With the theatre currently closed and the country on lockdown due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, we decided to spread some virtual joy by throwing our biggest birthday party yet, uniting all of our friends, audiences and supporters to join us for an online celebration on Friday 27 March.
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in – we had an absolute blast and were overwhelmed by lovely messages of support. We’ve pulled together a selection of our favourite tweets for you to look back on below.
Good morning! Are you ready to PARTAY? We’re 62 today, just in time for #WorldTheatreDay, and we’re kickingq off the #BelgradeBirthday celebrations with a look at our newest team member. Carlo is a guide dog helping Charles, our Customer Relationship & Data Supervisor #StageTeam pic.twitter.com/shLcbX4ZkZ
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
@BelgradeTheatre Many happy returns – I hope to return soon xxx #BelgradeBirthday pic.twitter.com/buouHEkNLJ
— William Stafford (@williamstafford) March 27, 2020
Wishing our friends at the @BelgradeTheatre a very happy 62nd birthday! Thank you for keeping the residents of #Coventry and all who visit us entertained with your wonderful programme of performances. We look forward to seeing you open again soon! #BelgradeBirthday pic.twitter.com/ATMlzPz35V
— Visit Coventry (@visit_coventry) March 27, 2020
Wishing our friends @BelgradeTheatre a very Happy 62nd Birthday today! It’s a strange time, but we hope that you have a wonderful day and that you all get cake. ??? #ThisIsCoventry #BelgradeBirthday #WorldTheatreDay2020 pic.twitter.com/ICWNaokrWM
— Warwick Arts Centre (@warwickarts) March 27, 2020
Happy birthday to @BelgradeTheatre the first civic producing theatre to be built after WW2. https://t.co/rIiAHyFZDU #WorldTheatreDay https://t.co/W1u0TK6Tjs
— Theatres Trust (@TheatresTrust) March 27, 2020
Throughout the day, we’ll be sharing pictures of our teams celebrating our #BelgradeBirthday & we want you to join in! First, here’s Maddie, Helen & Siobhan from Development, who look after memberships & fundraising. You can follow them @Belgradeinbiz #WorldTheatreDay #StageTeam pic.twitter.com/5cDxCTGHqG
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
I’m approaching my 17th anniversary of working at @BelgradeTheatre Which is pretty astonishing really. I only intended to stay for a couple of years but I totally fell in love with it. It’s a very special place full of wonderful, good people. Happy Birthday Belgrade! ❤️ https://t.co/mxwUgaa7sN
— Ray Clenshaw (@BelgradeRay) March 27, 2020
Happy 62nd birthday @BelgradeTheatre! It may be a slightly quieter one this year but we’ll be back with celebratory jazz hands as soon as we can. ??????
See you after the interval folks! pic.twitter.com/cW0cLQCz5d
— Emma Rowan (@BelgradeEmma) March 27, 2020
Happy 62nd B’day from The Cheeky Chappies. A happy memory from when we opened the theatre back in ’58. Hamish is looking forward to having us back this winter “It’ll be an effing frosty morning before you 2 are back on this stage” he said *actual words. https://t.co/8lX3jjMK01
— REDTalentManagement (@REDTalentMgt) March 27, 2020
Today is not only #WorldTheatreDay but also #BelgradeBirthday!! ?
I can’t imagine how different my life would be without both of them ?
To celebrate both, here are some of my happiest memories of working at the @BelgradeTheatre ✨ pic.twitter.com/T8osbdbORk
— Jess Milner (@MissJMilner) March 27, 2020
HAPPY 62nd BIRTHDAY! ?
Warwickshire What’s On would like to wish our friends at the @BelgradeTheatre a very happy birthday! #BelgradeBirthday pic.twitter.com/o0VRYCq0GE
— Warwickshire What’s On (@WhatsOnWarwicks) March 27, 2020
Happy 62nd Birthday to one of my favourite theatres in the ??? @BelgradeTheatre been going to it since my youth theatre years in the Eighties | still a brilliant friendly creative space with fantastic staff ? pic.twitter.com/RT24IQAjeE
— Hardish Virk (@HardishVirk) March 27, 2020
The party has arrived! Happy birthday, @BelgradeTheatre! It’s been just over two years since you welcomed me with open arms & gave me somewhere to belong. It’s been challenging but always rewarding & I can’t imagine being part of a better team #BelgradeBirthday #WorldTheatreDay pic.twitter.com/I1H8JG0OZc
— Heather Kincaid (@BelgradeHeather) March 27, 2020
Wishing my friends at the @BelgradeTheatre a happy 62nd birthday.
I’ve hosted many things on that stage over the years, but one of my favourite things in the world is to lose myself in a show there. pic.twitter.com/m5YcbSK0Hp— Brody Swain (@BrodySwain) March 27, 2020
Happy birthday from craft on @BelgradeTheatre #BelgradeBirthday #stitchmeditations #slowstitch #mindfulcrafting pic.twitter.com/KLjVg3YlEH
— nikidlee (@nikidlee1) March 27, 2020
Happy 62nd birthday to our brilliant friends at @BelgradeTheatre who we love to welcome into the museum. We never know what weird and wonderful costumed characters will turn up!#BelgradeBirthday #ThisisCoventry pic.twitter.com/yRA2SG01li
— Coventry Transport Museum (@CovTM) March 27, 2020
Happy Birthday @BelgradeTheatre! What an awesome place you are!! #BelgradeBirthday. See you on the other side xx
— fivesixphotography (@Joe_snapper) March 27, 2020
Today’s home activity was baking! ? With a purpose …
Wishing everyone involved with the @BelgradeTheatre a huge
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ? ??(we didn’t have 62 candles, so we had 6 of one colour and 2 of another ?!) #BelgradeBirthday xxx pic.twitter.com/I4lbPlOz2t
— Coventry City of Culture Show (@covcultureshow) March 27, 2020
Happy birthday to our friends @BelgradeTheatre ? 62 today!
We absolutely love when the Belgrade team pay us a visit alongside their latest theatrical production mascot. We hope to see them all soon when we are both open once again.#BelgradeBirthday pic.twitter.com/o2bcOefXyN— Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (@The_Herbert) March 27, 2020
#BelgradeBirthday @BelgradeHeather @BelgradeTheatre #thisiscoventry #coventry2021 pic.twitter.com/XRaKEAK0KX
— Aaron Law (@AaronLaw92) March 27, 2020
Should have made this croaky offering my birthday present to @BelgradeTheatre. 62 today! It’s the theatre where @IanMcKellen cut his teeth in rep and remains the cultural hub of Coventry. #BelgradeBirthday #WorldTheatreDay https://t.co/qOnSrJ6kfn
— Patrick Kincaid (@patrickkincaid) March 27, 2020
Click Spring have joined the party! This creative, kind, supportive bunch are responsible for all of our youth & community groups, education & schools’ projects, & talent development schemes. Thank you for all the amazing things you do, guys! #BelgradeBirthday #WorldTheatreDay ? pic.twitter.com/0R4pCSk9g2
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
@BelgradeTheatre Happy Birthday! I’ve grown up with you, continue to see fantastic productions on your stage and have fabulous memories of making my professional acting debut with you in 1985 in #TheSilverSword
— Justine Greene (@justineclaire75) March 27, 2020
Happy Birthday @BelgradeTheatre So sorry we won’t be with you next month but hope to see you another time x #BelgradeBirthday
— Billionaire Boy Live (@BillBoy_Live) March 27, 2020
Even our hard-working Executive Director is making time to join the #BelgradeBirthday celebrations! Joanna says, “We can’t wait to welcome everyone back!”
Honestly, we’re a little bit jealous of her fancy hat… ??#WorldTheatreDay #StageTeam pic.twitter.com/uD1t52s2oN— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
A big happy birthday to our friends over at the @BelgradeTheatre! ?✨? #62Today #BelgradeBirthday It’s time to party! (from a distance ?) pic.twitter.com/VDmzvq2K71
— Albany Theatre (@albanytheatre) March 27, 2020
Happy birthday to the wonderful @BelgradeTheatre!!! ✨
Sending you lots of love from Team Gertrude ?#BelgradeBirthday#WorldTheatreDay pic.twitter.com/BfDMYTNEgx— Gertrude (@theyaregertrude) March 27, 2020
Happy 62nd Birthday to the amazing, incredible, fantastic, inspiring @belgradetheatre! ? ? ? ?
Thank you for everything you do for the city and we can’t wait to see you providing more moments of happiness for the people of #Coventry!!#thisisCoventry #belgradebirthday pic.twitter.com/E4xIpZCoGY
— Etch and Pin (@EtchandPin) March 27, 2020
Happy #BelgradeBirthday from our admin legend Jean! Jean says, “It’s only juice – I’m working!!”
That’s her story and she’s sticking to it, anyway… ?#WorldTheatreDay #StageTeam pic.twitter.com/lHQqJnoiNf— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
A massive happy 62nd birthday to our young friends @BelgradeTheatre! Our first chief conductor Appleby Matthews is getting in the party spirit… we hope you’ll all join us for our centenary celebrations this year ? pic.twitter.com/BCgjTLgynk
— CBSO (@TheCBSO) March 27, 2020
Happy birthday (from a distance) @BelgradeTheatre from @AduduTrish and I! ???? #BelgradeBirthday pic.twitter.com/sEsVZIosdy
— Dan Sambell (@itsdansambell) March 27, 2020
Happy Birthday and big theatre love to @BelgradeTheatre ?! Thanks for many wonderful memories sat in your audience, can’t wait for more! ♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/GrZOJN2D4P
— ????? ? (@carpediememmie) March 27, 2020
Did you hear our Embedded Community Producer Krysztina chatting to @AduduTrish about our birthday on @BBCCWR just now? We don’t think we know anyone who loves parties more than @KryssiWi – here she is waiting for her interview! #BelgradeBirthday #WorldTheatreDay #StageTeam pic.twitter.com/FkmdYae9FP
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
Happy Birthday @BelgradeTheatre!! pic.twitter.com/POvsgdwhgx
— Birmingham Hippodrome (@brumhippodrome) March 27, 2020
Happy birthday to my happy place and home to many amazing people & experiences @BelgradeTheatre – sharing a few highlights from the old memory box in honour of 62 glorious years! You will always feel like home from home ? #BelgradeBirthday pic.twitter.com/QYL8Xu83Hu
— Kate Evans (@Kateevs24) March 27, 2020
Me singing with a pic of one of my absolute favourite shows while I was working @BelgradeTheatre – 62 and still fabulous, old girl! pic.twitter.com/PQedssx0lc
— SairahSays (@SairahSays) March 27, 2020
Here come the Comms team! A very happy #BelgradeBirthday from the folks behind all these crazy birthday shenanigans! ?? #WorldTheatreDay #StageTeam pic.twitter.com/9DKaVTVUgd
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
Can you believe that the @BelgradeTheatre is 62 years old today?!?!
Happy Birthday! ?
Thank you for so many amazing performances and memories and here’s to so many more!#EnjoyCoventry pic.twitter.com/TwdvcVhZyt— Enjoy Coventry (@EnjoyCoventry) March 27, 2020
Wishing @BelgradeTheatre a very very happy birthday ?? here’s a throwback to my last performance there, in the foyer with my beloved students! Also Happy #WorldTheatreDay too! I miss you all so much ❤️ pic.twitter.com/n2TzvB2iV0
— Sneha Singh (@SnehaSingh) March 27, 2020
A #BelgradeBirthday message from our Co-Artistic Director @Campbell1Corey and family. ?? #WorldTheatreDay #StageTeam pic.twitter.com/SbLkfUwUlb
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
@BelgradeTheatre Happy Birthday Old Friend! 62 today. pic.twitter.com/nOXcaXQCmU
— b_i_g_a_n_d_y_ (@b_i_g_a_n_d_y_) March 27, 2020
Happy birthday @BelgradeTheatre
Taken 25/9/19 @ScarlettArcher @AndrewLancel @BKL_Productions pic.twitter.com/KdHC7yvHbo— Dan Findlay-Belfield ???? (@DanielJamesFin3) March 27, 2020
Happy Birthday Belgrade Theatre Coventry?Happy memories ? pic.twitter.com/Ek48YstMxH
— Pat Garrett (@patgarrett777) March 27, 2020
Big up the @BelgradeTheatre , had a few memorable moments there. Getting an archbishop to can-can the best. Many happy returns #BelgradeBirthday @JustinWelby @Coventry2021 pic.twitter.com/1Px80ZUd04
— Jamie J Gray (@JamieGrayPhoto) March 27, 2020
@BelgradeTheatre Happy Birthday, Belgrade Theatre! Here’s some photos of shows I designed when I was Head of Design in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The Belgrade is a major asset to the city. Have a wonderful day!! ??????????❌ pic.twitter.com/qd6tezqDws
— Adrian Rees (@AdrianRees15) March 27, 2020
??BIG happy birthday from us guys ??@BelgradeTheatre ?? https://t.co/IlKSnCBkS5 pic.twitter.com/BLwHW2Dy8K
— Trish Willetts (@trishwilletts) March 27, 2020
Some photo memories from our Senior Producer Sâmir Bhamra for our #BelgradeBirthday and #WorldTheatreDay. So many celebrations gone by – may there be many more to come! ?✨ pic.twitter.com/8vUBlKb9L6
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
A big happy 62nd birthday to the @BelgradeTheatre from the Finch Franklin household! ?
You don’t look a day over 21..
We ♥️ you!
(@wesfinch)#BelgradeBirthday #WorldTheatreDay pic.twitter.com/bWdGASMVwB— Lisa Franklin (@lisfranklina) March 27, 2020
Duty Manager Emma has been working on these lovely flowers with her kids to brighten up our #BelgradeBirthday today – thanks to @nikidlee1 for the tutorial #WorldTheatreDay ??? pic.twitter.com/WQ4iHHaupl
— Belgrade Theatre (@BelgradeTheatre) March 27, 2020
Happy 62nd Birthday @BelgradeTheatre ?? Belgrade has given me so many opportunities, like the Young Critics and I love every visit! We didn’t have much in the cupboards, so made some rice crispy cakes to celebrate ?#BelgradeBirthday #WorldTheatreDay pic.twitter.com/15LyFR6VZa
— Beth? (@LibraryofBeth) March 27, 2020
Happy #BelgradeBirthday to the theatre that feels like my second home @BelgradeTheatre. Here’s a throwback to your 60th! pic.twitter.com/rvex0MYLQU
— Rosie Mackie (@rosie_mackie) March 27, 2020