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AMATEUR REVIEWS A-Z Index of affiliate reviews Reviews listed by affiliates Woman in Mind, Swan Theatre Amateur Company, Worcester Elsie and Norm’s Macbeth, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster The Malcontent, Edward's Boys They Came from Mars and Landed Outside the Farndale Avenue Church Hall In Time For The Townswomen’s Guild’s Coffee Morning, Hall Green Little Theatre Rules for Living, Highbury Theatre Centre Gaslight, The Grange Players, The Grange Playhouse, Walsall The Addams Family, Manor Musical Theatre Company, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall The Importance of Being Earnest. Mint Theatre Society, Stonnall Village Hall Jerusalem, Sutton Arts Theatre Sex Cells, Hall Green Little Theatre Don't Dress For Dinner, Swan Theatre Amateur Company, Worcester The King's Speech, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster The Coarse Acting Show, Highbury Theatre Centre The Arsonists, Hall Green Little Theatre Ding Dong, Sutton Arts Theatre, Sutton Coldfield The Importance of Being Earnest, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster Directory of leading amateur companies. If you want details about becoming an affiliate contact Sue Clarke. sue.clarke@behindthearras.com NEWS 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 Rotterdam, Wolverhampton Grand Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, Wolverhampton Grand The Half God of Rainfall, Birmingham Rep Octopus Soup! Malvern Theatres Jungle Book, Derby Theatre American Idiot, The Alexandra Theatre Les Misérables, Birmingham Hippodrome Wise Children, Coventry Belgrade Madagascar the Musical, Malvern Theatres Dirty Dancing, Wolverhampton Grand Pepperland, Birmingham Hippodrome A Song at Twilight, Malvern Theatres Edmond de Bergerac, Birmingham Rep In the Willows, Coventry Belgrade Approaching Empty, Coventry Belgrade B2 The Lady Vanishes, Malvern Theatres The Girl on the Train, Wolverhampton Grand Avenue Q, Derby Theatre Tom Gates Live on Stage!, The Alexandra Theatre The Worst Witch, Malvern Theatres Kinky Boots, Birmingham Hippodrome Macbeth, Grand Theatre Rock of Ages, Coventry Belgrade The Life I Lead,Birmingham Rep Studio Roberto Devereux, Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Hippodrome The Magic Flute,Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Hippodrome Un Ballo in Maschera, Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Hippodrome ARCHIVE Coming soon Performing arts Performing Arts Archive 1 2 NEWS Return of the Student Prince: Elmhurst Ballet School graduate James Lovell returns to the city in the iconic role of The Prince in Sir Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Birmingham Hippodrome. More The pig comes of age: Dragons and lions will be dancing their way around Birmingham to welcome the year of the pig in celebrations for the Chinese New Year. More A tiger really did come for tea at Purnells Restaurant in Birmingham in between appearing on stage at the Town Hall, while he has been imortalised in bricks at Legoland Discovery Centre More The BTA 1918 Theatre Awards: Our reviewers have been looking back on the best of 2018. Awards home, Roger Clarke, Jeff Grant, Gary Longden and Roderic Dunnett FEATURES Contact roger_clarke@behindthearras.com

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	The Merry Wives of Windsor, The RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon: Every so often along comes a production that is so good that all a review really needs to say is don’t bother reading on, just grab a ticket and go and see it. Read on. Matilda, Birmingham Hippodrome: Matilda is just jaw-droppingly good. It is as simple as that. A theatrical treat full of fun and wit, with some deliciously OTT dark moments sailing merrily along on a sea of remarkable young talent. Read on. Macbeth, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon: Polly Findlay’s RSC Macbeth took off fabulously on several counts: first, she cast the three witches as (roughly) 11 to 13 year old girls, memorably clad in quite garish pyjamas, electrifying in their speech and wondrously subtle in their moves and half moves. Read on.
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	The Nonentities, Rose Theatre, Kidderminster: It's Macbeth, but not as we know it, Jimmy, as Norm and Else do their own two hander version in their living room. More
	Wolverhampton Grand: The National Theatre's Macbeth opens at the Grand this week and Rufus Norris, the National's artistic director has been talking about Macbeth, arts education and the National Theatre being just that - national. More
	Return of the Student Prince: Elmhurst Ballet School graduate James Lovell returns to the city in the iconic role of The Prince in Sir Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Birmingham Hippodrome. More
	The pig comes of age: Dragons and lions will be dancing their way around Birmingham to welcome the year of the pig in celebrations for the Chinese New Year. More
	The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham: Grab a free coffee with a chance of winning free tickets or claiming half price tickets for West End hit Glengarry Glen Ross on its first UK tour. More
	Birmingham Royal Ballet: International ballet superstar Carlos Acosta is the new director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, taking over from David Bintley who will be leaving in July at the end of the current season. More
	The BTA 1918 Theatre Awards: Our reviewers have been looking back on the best of 2018. Awards home, Roger Clarke, Jeff Grant, Gary Longden, and Roderic Dunnett
	Birmingham Rep: Roxana Silbert, the Rep's artistic director since 2012, has announced she is leaving to become artistic director of Hampstead Theatre in London next spring. More
	Welsh National Opera: It's a touch of the Vorsprung durch techniks with WNO's collaboration with Bonn's Oper der Stadt Bonn to create their Verdi Machine to be seen for the first time in La forza del destino at Birmingham Hippodrome. More.
	Iain Mackay dances his farewell in his final performance with Birmingham Royal Ballet at Birmingham Symphony Hall More
	BTA Awards 2017: Our reviewers have been looking back at their best productions of 2017 with Roger Clarke, Roderic Dunnett, Alison Brinkworth and Gary Longden
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, The RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon: Every so often along comes a production that is so good that all a review really needs to say is don’t bother reading on, just grab a ticket and go and see it. Read on.

Matilda, Birmingham Hippodrome: Matilda is just jaw-droppingly good. It is as simple as that. A theatrical treat full of fun and wit, with some deliciously OTT dark moments sailing merrily along on a sea of remarkable young talent. Read on.