The Rep’s got what I might respectfully call the posh panto with this elegant and extremely sophisticated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s iconic Boy’s Own adventure of all time, Treasure Island.
I’m lucky enough to have seen Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker (now in its 26th year) every season it’s been presented but I can honestly say this first night was the best ever.
This production’s real achievement shows his characters as neither correct nor incorrect stereotypes but real, ordinary and extra-ordinary people who have their own entirely authentic autonomy, using actors who convince from the moment they step on stage.
This lovely staging by Deborah Bruce of Simon Reade’s adaptation, on all week at the Rep, was packed to the gunwales.
Vamos Cuba! has brought a welcome ray of sunshine to the Birmingham Hippodrome.
Starting with the best-dressed and most elegantly-lit set I’ve seen in a good while this was an evening of pure pleasure from our own dear Players who’ve kept drama alive in the city through thick and thin for as long as I can remember.
When Birmingham Royal Ballet mounts a new production they think big, and this colourful crowd-pleasing blockbuster of a show, co-produced with Houston Ballet Foundation, is one of their biggest ever.
Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre delivered a show that’s simply exploding with young talent, and the audience took it immediately to their hearts.
An adventurous new departure into an expressionist style of production for Different Animal theatre here with an almost choreographic retelling of Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, the iconic political parable that is Animal Farm.
I’m always looking for something new in theatre and this event was exactly that with knobs on.
It’s so long since I read Susan Hill’s supernatural thriller I can’t quite remember exactly how well or otherwise it works, though I definitely remember the Daniel Radcliffe film which seems to lack a genuinely chilling atmosphere – but this adaptation by Stephen Mallatratt has the lot.
Preparations are currently underway as two of Birmingham’s most iconic arts institutions prepare to join together for a new multi-media event.
