Lion King concludes sell-out Birmingham season
Hit production boosts local economy.
The boots are made for more than walking
Simon Hale reviews the Broadway production of Kinky Boots.
Artix presents…
A couple of theatrical dates next week.
Sober as a rat
How do you imitate a renown drunk and keep a clear head? Rat Pack tribute singer Wayne Kennedy tells us.
Inch by Inch
Britain’s only theatre in a pub is presenting an everyday tale of transgender German rock singers.
95,000 attend 4 Squares Weekender
Huge crowds flock to city centre events.
Birmingham premiere for Twelve Angry Men
All- star production to debut at Rep.
Devotedly hopelessly
News of a new production at Birmingham Rep.
Encore for Annie
Terry Wills reports on the latest production of the musical Annie.
Birmingham Rep reopens 3rd September
Birmingham Repertory Theatre re-opens to the public following its major refurbishment with the sell-out National Theatre production of Alan Bennett’s new play, People.
Maureen Lipman returns to Birmingham Rep
Maureen Lipman returns to Birmingham Repertory Theatre this October in a brand new play by Oliver Cotton, Daytona.
With hope in your heart
Terry Wills reports on the Birmingham & Midland Operatic Society’s performance of Carousel.
Birmingham Rep postpones A Passionate Woman
Birmingham Repertory Theatre today announce the postponement of the forthcoming production – A Passionate Woman – due to the indisposition of Lynda Bellingham.
WOW! Festival line up announced
Festival of free street theatre comes to West Bromwich.
NT Live presents Macbeth at Artrix
Artrix will be presenting the National Theatre Live Encore production of Macbeth on Sunday 18th August at 7.00pm
Fangs a-go-go as Count Dracula lurks in Bloxwich
Count Dracula, is now making sinister plans to walk the boards at the popular Bookmark Bloxwich Theatre next Saturday afternoon.
New shows set for Alex
The Birmingham theatre has announced its new season
Swap the playground for the stage at the Belgrade’s Summer School
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre is offering local youngsters aged between eight and sixteen the chance to develop and share their theatre skills at its annual Summer School,
Belgrade finalises Autumn Season with 22 new shows
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced that a further 22 shows will be on sale from Mon 1 July
A new play – Invisible – will appear at the Artrix
New comic play by Liz John and Julia Wright, about invisible women, invisible men and the invisible truth
School puts on Jesus Christ Superstar
A cast of more than 60 students at a Walsall school are gearing up to put on rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
West End star Simon Bowman leads cast in new Belgrade musical
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced that acclaimed West End actor Simon Bowman will star in its new musical The Prodigals: A Man Had Two Sons
Review: Stuffing Revenge Down Your Enemy’s Throat
Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus pours out rivers of blood in this tale about power but still tells a good story, says Richard Lutz
New York theatre review: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Simon Hale found nothing alien about spending an evening in a New York theatre being wowed by Sigourney Weaver. Here’s his review.
Review: A Mad World My Masters
Richard Lutz takes his seat at the RSC in Stratford for a rude funny Jacobean play called Mad World
Parklife the Play
One fine morning, St.Philip’s Cathedral (Pigeon Park), in the centre of Birmingham. Everywhere’s people, milling about, getting about their business, at home in their city . . . or maybe not.
Katharine Hepburn returns to Edinburgh
Katharine Hepburn returns to Edinburgh in Old Joint Stock Theatre Company’s Tea At Five
Sound of the Street
Our resident raver Terry Wills reports on the current production of sixties musical Carnaby Street.
A real ‘peach’ of a show coming to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
Roald Dahl’s very first children’s book and one of his most popular stories comes to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
Birmingham Playwrights to perform first public show in 23 years
Bringing theatre to the heart of Birmingham