter Chloe Hall is an engaging and charismatic performer, but it's the simple, undeniable quality of her songs that leave you with overwhelming emotion. Making up her trio are bassist Chris Mildren and percussionist Teal Bain-Roben.

Spider John Koerner is a traditional American folk and country blues musician.

Mercury Musical Developments is an organisation dedicated to the craft of writing books, music and lyrics for musical theatre. The Sounds Of England initiative aims to help writers discover their original voice. The Lowry will host two original new thirty minute musicals called The Signalman and Moving On.

The Signalman Presents the chilling Victorian ghost story in three short scenes set over three consecutive evenings – A gentleman on vacation in the English countryside happens upon an isolated signalbox with mysterious and sinister consequences…

Moving On An Underground Lost Property man invites us to search though his shelves of lost items. As he touches objects he conjures up fragments of people’s lives echoes of lives past and present just like ours. Forgotten, dropped or discarded under London.

Will The Signalman or Moving On be the next Les Miserables, Blood Brothers or Billy Elliott? Come along and find out! Both shows presented one after the other on both nights