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AMATEUR REVIEWS A-Z Index of affiliate reviews Reviews listed by affiliates Habeas Corpus, Grange Players, Grange Playhouse Walsall Babes in the Wood, Hall Green Little Theatre Dick Whittington, Sutton Arts Theatre, Sutton Coldfield Three Men in a Boat, Mint Theatre Society Directory of leading amateur companies. If you want details about becoming an affiliate contact Sue Clarke. sue.clarke@behindthearras.com NEWS ARCHIVE Past reviews The Late John Slim's FINAL THOUGHTS SMALL THOUGHTS						THEATRE REVIEWS Reviews by title Reviews by theatre (If a review is not found try Other reviews) LATEST The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Birmingham Town Hall Timon of Athens, The RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon Emily Brown and the Thing, Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome Peter Pan, Birmingham Hippodrome A Christmas Carol, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon Maid Marian and the Merry Men, The Swan Theatre, Worcester Snow White &The Seven Dwarfs , Malvern Theatres Crimes of the Christmas Pudding, Lichfield Garrick Bah Humbug! Worcester Rep, The Swan Theatre Sleeping Beauty, Wolverhampton Grand Benidorm - live The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Over the Top, Coventry Belgrade Dick Whittington, Lichfield Garrick Hansel and Gretel Derby Theatre The Nightingales, Malvern Theatres e Old Rep, Birmingham ARCHIVE Coming soon Gary Longden has been along to Lichfield Garrick to meet the cast of this year's panto, Dick Whittington. More Performing arts Yeoman of the Guard, CBSO, Symphony Hall Performing Arts Archive 1 2 NEWS Birmingham Royal Ballet: International ballet superstar Carlos Acosta is the new director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, taking over from David Bintley who will be leaving in July at the end of the current season. More A tiger really did come for tea at Purnells Restaurant in Birmingham in between appearing on stage at the Town Hall, while he has been imortalised in bricks at Legoland Discovery Centre More Matt Slack has been found sitting down on the job at Birmingham Hippodrome More The BTA 1918 Theatre Awards: Our reviewers have been looking back on the best of 2018. Awards home, Roger Clarke, Jeff Grant, Gary Longden and Roderic Dunnett Birmingham Rep: Roxana Silbert, the Rep's artistic director since 2012, has announced she is leaving to become artistic director of Hampstead Theatre in London next spring. More FEATURES Contact roger_clarke@behindthearras.com

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	The Merry Wives of Windsor, The RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon: Every so often along comes a production that is so good that all a review really needs to say is don’t bother reading on, just grab a ticket and go and see it. Read on. Matilda, Birmingham Hippodrome: Matilda is just jaw-droppingly good. It is as simple as that. A theatrical treat full of fun and wit, with some deliciously OTT dark moments sailing merrily along on a sea of remarkable young talent. Read on. Macbeth, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon: Polly Findlay’s RSC Macbeth took off fabulously on several counts: first, she cast the three witches as (roughly) 11 to 13 year old girls, memorably clad in quite garish pyjamas, electrifying in their speech and wondrously subtle in their moves and half moves. Read on.
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	Birmingham Royal Ballet: International ballet superstar Carlos Acosta is the new director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, taking over from David Bintley who will be leaving in July at the end of the current season. More
	The BTA 1918 Theatre Awards: Our reviewers have been looking back on the best of 2018. Awards home, Roger Clarke, Jeff Grant, Gary Longden, and Roderic Dunnett
	Birmingham Rep: Roxana Silbert, the Rep's artistic director since 2012, has announced she is leaving to become artistic director of Hampstead Theatre in London next spring. More
	Welsh National Opera: It's a touch of the Vorsprung durch techniks with WNO's collaboration with Bonn's Oper der Stadt Bonn to create their Verdi Machine to be seen for the first time in La forza del destino at Birmingham Hippodrome. More.
	Iain Mackay dances his farewell in his final performance with Birmingham Royal Ballet at Birmingham Symphony Hall More
	BTA Awards 2017: Our reviewers have been looking back at their best productions of 2017 with Roger Clarke, Roderic Dunnett, Alison Brinkworth and Gary Longden
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