West Midlands
Kinky Boots – Birmingham Hippodrome
Undeniably the best musical ever to be set in Northampton, the story of ‘Kinky Boots’ first came to the nation’s…
Dear Evan Hansen – Wolverhampton Grand
The West End production of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ was one of the biggest casualties of the pandemic, forced to close…
Ghost the Musical – The Alexandra
The popular romantic thriller film from 1990, Ghost, has been adapted into a musical. This current production takes to the…
Dragons – Birmingham Hippodrome
Set amidst an effusive of silver piping which wouldn’t look out of place in an industrial park, “Dragons” is a…
War Horse – Wolverhampton Grand
Galloping across the country like the noble steed it is, “War Horse” stops off momentarily at the Grand Theatre for…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Birmingham Hippodrome
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the Musical” first took off over 34 years after the original film starring the eternal Dick…
Handbagged – Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
I overhear the couple behind me, probably in their twenties. One says, “Did you get the references?” the other replies,…
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake – Birmingham Hippodrome
This elegant old bird glides into the Hippodrome after swooping across the world for nearly thirty years and proves itself…
Community – Birmingham Rep
Farrah Chaudhry’s new play and, seemingly, first play is set in the epicentre of the second city and tells a…
Hairspray – Wolverhampton Grand
“Hairspray” explodes onto the stage of the Wolverhampton Grand with all the vigour, vibrancy and verve one has come to…