Vamos Cuba! has brought a welcome ray of sunshine to the Birmingham Hippodrome.
An adventurous Lichfield audience braved a cold October night to support two local and very talented musical ensembles when The Mourning Suns and The Tom Woodman band appeared at Lichfield Guildhall.
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.
Guys and Dolls is a classic musical comedy which could, these days, seem a little dated. But Lichfield Operatic Society this week brought a freshness to the show with a lavish production at the Garrick.
The traditional Irish band Dervish called into play for an appreciative Lichfield audience when they appeared at the Guildhall as part of their national tour.
The combined talent of members of Lichfield Garrick Youth Theatre never fails to amaze me – but a show being performed this week is something really special.
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.
It is 1924 and for Persephone life is just beginning. She’s 21, and looking forward to her debutante ball – but then things change.
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.
