Well, I have seen the future of so-called “amateur” theatre in Lichfield, where the standard is already impossibly high thanks to set-ups like our much-loved Players and
The summer holidays have only just ended for most of us, but for the busy folk of theatre-land it’s already panto – sorry, Christmas show time again. The Lichfield
It says a lot for the Lichfield Players’ reputation that they can muster such a large audience on a chilly September night, but we were always in for some nicely
Well there’s Broadway, there’s off-Broadway, there’s off-off Broadway and now there’s the Lichfield Garrick. Because last night in the Studio I got to see
The last time I saw Jonathan Mace was at the first night of Lichfield Garrick Youth Theatre’s magnificent, epoch-making Les Miserables in which he played villainous innkeeper Thenardier.
The Lichfield Festival seemed more international than ever on Friday when the legendary actress and singer Ute Lemper flew in from Beirut for her cathedral concert.
Amongst other career triumphs
I always look forward to Elle Knight’s sophisticated productions because she invariably manages to re-examine wrongly neglected classics you couldn’t see anywhere else. How lucky are we
I reckon quite a lot of potential punters were put off this Festival event by the idea that anything to do with opera would be boring highbrow nonsense (Baroque music?
Festivals are a great opportunity to see new stuff because programmers are always looking out for things to float our jaded culture-vultures’ boats. So I went along to see