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Retail stores in West Brom are being taken over by actors for live interactive storytelling
Student Reporter
September 16, 2019
A free mini theatre festival is set to take place in West Bromwich this weekend, with performances being held in actively running businesses. Actors and music artists are taking their talent…
Game of Thrones star Tara Fitzgerald to join actor Robert Lindsay in Birmingham for Prism
Staff Reporter
July 4, 2019
Tara Fitzgerald, star of Game of Thrones and Waking the Dead, will be joining Robert Lindsay in this year's production of Prism, which opens at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on…
FIRST LOOK: Photos released of new stage production of Alice Walker’s ‘The Colour Purple’
Staff Reporter
July 3, 2019
Birmingham Hippodrome and Leicester’s Curve have released the first production images from The Color Purple which has its official opening night at Curve. Made in the Midlands, this brand new…
REVIEW: Stan’s Cafe offers a game-changing experience to theatre and cinema fans
Rangzeb Hussain
May 10, 2019
Experimental theatre company Stan's Cafe has brought an economical, yet intensely powerful, show called 'It's Your Film' to the The Lansdowne in Birmingham. This free show combines cinematic and theatrical techniques to…
‘Sigh of the Musaafir’ show promises to bring an exotic theatrical experience to Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
March 7, 2019
'Sigh of the Musaafir' - an exciting new theatrical experience comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre this month that weaves music, dance, poetry, and visuals to tell the story of the…
REVIEW: Blue/Orange – 20 years on, it still has something to say
Rhi Storer
February 15, 2019
Christopher (Ivan Oyik), a young black Londoner, has reached day 28 of his detention at a psychiatric hospital and wants to go home. Problem is, he thinks oranges are blue…
National Storytelling Week: Birmingham authors talk about fiction in all forms
Emily Lowes
January 29, 2019
As National Storytelling Week gets underway, Brummies are celebrating storytelling in theatres, schools, and spoken word venues. On the 19th anniversary of National Storytelling Week, members of New Street Authors,…
King of ballet Carlos Acosta appointed director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Rangzeb Hussain
January 16, 2019
Carlos Acosta, one of the world’s greatest ballet dancers, has been announced as the new director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. This appointment is a major fete for Birmingham Royal Ballet…
VIDEO: Audience reactions to ‘The Full Monty’ at Birmingham Hippodrome
Staff Reporter
November 6, 2018
The Full Monty play, currently showing at the Birmingham Hippodrome, is based on the smash hit film and adapted by writer Simon Beaufoy. The theatre production is in Birmingham between…
INTERVIEW: Jon Trevor, Director of Birmingham Improv Festival
Vimal Korpal
October 9, 2018
This year's Birmingham Improv Festival will welcome over a hundred performers to the Blue Orange Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, between Friday 26th October and Saturday 3rd November. We caught up…