The talented singer songwriter and one-man band Paul Liddell played a set that ranged from his own material to songs from the musicals at the Lichfield Guildhall.
Guitarist and composer Phil Robson played a set that featured straightforward jazz soloing, tight ensemble playing and experimental music when he bought his trio to play at the Garrick Studio.
With perfectly balanced voices and instrumental virtuosity, the new duo of Marian Fleetwood and Greg Cave played a set of folk songs and their own original pieces to a very appreciative audience when they appeared at Lichfield Guildhall as part of their debut tour.
With more than 10 years together as a live band and four albums into their career, it was no surprise that the award winning and critically acclaimed Scottish band Skerryvore kept the near capacity audience’s attention when they played at Lichfield Guildhall.
With a stage liberally festooned with guitars, effects pedals, and amplifiers, the guitar duo of Pete Oxley and Nicholas Meier gave a masterclass in inventive musicianship when they played at the Guildhall.
I hear on the grapevine that Different Animal’s moving spirit Dan Branch is taking a sabbatical, but on the strength of Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense I say go fast, come back soon.
Birmingham Royal Ballet certainly know how to put on a show. Here a packed first night audience from first timers to top London critics were treated to a live spectacle that just got better and better through scene after eye-popping scene.
I don’t know about you but for me there’s nothing like a cosy murder mystery on a cold February evening to chase away those end-of-winter blues, and Middle Ground’s A Murder is Announced turns out to be just the job.
The jazz quartet Partikel played a set that blended muscular musicianship with an experimental approach to sound manipulation when they performed at the Lichfield Garrick.
Clever Birmingham Royal Ballet director David Bintley has produced a great programme for the new season celebrating the BRB’s own choreographic heritage.
The blues is a musical form which comes in various different styles, and this was illustrated to fine effect when a near capacity audience turned up to see The Stumble at Lichfield Guildhall.
One of the great things about being a theatre reviewer is you never know quite what you’re going to see, and sometimes even when you think you do you’re in for a big surprise.
