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8 must-see theatre shows coming to Birmingham & Wolverhampton in 2019
2019 is going to be a brilliant year for theatre in Birmingham and the Black Country. What’s on? Well, the upcoming programme includes big musicals […]
Theatre review | The Wizard of Oz at Birmingham REP
Last night I battled through Storm Diana to the REP Theatre in Birmingham. On stage, an even bigger storm swept me up and took me […]
Theatre review | The Believers Are But Brothers at Birmingham Hippodrome
The Believers Are But Brothers is a one-man show which attempts to explore the smoke and mirrors world of online extremism, anonymity and hate speech. […]
Theatre review | WNO’s La traviata at Birmingham Hippodrome
Verdi’s La traviata is the most popular and most performed opera in the world. It’s also an opera which I hadn’t seen before last night. […]
Theatre review | No Kids at Birmingham Hippodrome
Last night I experienced one of the strongest pieces of theatre I’ve seen in a long time. Performed at Birmingham Hippodrome, in the intimate Patrick […]
Theatre review | Bram Stoker’s DRACULA at Wolverhampton Grand
Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the iconic novel of 1987 that has inspired a vampiric tradition spanning 120 years, crossing form, genre and generation. The latest […]
Theatre review | The Full Monty musical on tour at Birmingham Hippodrome
In 1997 The Full Monty arrived in British cinemas, and we fell in love with those 6 unemployed Northerners taking their kit off. In 2013, […]
Smoke & mirrors | An interview with The Lovely Bones set designer Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Yesterday, just hours before the premiere of The Lovely Bones at the REP in Birmingham, I was introduced to Ana Inés Jabares-Pita. I was excited to […]
Theatre review | Troilus and Cressida at RSC
It’s the seventh year of the Trojan War, and the scene is set. Onto the stage swerve warriors in Mad Max style goggles and leather, […]