Ben Macnair

Review: The Morning After at Blue Orange Theatre
By Ben Macnair on July 30, 2018
Sam has some problems - he has a hangover, has left a series of regrettable messages for his ex-girlfriend and doesn’t know the girl...
Review: The Ministry of Biscuits at the Lichfield Garrick
By Ben Macnair on July 9, 2018
Intrigue, wartime secrets, political issues, double and triple agents, tap dancing, singing, 1940’s talk radio, and biscuits - The Foundry Group packed a lot into...
Review: King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys at the Lichfield Arts Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on June 20, 2018
After more than 30 years at the forefront of the live jump-jive jazz scene, it is no wonder that the musical institution of King Pleasure...
Review: Walsall Jazz Orchestra at the Lichfield Arts Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on June 18, 2018
The Walsall Jazz Orchestra have become one of the leading big bands in the area, taking in some of the most talented musicians and producing...
Review: Sarah Gillespie Quartet at the Lichfield Arts Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on June 14, 2018
Singer-songwriter Sarah Gillespie was in good form when she led her talented quartet through a concert of her own songs at the Lichfield Arts Blues...
Review: Theo Travis at Lichfield Arts Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on June 12, 2018
With a career playing in a number of genres, with some seriously heavyweight musicians, the leading jazz and experimental saxophonist and flute player Theo Travis...
Review: The Annie Whitehead Quartet at the Lichfield Arts Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on June 12, 2018
With a set list that ranged from African High Life music to space jazz, the leading trombonist and composer Annie Whitehead led her talented quartet...
Review: Remi Harris at the George Hotel in Lichfield
By Ben Macnair on May 23, 2018
A stage filled with guitars and a room full of people meant that jazz musician Remi Harris’s gig at Lichfield’s George Hotel was a very...
Review: Miranda Sykes at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 30, 2018
The acclaimed singer and multi-instrumental Miranda Sykes cast a musical spell over an attentive audience when she appeared at Lichfield Guildhall as part of her...
Review: Climax Blues Band at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 4, 2018
A near-capacity Easter Sunday crowd saw one of the sharpest blues outfits on the national circuit when the Climax Blues Band performed at Lichfield Guildhall...