Since forming in the sixties, Lindisfarne have led the field in folk-rock music with their strong song-writing matched to musicianship of the highest calibre.
Aladdin is a non-stop seasonal celebration brought to life by a crack team of experts, an all-singing, all-dancing parade of sheer silliness and good cheer.
There are few things that can be guaranteed in life, but a large audience at a King Pleasure concert is usually one of them – and the six piece ensemble played to a packed house when they appeared at Lichfield Guildhall.
I look forward to the panto season all year and I’m delighted to say this year’s Garrick panto – script by Paul Hendy, directed by Tim Ford – is bigger, slicker and funnier than ever with production values to rival national shows on every level.
The award-winning musical partnership of harpist Marie Ni Chathasaigh and guitarist Chris Newman kept a Lichfield audience enraptured by their musicianship and easy on stage demeanour when they appeared at the Guildhall.
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.
Drayton Manor’s Magical Christmas has returned – and it’s certainly giving youngsters plenty of early festive cheer.
After more than 25 years as a performing, touring and recording artist it was not surprising that the critically acclaimed blues singer and guitarist Ian Siegal was able to attract a healthy audience when he made his debut performance at Lichfield Guildhall.
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.
With a solid reputation as a singer and plaudits from guitarists such as the late Gary Moore and Jeff Beck, the fast rising performer Ben Poole and his talented four piece band delivered a set of high powered blues, rock and funk when they appeared in Lichfield.
