Centre Stage: Double Bass & Friends – “thoroughly entertaining”

Simon Hale has an enjoyable afternoon at the CBSO Centre.

Beatle Mania!: “happy if not excited”

Simon Hale watches the CBSO take on the Beatles.

Dear Evan Hansen: “a stunning show”

Simon Hale battles traffic to get to the Alex.

Madam Butterfly: “top class and sensually powerful”

The CBSO perform Puccini’s masterwork, with Simon Hale in the audience.

Review: Baroque to Broadway

Simon Hale enjoys a gloriously eclectic night of the CBSO at Symphony Hall.

Sakari conducts Sibelius & Strauss

The CBSO provide another memorable Symphony Hall occasion, as Simon Hale testifies.

Review: Jess Gillam plays Williams and Villa-Lobos

Simon Hale spends an enjoyable evening with the CBSO.

Review: Symphonic Rat Pack

Simon Hale is at Symphony Hall to watch the CBSO tackle the Rat Pack.

Review: Kazuki conducts Beethoven’s Eroica

Simon Hale is at Symphony Hall for the CBSO’s latest.

Review: The Bodyguard

Simon Hale watches the enjoyable-in-parts Christmas offering from the Alexandra Theatre.

Review: Ainadamar

Simon Hale is moved by this Welsh National Opera production at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Review: Burt Bacharach – What the World Needs Now

Simon Hale is present when the CBSO pay tribute to a legendary composer.

Review: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 2

Simon Hale attends a CBSO anniversary celebration.

Review: Kazuki conducts Rachmaninoff

Simon Hale is at Symphony Hall as the CBSO marks the Russian composer’s birth.

Review: Bernstein’s Candide

Simon Hale watches the Welsh National Opera at the Alexandra Theatre.

Review: Kazuki conducts Rachmaninoff

Simon Hale watches the CBSO and its charismatic conductor at Symphony Hall.

Review: Carmina Burana

Simon Hale visits Symphony Hall with the CBSO in residence.

Review: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto

Simon Hale enjoys the CBSO performing an old favourite at Symphony Hall.

Review: CBSO at the Royal Concertgebouw

Simon Hale catches the CBSO on tour.

An Evening with Richard Digby Day

Simon Hale listens to a Solihull School old boy turned theatre legend.

Review: My Fair Lady

Simon Hale is enchanted by a timeless classic at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Review: Prokofiev and Sibelius

Simon Hale enjoys the CBSO’s latest performance.

Review: An Evening of Music and Dance

Simon Hale enjoys the return of a winning combination from Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Tubular Bells – the Fiftieth Anniversary Experience

Simon Hale talks to conductor Robin Smith about his upcoming tour of the legendary album.

Review: Dreamgirls

Simon Hale gets to grips with the big Christmas show at the Alexandra Theatre.

Review: Prokofiev & Dvorak

The CBSO dazzle in the November gloom, watched by Simon Hale.

Review: The Makropulos Affair

Welsh National Opera turn tedium into enjoyment, as Simon Hale witnesses.

Review: Simply Schubert

Simon Hale gets symphonic with the CBSO at Birmingham Town Hall.

Review: Jenufa

Simon Hale attends the Welsh National Opera’s production at the Hippodrome.

Review: Dreamboats & Petticoats

Simon Hale brings on back the good times at Birmingham Hippodrome.