West Midlands

Mary Poppins – Birmingham Hippodrome

P.L.Travers, by all accounts, cried at the opening of the Disney adaptation of her famous children’s novel - and not…

9 months ago

The Addams Family – Birmingham Hippodrome

Photo: Jay Brooks With its familiar theme song (click, click) and enduring characters (click, click) the Addams Family has established…

9 months ago

The Great Big Dinosaur Show – Midlands Arts Centre

“Never work with children and dinosaurs” is a paraphrased old showbiz adage and a well-worn warning passed down the years…

11 months ago

Peter Grimes – Birmingham Hippodrome

For many, opera is another country; they do things differently there. Images of armour-clad Rheinmaidens and vain bass baritones with…

11 months ago

The Marriage of Figaro – Birmingham Hippodrome

So what have Eddie Murphy and the Welsh National Opera got in common? Give in? I’ll tell you - the…

12 months ago

An Inspector Calls – The Alexandra

There are not many of these old theatrical war-horses left, you know. Those familiar, reliable, well-made plays which stomped across…

12 months ago

Titus Andronicus – Swan Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon

Director Max Webster arrives In Stratford to direct his first production for the Royal Shakespeare Company hot on the heels…

12 months ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago