Birmingham Hippodrome:
Rosie Kay has been talking about the world premiere of her 10
SOLDIERS this week, taking a fresh look at life for the men and
women in the British Army serving on the front line, while we
watch the cast in rehearsal. More
Sad to report that Julia Roden, actor, director, founder member
and latterly Secretary of Hall Green Little Theatre has died at
the age of 85. Obituary.
Return of the Student Prince: Elmhurst Ballet
School graduate James Lovell returns to the city in the iconic
role of The Prince in Sir Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at
Birmingham Hippodrome.More
The pig comes of age:
Dragons and lions will be dancing their way around Birmingham to
welcome the year of the pig in celebrations for the Chinese New
Year.More
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featured such of the day’s stars of the stage as Thomas Betterton,
Elizabeth Barry and the young rising actress Anne Bracegirdle.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, The RSC,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HGLT: Sad
to report that Julia Roden, actor, director, founder member and
latterly Secretary of Hall Green Little Theatre has died at the
age of 85.
Obituary.
Birmingham Hippodrome:Rosie Kay has been talking about the world premiere of
her 10 SOLDIERS
this week, taking a fresh look at life
for the men and women in the British Army serving on the front
line, while we watch the cast in rehearsal.
More
Derby Theatre: Thirty five years
on and Big Brother is still watching you as Orwell's dystopian
novel 1984 is
brought to the stage. Gary Longden has been looking at
preparations backstage at Derby Theatre.More
Wolverhampton Grand:The
National Theatre's Macbeth opens at the Grand this week and
Rufus Norris, the National's artistic director has been talking
about Macbeth, arts education and the National Theatre being
just that - national.
More
Return of
the Student Prince: Elmhurst Ballet School graduate James
Lovell returns to the city in the iconic role of The Prince in
Sir Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Birmingham Hippodrome.More
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
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 Mackaydances his
farewell in his final performance with Birmingham Royal Ballet
at Birmingham Symphony HallMore
