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John Slim's amateur stage Directory of leading amateur companies. If you want details about becoming an affiliate contact Sue Clarke. sue.clarke@behindthearras.com Acronymy rules OK Reflecting on unheld front pages Here comes the Duke . . . or not Time to get out more, Peter Is Slim a smart feller with a shining wit? OMG and LOL - its acronyms And now on the gnome service . . . AMATEUR REVIEWS A-Z Index of affiliate reviews
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Paul Marston Reviewing amateur and professional stage and the CBSO
Drama of a kiss at Highbury Learning to say yes, Prime Minister Brownhills get a taste for rewards Clarion call for singers Solihull call for a Wizard cast
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The Kite Runner, Nottingham Playhouse Save the Last Dance for Me, Malvern Festival Theatre The Blues Brothers, Coventry Belgrade Blood Brothers, Wolverhampton Grand Sons Without Fathers, Coventry Belgrade Cadfael: The Virgin in the Ice. Malvern Festival Theatre The 39 Steps, Coventry Belgrade
Christian Clarke Reviewing theatre and comedy
Silent Heroes - Harold Lloyd, CBSO, Symphony Hall Can't Help Singing, CBSO, Symphony Hall Ludovico
Einaudi Czech Philharmonic, Symphony Hall Cosmic Dance, CBSO, Symphony Hall
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Birmingham Royal Ballet announce new season War Horse, the National Theatre blockbuster, will be at Birmingham Hippodrome in October 2013.
The Phantom of the Opera opens in Birmingham Stephen Wood talks about how the words on the screens at Welsh National Opera productions get there. Sir Derek Jacobi has been talking to Roger Clarke about the amateur stage, Birmingham Rep, retirement and becoming an ugly sister . . .
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Edna and Tracey Turnblad and the Corny Collins Show are back in town with feel-good musical Hairspray at Birmingham Hippodrome More | |||||
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Jane Austen's Emma is brought to life at Sutton Arts Theatre in an excellent adaptation with some very modern twists More | |||||
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The splendid Driving Miss Daisy is back in gear and rolling along on its touching journey at Wolverhampton Grand More | |||||
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Priscilla is rolling across the deserts in brash, colourful and regal style at the New Alexandra Theatre More | |||||
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Earl Carpenter is the Phantom of the Opera in a fantastic, stunning production at Birmingham Hippodrome More | |||||
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| The Phantom of The Opera arrives in Birmingham with a fabulous new production and we were there to see the final touches to the set More | ||||||
| Stephen Wood is the man who puts the words in the sky for Welsh National Operagoers at Birmingham Hippodrome. Diane Parkes has been finding how he does it More | ||||||
| Cadfael makes his stage debut at the Grand More | ||||||
| Michele Dotrice talks about her role in the comedy The Ladykillers, at the Grand next week More | ||||||
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