Birmingham Opera Company has announced the world premiere of “RE-WIRE, running April 28–30, 2026 at Forum Digbeth in Birmingham.

The production brings together six world premieres of newly commissioned works, made with and about the people of Birmingham. The six works include Leon Clowes’s “Absent Fathers,” directed by Finn Lacey; Romarna Campbell’s “The Quiet Rebellion Continues,” directed by Harriet Taylor; Georgia Barnes’s “From Mumsnet With Love,” directed by Lucy Bird; Aidan Teplitzky’s “Mothers,” also directed by Taylor; Aaron Nihal King and Sam Norman’s “Electric,” directed by Lacey; and Franki Dodwell’s “Cause and Effect,” directed by Bird.

Jonny Danciger serves as Creative Director on the project, with Harry Lai as Project Music Director, Mariana Rosas as Chorus Director, and Helen Calcutt as Movement Director.

Soloists include Robert Forrest, Themba Mvula, Joseph Doody, Lea Shaw, Georgia Mae Bishop and Rosalind Dobson.