It’s not surprising that two of the greatest, and longest-lasting, touring shows in the history of the British theatre (“Blood…
I remember reading Yann Martel’s dazzling Booker-prize-winning novel “Life of Pi” in a youth hostel in San Francisco and being…
Science fiction doesn’t work on stage. There I’ve said it. Someone had to. What was the last great science fiction…
“There’s No Place Like Brum!” There’s certainly no place Brum for the next few weeks as the international green-faced, broomstick-wielding,…
When first I read “And Then There Were”, a novel sensibly shorn of its original title, I closed the final…
2024 starts with a bhang! Dancing just got serious! The Birmingham Rep presents the UK Premiere of Bhangra Nation. This…
Like “Dirty Dancing” before it, yet another of the screen to stage transmutations which seem to proliferate currently, “An Officer…
It’s hard to believe Eric Hill’s joyous creation has been bouncing joyfully through children’s literature for over forty years. I’m…
We should have known Danny Robin’s career would have led him up the cemetery path towards the dark side of…
Matthew Bourne’s buoyant, yet tender, tale of acceptance and difference arrives at the Birmingham Hippodrome to a rousing audience welcome…