Reviews

Review: Remi Harris at the Cathedral Hotel
By Ben Macnair on 1st June, 2019
Anyone who has seen Remi Harris play knows you get a lot of guitar, and a lot of guitars - and it proved to be...
Review: Oliver by Lichfield Musical Youth Theatre at Lichfield Cathedral
By Phil Preece on 1st May, 2019
This new reworking of Lionel Bart’s classic was magical, making the very most of the cathedral’s marvellous space and acoustics.
Review: King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys at Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on 27th April, 2019
You always know what you are going to get from a King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys concert - slick presentation skills, feel-good jump jive,...
Review: Peter Knight’s Gigspanner at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on 26th April, 2019
This show at the Lichfield Guildhall showed just why Peter Knight’s Gigspanner have been a going concern for 10 years.
Review: The West Coast Eagles and Gordon Giltrap at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on 23rd April, 2019
Add together one of the best-known songbooks of the past 500 years and a support slot from one of the country’s finest acoustic guitarists, and...
Review: The Fred Thelonious Baker Trio at the Cathedral Hotel
By Ben Macnair on 22nd April, 2019
This newly formed trio led by guitarist Fred ’T’ Baker treated an attentive audience to a showcase of complicated instrumentals that ranged from atonal noise...
Review: Ashley Hutchings and Becky Mills at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on 14th April, 2019
With little more than a bass, an acoustic guitar, and a life-time of stories, these musicians kept the audience entertained for the entire evening.
Review: Music Through the Decades at St Mary’s Centre
By Phil Preece on 6th April, 2019
The title of this musical evening made it sound a bit like maybe a programme of tired oldies Shawaddywaddy-style - but refreshingly this was no...
Review: Glory Days at the Old Joint Stock Theatre
By Phil Preece on 1st April, 2019
It’s always an event when cult Midlands theatre director Tracey Street chooses to direct a new play and this production of Glory Days is no...
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Review: The Sleaze Brothers at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ross on 26th March, 2019
With a repertoire of popular songs and a stage act honed through more than 30 years of playing together, The Sleaze Brothers gave their large...