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AMATEUR REVIEWS
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Maurice's Jubilee, Highbury
Theatre Centre
An Ideal Husband,Sutton Arts
Theatre
The Farndale Avenue Murder Mystery,
The Nonentities, Swan Theatre,
Kidderminster
Nell Gwynn, Highbury Players,
Highbury Theatre Centre
Underneath the Lintel, Criterian
Theatre, Coventry
The Wind in The Willows,, The
Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa.
Something Classical,
The Nonentities,
The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster.
A Slice of Life, The Nonentities,
The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster.
Fright Night, The Nonentities,
The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster
Lockdown in Little Grimley,
Highbury Theatre Centre
Talking Heads, The Nonentities,
Rose Theatre, Kidderminster.
Pre-lockdowns
Edith in The Dark, Hall
Green Little Theatre
The Dixie Swim Club,The Grange
Players, The Grange Playhouse, Walsall
Yes, Prime Minister,
Swan
Theatre Amateur Company
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Grand
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Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Fashion Spies,
Assembly Festival Gardens, Coventry
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie The Alexandra Theatre,
Birmingham
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WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND will be
starting a new term in September when Dewey Finn welcomes new
pupils into his class for School of Rock - The Musical.
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will be bringing his Freedom tour to the Alexandra Theatre next
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HGHBURY PLAYERS will be heading back in time on Tuesday
when they delve into the life of orange seller, actress and
mistress Nell Gwynn in
Jessica Swales Olivier winning comedy.
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ROCK OF AGES rocked Birmingham Alexandra Theatre three
years ago and next week it is back as sexy and raunchy as ever
loaded with rock anthems that have stood the test of time.
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The Birmingham Hippodrome's CEO and artistic director,
Sydney-born Fiona Allan is set to return home in autumn to take
over as chief executive of Opera Australia.
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The Alexandra Theatre is in for a
snowbound March as The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe bring the
icy, maystical world of Narnia to Birmingham.
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The Alexandra Theatre is back in business, after 491
days of enforced closure, and not only has a new progremme but
also a new theatre director. More
THSH: A new name and a new
look as Town Hall and Symphony Hall open up for live music again
with a programme of international and home grown stars.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the Disney
classic film, 50 years old this year, takes to the stage in
August in a world premiere musical which will be bringing its
magic to the Alaxandra and the Grand.
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Town Hall and Symphony Hall will be swinging to the beat
this summer with the return of the Jazzlines Summer School from
Performances Birmingham Limited, a free weeklong course for
aspiring jazz musicians aged 11-19 all running alongside the
city's Jazz FM sponsored Jazz Festival.
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Birmingham Royal Ballet has appointed Ballet Master and
former Principal Dancer
Dominic Antonucci as its new Assistant Director.
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BIDF: After falling victim to Covid lockdowns last year
Birmingham International Dance Festival is back with an on-line
June festival and a full blown live encore in September.
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the problems facing the cultural sector still remain. The cash
is much needed help but is not a cure.
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symphony orchestras is in trouble. Theatres will remain closed,
companies will fold, all consumed by coronavirus without a
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WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND will be
starting a new term in September when Dewey Finn welcomes new
pupils into his class for School of Rock - The Musical.
More
THE ALEXANDRA THEATRE is in
for a snowbound March as The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
bring the icy, maystical world of Narnia to Birmingham.
More
HIGHBURY THEATRE CENTRE has a
reunion to celebrate this month when the four members of Little
Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society return after 14 years in David
Tristram's fourth play in the comedy series, Lockdown in Little
Grimley.
More.
THE NONENTITIES
in
Kidderminster are back on the boards this month with the first
of four separate productions of monologues up to the end of
July.
More
BRB's Cinderella
had a ball
with her prince in the splendid ballroom at the newly reopened
Grand Hotel.
More
ALEXANDRA THEATRE:
Strictly star Johannes Radebe will be bringing
his Freedom tour to the Alex next year with dance and music from
around the world.
More
TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL,
PLUS THE SPOTTED DOG have announced more details of the
lineup for Jazz Fest, Birmingham's new Jazz Festival in August.
More
THE JERSEY BOYS are on the road again and will be
spending Christmas and New Year at the ALexandra Theatre from 7
December to 1 January 2022.
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THEATRE IS BACK: The
lights are turning back on stages across the land as theatre
prepares to return from enforced hibernation this month, and
what ges and treats they have in store for us.
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Rosie Kay Dance Company
launch two world premieres this year with Adult Female
Dancer as part of Rosie Kay's one woman triple bill,
Absolute Solo II at Birmingham Rep next month and Romeo
+ Juliet at Birmingham Hippodrome in September.
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Actor Samuel West makes a heartfelt plea to save funding for
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HGHBURY PLAYERS will be heading
back in time on Tuesday when they delve into the life of orange
seller, actress and mistress Nell Gwynn in
Jessica
Swales Olivier winning comedy.
More |
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ROCK OF AGES
rocked Birmingham Alexandra Theatre three years ago and next
week it is back as sexy and raunchy as ever loaded with rock
anthems that have stood the test of time.
More |
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THE BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME'S CEO
and artistic director, Sydney-born Fiona Allan is set to return
home in autumn to take over as chief executive of Opera
Australia.
More |
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The Alexandra Theatre
is back in business, after 491 days of enforced closure,
and not only has a new progremme but also a new theatre
director.
More |
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THSH: A new name
and a new look as Town Hall and Symphony Hall open up for live
music again with a programme of international and home grown
stars.
More |
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Birmingham Royal Ballet
is heading back to its home stage of Birmingham Hippodrome in
October and has announced its programme from Romeo and Juliet to
the festive Nutcracker.
More |
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks,
the Disney classic film, 50 years old this year, takes
to the stage in August in a world premiere musical which will be
bringing its magic to the Alaxandra and the Grand.
More |
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Elmhurst Ballet School
was hit by Covid both in its academic role and as a
school of performing arts but recovery is underway with pupils
returning to the stage for an engaging summer bill to showcase
their talents.
More |
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BIDF: After falling victim to
Covid lockdowns last year Birmingham International Dance
Festival is back with an on-line June festivaland a full blown
live encore in September.
More |
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Town Hall and Symphony Hall will
be swinging to the beat this summer with the return of the
Jazzlines Summer School from Performances Birmingham Limited, a
free weeklong course for aspiring jazz musicians aged 11-19 all
running alongside the city's Jazz FM sponsored Jazz Festival.
More |
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Birmingham Hippodrome is helping
to give emerging talent a helping hand with live streams of
TEDxYouth@Brum and UniSlam this month.
More |
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Birmingham Royal Ballet has
appointed Ballet Master and former Principal Dancer
Dominic
Antonucci as its new Assistant Director.
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Elmhurst Ballet School ends a tumultuous
year and its Principal, Jessica Wheeler talks about the problems
faced by her and her staff protecting and teaching pupils form
around the world.
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Birmingham Royal Ballet's Marion
Tait is to step down as assistant director at the end of the
year.
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Midland Theatres
given a share of the Government's
£1.57 billion Culture Recovery
Fund
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Malvern Theatres
has dipped a toe in the water and opened for live
theatre again under Covid conditions with its own production of
Mooney and his caravans - so, what was it like?
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Birmingham Royal Ballet
are back on stage, albeit the paved terrace of Rowheath Pavilion
with a special performance of ballet class and dance along with
the city's Sampad company,
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Stan's Cafe head into the
world of call centres from living rooms and back bedrooms in For
Quality Purposes, online
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Rosie Kay's Dance Company was to
perform again at the Edinburgh Festival but with the festival
forced to move on-line the Birmingham company will be joining up
again with Army@TheFringe
for a first streaming of 10 Soldiers on
12 August.
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The £1.57bn Government funding is
a welcome boost to the Arts but many of the problems facing the
cultural sector still remain. The cash is much needed help but
is not a cure.
More |
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Theatre and the arts facing
financial meltdown with the prospect of theatre and venue
closures and even orchestras folding without Government
help.
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Wolverhampton Grand
has been awarded an Arts Council grant to assist in its
community programmes
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Birmingham theatre company Stan's Cafe
will be serving up a virtual menu from the end of June
with a sort of takeaway theatre in Stan's Internet Cafe.
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Lichfield Garrick
will be holding auditions by video for youngsters to
join the cast of this year's panto, Peter Pan, which is
scheduled to open on 26 November this year.
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BE FESTIVAL: To BE or
not to BE has been decided. It will BE and Birmingham's
popular European performance and arts festival will be going
ahead, online next month. More |
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Elmhurst Ballet School and English National Ballet School
are continuing to teach with lessons and
classes on line with a video produced by students to show them
practising at home.
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Elmhurst Ballet School:
Teacher and choreographer
Sander Blommaert is keeping dancers on their toes with free
ballet classes every morning streamed live on Instagram
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Elmhurst Ballet School: Sixth
form student Lydia Brayshaw has started her own fashion business
and has opened with a fire sale with a difference, all in aid of
the bushfire affected animals of Australia.
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