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AMATEUR REVIEWS A-Z Index of affiliate reviews Reviews listed by affiliates Black Coffee, Dudley Little Theatre Smelling a rat, Grange Players, Grange Playhouse, Walsall Perfect Nonsense, The Nonentities, Rose Theatre, Kidderminster Habeas Corpus, Highbury Theatre Centre The Vicar of Dibley, Hall Green Little Theatre One Man, Two Guvnors, Sutton Arts Theatre Desdemona - a play about a handkerchief Swan Theatre Amateur Company Directory of leading amateur companies. If you want details about becoming an affiliate contact Sue Clarke. sue.clarke@behindthearras.com Other reviews Search for the Hero, Spotlight Youth Productions, Forest Arts Centre, Walsall NEWS Moorpool Players bring the curtain down on 39 years of plays in Harborne The girl who cain't say no says yes for real at Manor Musical Theatre Company. Theatre Call to arms for youngsters to join cast of for Bugsy Malone ARCHIVE Past reviews The Late John Slim's FINAL THOUGHTS SMALL THOUGHTS			THEATRE REVIEWS Reviews by title Reviews by theatre (If a review is not found try Other reviews) LATEST The Shawshank Redemption, Wolverhampton Grand Little Shop of Horrors, The New Alexandra Theatre Lady Anna: All at Sea, Malvern Theatres Dead Sheep, Birmingham Rep Alvin Ailey, Birmingham Hippodrome FOLK, The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome The Glenn Miller Story, Malvern Theatres Girls, Birmingham Rep Door This Might Hurt, Derby Theatre Little Shop of Horrors, Lichfield Garrick Mandela, Birmingham Hippodrome Ghost - The Musical,The New Alexandra Theatre Cold Calling: The arctic project, Birmingham Rep Studio The woman in black, Lichfield Garrick The Importance of Being Earnest, Birmingham Rep Ostrich Boys, Coventry Belgrade B2 Blood Brothers, Malvern Theatres Sister Act The New Alexandra Theatre Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Birmingham Hippodrome Roll Over Beethoven, Coventry Belgrade Sunny Afternoon, The New Alexandra Theatre Coming soon Mandela Trilogy - Birmingham Hippodrome 20-21 September Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Birmingham Hippodrome. Performing arts Back to Bacharach, Lichfield Garrick Grand Opera Gala, Symphony Hall Clare Teal and MYJO, Walsall Centra1 Hall Rodgers and Hammerstein, CBSO, Symphony Hall La Vie En Rose, CBSO, Symphony Hall Performing Arts Archive 1 2 NEWS A first look at the newly refurbished Wolverhampton Grand Birmingham Hippodrome announces the line-up for its 2016 pantomime, Dick Whittington. More. Birmingham Rep has announced its new season for Autumn and Winter this year. More FEATURES Birmingham Royal Ballet's David Bintley's new ballet, The Tempest, has its world premiere on 1 October at Birmingham Hippodrome More Robert Battle now leads Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the company that inspired him to dance when he was a small boy, bow-legged and wearing leg braces. He has been talking to Diane ParkesMore. Tom - the Musical tells the story of how Tommy Woodward, a miner's son from the Valleys became Tom Jones. More. Zizi Strallen talks about acting and her role as Mary Poppins which opens at Birmingham Hippodrome next week More The BTA Awards for 2015, the first BTA awards, from Roger Clarke, Gary Longden and Alison Brinkworth. Doug Nicholson is a man with a mission - to sell Birmingham Royal Ballet around the world. Contact roger_clarke@behindthearras.com

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	Dead Sheep, Birmingham Rep: Margaret Thatcher ruled Britain and the Conservative party with an iron fist throughout the 1980s, one of the most divisive and combative leaders of modern times. Read on. This Might Hurt, Derby Theatres: It is an often quoted fact that John Godber is one of the most performed writers in the English Language. Read on. Ostrich Boys, Coventry Belgrade B2: This s a show it’s impossible to rate too highly Read on. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Birmingham Hippodrome: What magical, marvellous, truly scrumptious entertainment for all the family, jam packed with not just a feel good but a feel even better factor. Read on. The Vicar of Dibley, Hall Green Little Theatre: It's nine years since Geraldine Grainger last graced our screens as the vicar of Dibley, give or take a couple of short charity specials since, but in this splendid staging at Hall Green it is as if she has never been away. Read on. One Man, Two Guvnors, Sutton Arts Theatre: Richard Bean’s gloriously silly comedy has been one of the runaway smash hits of the decade so far. Read on. The Two Noble Kinsmen, Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon: Blanche McIntyre’s production of The Two Noble Kinsmen shows the unbreakable relationship between cousins thwarted by the love for a princess. Read on. Grease, Stage Experience, The New Alexandra Theatre: Forget Simon Cowell and his PR machine telling us Britain’s got talent, just switch off the telly and head off to the Alex and see real talent in the flesh. Read on
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	BRB: David Bintley's new ballet, The Tempest, has its world premiere on 1 October at Birmingham Hippodrome More
	Birmingham Hippodrome: Cape Town Opera's celebrated Mandela Trilogy arrives at Birmingham Hippodrome on 20 September and Elizabeth Halpin has been to the Royal Festival Hall to see what is in store. More
	Birmingham Hippodrome announces the line-up for its 2016 antomime, Dick Whittington. More.
	Birmingham Rep has announced its new season for Autumn and Winter this year. More
	The BTA Awards, 2015: For the first time BTA reviewers Roger Clarke, Gary Longden and Alison Brinkworth.are giving their own awards for the productions they have seen during the year
	Birmingham Hippodrome: The dates for the eagerly awaited first UK tour of Billy Elliot have been announced and the smash hit show will arrive in March 2016. More
	Birmingham Hippodrome has announced a new shows for 2016, Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang More
	Birmingham Royal Ballet: Doug Nicholson is a man with a mission - to sell BRB around the world. Read on
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Dead Sheep, Birmingham Rep: Margaret Thatcher ruled Britain and the Conservative party with an iron fist throughout the 1980s, one of the most divisive and combative leaders of modern times. Read on.

This Might Hurt, Derby Theatres: It is an often quoted fact that John Godber is one of the most performed writers in the English Language. Read on.

Ostrich Boys, Coventry Belgrade B2: This s a show it’s impossible to rate too highly Read on.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Birmingham Hippodrome: What magical, marvellous, truly scrumptious entertainment for all the family, jam packed with not just a feel good but a feel even better factor. Read on.

The Vicar of Dibley, Hall Green Little Theatre: It's nine years since Geraldine Grainger last graced our screens as the vicar of Dibley, give or take a couple of short charity specials since, but in this splendid staging at Hall Green it is as if she has never been away. Read on.

One Man, Two Guvnors, Sutton Arts Theatre: Richard Bean’s gloriously silly comedy has been one of the runaway smash hits of the decade so far. Read on.

The Two Noble Kinsmen, Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon: Blanche McIntyre’s production of The Two Noble Kinsmen shows the unbreakable relationship between cousins thwarted by the love for a princess. Read on.

Grease, Stage Experience, The New Alexandra Theatre: Forget Simon Cowell and his PR machine telling us Britain’s got talent, just switch off the telly and head off to the Alex and see real talent in the flesh. Read on