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SMALL THOUGHTS 

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Reflecting on unheld front pages

Here comes the Duke . . . or not

Small thoughts 2 / 3ot

Time to get out more, Peter

Is Slim a smart feller with a shining wit?

OMG and LOL - its acronyms

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AMATEUR REVIEWS

A-Z Index of affiliate reviews

Reviews listed by affiliates 

 

Dracula, The Nonentities, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster

Blood Brothers - The Play, Grange Players, Grange Playhouse, Walsall

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Hall Hreen Little Theatre

Two, Moorpool Players, The Moorpool Hall, Harnorne

Funny Money, Swan Theatre Amateuer Company, Swan Theatre, Worcester

Dusk rings a bell, Highbury Theatre Centre, Sutton Coldfield

The Office ,Dudley Little Theatre, Netherton Arts Centre 

Emma, Sutton Arts Theatre, Sutton Coldfield

The Bingo Caller, Hall Green Little Theatre

Other reviews  

Grease, Youth Onstage, The Old Rep

Don't Stop Believing, WBOS YouthTheatre,, Mill Theatre, Sedgley

The Mikado, Manor Operatic, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall.

Paul Marston

Reviewing amateur and professional stage and the CBSO 

 

 

NEWS 

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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In the spotlight

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THEATRE REVIEWS

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LATEST

9 to 5 - The Musical, Wolverhampton Grand

High Society, Birmingham Hippodrome

The Woman in Black, Malvern Festival Theatre

Yes, Prime Minister, Wolverhampton Grand

Midnight Tango, New Alexandra Theatre

Sutra, Birmingham Hippodrome

1984, Sell A Door, Uppingham Theatre

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

 

 

 

 

Performing

arts 

Silent Heroes - Harold Lloyd, CBSO, Symphony Hall

Can't Help Singing, CBSO, Symphony Hall

Ludovico Einaudi, Symphony Hall

Czech Philharmonic, Symphony Hall

Cosmic Dance, CBSO, Symphony Hall

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, SymphonyHall

NEWS

Birmingham Royal Ballet announce new season

War Horse, the National Theatre blockbuster, will be at Birmingham Hippodrome in October 2013.

 

FEATURES

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 . . .  

SPOKEN WORD

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WHAT'S ON

May

Poetry book reviews

PRINTED WORDS

Lawn Lore, Nadia Kingsley

The Owners. Volumes 1&2  by Carmen Capuano

Crackle of Almonds, Gabriel Bradford Millar

The Suitable Girl  Michelle McGrane

Absence has a Weight of its Own  Daniel Sluman  

 

NEWS, WRITING AND REVIEWS

Mouth & Music, Boars Head, Kidderminster

Much Wenlock Poetry Festival

Shindig, Great Western Pub, Leiceters

Nottingham Festival of Words Pt II, Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Festival of Words, Newstead Abbey

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A World Premiere for Dudley! A remarkable achievement by Dudley Little Theatre to write and produce the first ever stage adaptation of Ricky Gervais' The Office. More

All’s well that ends . . .  Well, thank heaven for that! Birmingham youth group Stage 2 reports that it was relieved to find out that ex-member Arthur Darvill (the Vicar) was not the murderer in television’s Broadchurch.

Reviews
A five star review for Highbury Theatre Centre's production of Stephen Belber's 2010 play Dusk Rings a Bell More
Jane Austen's Emma is brought to life at Sutton Arts Theatre in an excellent adaptation with some very modern twists More
Willie Russell's Blood Brothers is back with its heady mix of humour and emotion at Wolverhampton Grand More
The splendid Driving Miss Daisy is back in gear and rolling along on its touching journey at Wolverhampton Grand More
Lee Hall's The Pitmen Painters is a powerful. sometimes funny play that shows the magical world that theatre can create. Catch it at Malvern More
Priscilla is rolling across the deserts in brash, colourful and regal style at the New Alexandra Theatre More
Paws for thought at Wolverhampton Grand where we are invited into the wonderful, mysterious world of Cats More
Earl Carpenter is the Phantom of the Opera  in a fantastic, stunning production at Birmingham Hippodrome More
Ibsen's classic Hedda Gabler is given a new time, the 1960s, and new location, Birmingham, i Heather Gardner from Birmingham Rep More
News and features
Birmingham Royal Ballet announce new season which includes a UK premiere, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and La Fille mal gardée More
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
Lisa Riley, star of Strictly Come Dancing has been talking about the live show which heads into Birmingham this week More
Sir Derek Jacobi has been talking to Roger Clarke about the amateur stage, Birmingham Rep, retirement and becoming an ugly sister . . . More

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