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Memories of the artist as a young cat Plenty more book's on the shelve's upstair's. Whats Beanz meanz , , , asparaguz? In praise of Pete, the king of the caffs Fellas missing out to misses Action man in disguise Every inch a lady . . . sort of A senior moment . . . in colour . . . and two tone . . . French widows and delightful prospects Welcome to the arras, cobber Wheeling in a time bomb!!! AMATEUR REVIEWS A-Z Index of affiliate reviews 'Allo, 'Allo, The Fellowship Players. Grange Playhouse, Walsall Lords and Ladies, Lichfield Players, Lichfield Garrick The Exorcism, Hall Green Little Theatre Our House, Coppice Performing Arts School, Grand, Wolverhampton Cinderella, Spotlight Youth Productions, Brownhills College Theatre In Two Minds, The Nonentities, Rose Theatre, Kidderminster Picasso's Women Part 2, Stage 2, The Crescent Studio Picasso's Women Part 1, Stage 2, The Crescent Studio The Pied Piper, Aldridge Youth Theatre Arsenic & Old Lace, Grange Players, Grange Playhouse, Walsall Shockheaded Peter, Stage 2, The Crescent Studio
Paul Marston Reviewing amateur and professional stage and the CBSO
Priming the pump Hall Green put the frighteners on Being told just the once at The Grange Piping hot in Aldridge Dinner date for The Nonentities Standing in for a stand in for Sid . . . On the twlfth day of . . . opera Past reviews |
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In the spotlight with Roger Clarke roger.clarke@behindthearras.com
THEATRE REVIEWS (If a review is not found try Other reviews) LATEST On Golden Pond, Wolverhampton Grand Star Quality, Malverm Festival Theatre Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare4Kidz, Wolverhampton Grand Brendan Cole - Live and Unjudged, New Alexandra Theatre Cinderella, Birmingham Hippodrome The Snowman, Birmingham Rep, The ICC Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Wolverhampton Grand Rose Cottage, Old Joint Stock Theatre Grease, The New Alexandra Theatre
Christian Clarke Reviewing theatre and comedy
Birmingham Hippodrome closes for four weeks next summer to replace its 30-year-old stage and has now launched an appeal to find the money to pay the £1.13 million bill. With the new Top Hat musical heading off to the West End we have been looking at the film that inspired the new show.
Christopher Timothy brings Seasonal Greetings Peter set to kick up a stink Katherine Jenkins: Daydream, Symphony Hall. Let's Do It, Anton and Erin, SYmphony Hall Strictly Come Dancing Live, Birmingham NIA
SPOKEN WORD with Gary Longden gary.longden@behindthearras.com February 2012 Latest reviews Poetry Evening, The Shrewsbury Coffeehouse, Shrewsbury Spoken Worlds Old Cottage Tavern, Burton-Upon-Trent Bardic Trials, Crown Pub, Stony Stratford Bilston Voices (Jan), Metro Cafe, Bilston Black Country Night Out, Cafe Metro, Bilston Mouth & Voices, Boars Head Gallery, Kidderminster SWAN, Newhampton Inn, Wolverhampton Decadent Delights, Parole Parlate, Worcester Smoke & Mirrors, Malvern Hit The Ode, end of year special, Victoria Pub, Birminghma John Edgar - Breton Tales after Dark, Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton Word Up, The Drum, Aston |
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Richard Johnson and Stefanie Powers are sailing majestically On Golden Pond at Wolverhampton Grand More | |||||||
| Lisa Goddard stars in Star Quality, Noel Cowards closely observed backstage comedy and his final play, at Malvern Festival Theatre More |
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Mystery and terror reign in the walls of a malevolent weekend cottage in Hall Green's production of The Exorcism More | |||||||
| Everyone is In Two Minds with Richard Harris's tense drama from The Nonentities at The Rose Theatre in Kidderminster More |
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Brendan Cole brought his entertaining live and unjudged show to The New Alexandra Theatre More | |||||||
| Stage 2 explore the lives, loves and lusts of Pablo Picasso in their excellent Picasso's Women Parts 1 and 2 at The Crescent Studio More |
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German childrens' 19th century favourite, Shockheaded Peter shocks and delights in the hands of Stage 2 in The Crescent Studio More | |||||||
| Brian Conley stars in a glittering traditional panto at Birmingham Hippodrome making sure Cinderella gets to her ball on time More |
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Birmingham Rep's charming version of The Snowman has drifted back (oh. come on, it is panto time) into Birmingham at the ICC More | |||||||
| Snow White is having a hard time with her wicked queen stepmother at Wolverhampton Grand in a real Christmas cracker of a panto More |
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Grease might be into middle age these days but it can still get them bopping with the best of 'em with its tale of teen love rocking on at the Alex More | |||||||
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Birmingham Hippodrome has launched its appeal to find £1.13 million to replace the huge stage which is showing its age after 30 years of constant use. Roger Clarke has been looking beyond the footlights More | |||||||
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