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John Slim's amateur stage NEW: Directory of leading amateur companies. To become an affiliate contact John Slim. john.slim@behindthearras.com
Get your Benny shirt here, lucky Benny shirts Where there's a Will . . . or an HGLT That's not the way to do it! Nothing like prompt service. Is it a bird? Is its a missile? No it's . . . it's WHAT? Looking at labels They are playing our number. Young Ones getting on DIre . . . dire . . . directing Wot about the writer Llew, llew, leww . . .. In praise of intervals Acting on TV impulse Keeping the brain cell intact Time gentlemen, please Shedding a light on things AMATEUR REVIEWS Reviews are a'changing - click here for info. A-Z Index of affiliate reviews Amateur theatre, or at least those involved, tend to head off to the seaside, bucket, spade and next script in hand for the summer but here are some recent reviews. Day of Reckoning Swan Amateur Theatre Company Shakers. Stage 2, Crescent Theatre Caught in the Net, Swan Theatre Amateur Company, Worcester. We love to Boogie. Spotlight Youth Productions. Aldridge Youth Theatre. Amy's View. Grange Players. Grange Playhouse. Walsall. Earth and Sky. Highbury Theatre Centre. Move over Mrs Markham. Hall Green Little Theatre. Summer Holiday. Highbury Youth Theatre. Highbury Theatre Centre, Sutton Coldfield. Bums on seats. Stage 27, Old Rep Paul Marston Reviewing amateur and professional stage and the CBSO
Barefoot opener at Hall Green Drake set for screen debut Stage 2 staging for you Invasion of the bugs Crescent Open Day Stage 2 double Celebrations at The Grange Plain as a penny up t'North Fred Karno set to live again at the Old Rep. Arras uncovered It'll be ko on the night Hall Green good for a laugh. Oops. It looks like a Titanic production Grange in search of Mrs Muller Nonentities look ahead
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In the spotlight with Roger Clarke roger.clarke@behindthearras.com
Click above for older reviews otherwise click below Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Birmingham Hippodrome Morte d'Arthur, RSC The Courtyard Theatre. Fame! The Musical. Alexander Theatre, Birmingham. Guess How Much I Love You. Wolverhampton Grand. Murdered to Death, Wolverhampton Grand It's Never Too Late, Wolverhampton Grand Busting Out! Lichfield Garrick Girls' Night Out. Alexandra Theatre. The Sound of Music. Birmingham Hippodrome. The Late Edwina Black. Wolverhampton Grand. The song contest of the birds and the beasts. Welsh National Opera. Birmingham Hippodrome Rigoletto. Welsh Nationa Opera. Birmingham Hippodrome. Inside Job Wolverhampton Grand. Swan Lake. Birmingham Royal Ballet. Birmingham Hippodrome. Whistle down the Wind. Wolverhampton Grand Hancock's Finest Hour. Alexander Theatre. On Their Toes! Birmingham Royal Ballet. Birmingham Hippodrome. Dad's Army Marches On. Alexandra Theatre. Romeo and Juliet. RSC Stratford King Lear, RSC, Stratford
Christian Clarke Reviewing theatre and comedy
Adrian Jackson, the man who runs the Lichfield Garrick, talks about his other job as an international conductor. Keith Jack talks to Roger Clarke about Joseph and his maxing technicolor Dreamcoat coming to the Hippodrome. Ian Dickens talk to Roger Clarke about the Grand's Rep Season Barbara Nice launches a summer of free theatre Half a crown a song for The Sound of Music. Norman Pace talks about his new play and his passion for acting Doyen of Dames ready for panto at the Grand Hippodrome panto starts a new dynasty Solving the problem of Maria - in 1961. Roger Clarke talks to Birmingham Royal Ballet's Shoe Master. More Free dance show a the Hippodrome Children gear up for battle of the birds and the beasts PLUS slideshow. Things looking Rosie at the Swan. RSC outdoor summer programme at The Dell
WHAT'S ON - some of the things on stage now or coming shortly Shelfield Male Voice Choir, Pelsall Community Centre.
Friday Night Classics Are you Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Lichfield Garrick ARCHIVES
SPOKEN WORD with Gary Longden gary.longden@behindthearras.com August, September and October Bilston Voices, Cafe Metro, Bilston. Ringing the Bell for poets. Opium for the masses Latest reviews, dance and poetry
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We are changing the way we file and display reviews. All reviews will eventually be on an individual page and will remain there as long as the site exists. Current reviews will be listed as normal below and in the right hand (professional) or left hand (amateur) columns while past reviews can be found by title or theatre. Later reviews are already on the new system so please bear with us as older reviews are transferred over |
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Joseph and his amazing coat return to the Hippodrome with Keith Jack in the starring role in a high energy show. More | ||
| Sir Percival heads for higher things after finding the Holy Grail in the RSC's emjoyable epic, Morte d'Arthur. More |
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The Sound of Music is echoing from the Hippodrome once again in this stunning Andrew Lloyd-Webber production starring Connie Fisher and Michael Praed. More | ||
| The world's most famous lovers, Romeo and Juliet, drift to their tragic end in a stunning new production by the RSC at the Courtyard Theatre. More |
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King Lear is a hard road to betrayal and madness in the RSC's gripping new production. More | ||
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| Adrian Jackson, the man who runs Lichfield Garrick, talks to Roger Clarke about his other job - international conductor. More |
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Gary Longden caught up with poet Jo Bell and talked to her about her work, Glastonbury and her role as director of National Poetry Day. More. | ||
| Keith Jack is finally Joseph, three years after losing out in Any Dream Will Do and hs heading for the Hippodrome. More |
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Ian Dickens, the man behind Wolverhampton Grand's rep season, talks to Roger Clarke before the final play Murdered to Death. More | ||
| Barbara Nice hosted the launch of a summer of free outdoor theatre and performance thanks to the Hippodrome and Retail Birmingham. More |
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Sutton Coldfield's From The Top Theatre Company is bringing the premiere of their new musical, Khaotic - the Fred Karno story to the Old Rep in October. More. | ||
| The Sound of Music is ringing out again from Birmingham Hippodrome as Roger Clarke discovers that 50 years ago it was half a crown a song. More |
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Norman Pace who stars in Murdered to Death in Wolverhampton Grand talks to Roger Clarke about the play and his life as an actor. More | ||
| Christopher Biggins set to play Widow Twankey at the Grand tells Roger Clarke why panto is much more than knockabout fun at Christmas. More |
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Roger Clarke caught up with Joan Collins in Birmingham where she was at the Hippodrome to talk about her pantomime debut in Dick Whittington. More | ||
| A new company created for just one show to mark the centenary of just one event that rocked the world. More |
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The RSC programme at The Dell, the outdoor theatre by The Courtyard opened on June 6 with A Midsummer Night's Dream and runs until the end of August. Details |
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Jean Bayless, seen here with Connie Fisher, the latest Maria in a half century of The Sound of Music, was the first to set the hills alive in 1961. She has been talking to Roger Clarke ahead of the musical arriving at the Hippodrome in July. More |
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As Birmingham Royal Ballet opens its 20th
anniversary season with Sleeping Beauty Roger Clarke talks
to the man who keeps the dancers on their toes - Shoe
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Paul Marston caught up with Brian Conley who appears at both the Grand and the Hippodrome in Hairspray More |
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THE RSC brings Shakespeare alive and now it is helping teachers inspire their pupils with an active toolkit which helps bring the words off the page. More |
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