Review: Some Like It Hip Hop

Richard Lutz rakes his pew for a lively night down at The Birmingham Hippodrome

Review: Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of)

A cheeky take on Jane Austen’s classic comedy of manners tickles Richard Lutz’s ribs. 

Review: Dada Masilo’s Giselle

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Review: Prism at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a moving journey through the past.

What autumn brings

Richard Lutz says goodbye to a friend.

Right royal messes and other stories

Richard Lutz reports on another blighted week in Old Blighty. 

Cameron is where the blame lies

Richard Lutz points the finger of blame at you-know-who.

Britain: Broken, bedevilled, betrayed

Richard Lutz watches democracy go down the pan.

My no-deal letter to my MP

Richard Lutz tries to persuade his MP to turn his back on No Deal come October.

Requiem for a bloody nation

Richard Lutz on the double massacre in the US.

The Rocky Boris Show and The Murder Hole

Richard Lutz holds his breath as Britain twists in the wind.

Double trouble in the land of Bojo and Trump

Richard Lutz feverishly peers into his crystal ball as the political world swirls around him.

Measure for Measure review at Stratford: ‘..the stage sweats sex…’

Richard Lutz is whisked back to a Shakespearean play set in a turn of the century Vienna.

Baseball in Britain: Boom-boom time way down in England

Richard Lutz sits back and thinks of baseball and England.

Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford

Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

This is rubbish

Richard Lutz is reduced to writing about garbage.

Review: (Un)leashed by Birmingham Royal Ballet

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a triple treat.
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Music from the depths of a river- and other tales

Richard Lutz gets to see the woods through the trees. 

Going off-map on the island of little places

Richard Lutz decides it’s time to re-consider 216, 191 and good old number 50.

Dance review: Rite of Spring Re-Imagined at The Patrick Centre

Richard Lutz watches dance fusion between east and west.

Review: The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa at Symphony Hall

Richard Lutz grabs a barstool for a 3D version of the original Mother of Invention.

Review: The Provoked Wife at The Swan in Stratford

Richard Lutz takes a pew for a 300 year-old sex comedy that’s still alive and kicking.

Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a play about Afghanistan’s enduring nightmare.

Flowers of Scotland and a baritone in the back row

Richard Lutz wanders….

Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon

Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.

Social media and the sewer of venom, hate and fraud

Richard Lutz on the poison pouring out of the digi-world .

As You Like It: Bells, whistles but all too tricksy

Richard Lutz takes his Stratford pew for Shakespeare’s intriguing forest comedy.

Nepal: Troubles in a high place

Richard Lutz travels the high road through the mountain nation

Pepperland review: “…sharp, snappy, zippy, trippy”

Richard Lutz takes the yellow submarine to Pepperland.

Book Review: ‘Our City’ explores how immigration changed Birmingham

Richard Lutz reviews an investigation into the changing face of our city landscape.