Weekend Notes • 11th November 2020 Women in Lockdown Short Film The award-winning Birmingham theatre group led by the comedian behind Mrs Barbara Nice, is releasing its new short film.
Weekend Notes • 8th October 2020 Van Gogh Alive at Birmingham Hippodrome You may know Vincent Van Gogh's famous paintings of sunflowers and starry nights but this new immersive art exhibition puts them into a whole new perspective.Birmingham Hippodrome's first major show since lockdown is this UK premiere of Van Gogh Alive that takes over the cavernous auditorium of the theatre.Gone is the stage and seating in the stalls with the large space filled with huge screens (and even the floor) to display projections of Van Gogh's mesmerising artworks.Dramatic well-chosen cl
Weekend Notes • 14th July 2020 Fix It Time to Breathe - Free Online Discussion Events A series of free online community discussions are taking place in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and arts organisations leading it wants you to get involved. Fix It: Time To Breathe has been launched by Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Lightpost Company.
Weekend Notes • 20th June 2020 Free Midsummer Festival - West Midlands A free one-day Midsummer Festival to celebrate arts and culture in the West Midlands is to mark the Summer Solstice by steaming a range of exciting performances.
Weekend Notes • 29th May 2020 Malvern Theatres - the little theatre with a big history - under threat It's one of the most unique historic theatres in the country that became synonymous with George Bernard Shaw but the Coronavirus outbreak has now put the future of Malvern Theatres under threat.
Weekend Notes • 28th March 2020 8 Unique Ways to Enjoy Theatre and the Arts While Self Isolating With theatres, museums, concert halls and art galleries closed due to Coronavirus, some innovative ideas have emerged to help everyone self-isolating to still be able to enjoy culture and the arts.
Weekend Notes and Style Birmingham • 15th March 2020 Message In A Bottle – the most important dance show you’ll see this year Music legend Sting has always been a political beast, spreading messages of social conscious – and now his hits are being used in one of the most relevant dance productions of our time.
Weekend Notes • 11th February 2020 The Whip at RSC Swan Theatre - Review If you're disillusioned by politics at the moment, this new play by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at least reassures you that nothing has changed.
Weekend Notes • 24th December 2019 Snow and the Seven Dwarfs Panto at Birmingham Hippodrome - Review Vying for the title of fairest panto in all the land is Birmingham's version of Snow White with incouragable comedian Matt Slack.
Style Birmingham • 19th December 2019 Unfortunate Disney Parody Is A Raucous Adult Adventure This is Disney, but as you’ve never seen it before. Purely for adults, expect X-rated humour, swearing and even the C word as multi-award-winning Fat Rascal Theatre brings this exciting and hilarious musical parody to Birmingham.
Weekend Notes • 22nd November 2019 The Boy In The Dress - RSC Theatre Review The world belongs to David Walliams, or so it seems, as his children's books become the theme of Christmas 2019.
Weekend Notes • 12th November 2019 Acosta Danza Evolution at Birmingham Hippodrome - Review Ahead of world renowned dancer Carlos Acosta becoming Birmingham Royal Ballet's Director next year, the Cuban is giving the city an early Christmas present - a chance to see him dance again.
Weekend Notes • 29th October 2019 Six the Musical - UK tour review The most talked about new musical of the past year is in the Midlands fresh from its success in London's West End.
Behind The Arras • 22nd October 2019 The Girl on the Train - Review Many, like me, devoured the thrilling Paula Hawkins novel with relish, but were then left disappointed by the movie that followed. So, reminded of that, I was leaving an open mind to how this new stage adaptation of The Girl On The Train would pan out.
Weekend Notes • 21st October 2019 RSC King John at The Swan Theatre - Review King John, nursing a hangover, pads on stage in pyjamas to whip up a concoction of tomato juice and raw egg before downing it and dancing to a soundtrack of cool Sixties hipster beats. Welcome to a very modern take on Shakespeare's age-old classic.
Behind The Arras • 8th October 2019 Murder, Margaret and Me For those, like me, who remember indulging in a Saturday afternoon of black and white movie murder mysteries with the irrepressible Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, there will be a sense of nostalgia surrounding this new production.
Weekend Notes • 10th September 2019 9 to 5 The Musical at Alexandra Theatre Birmingham This stage show based on the famous Dolly Parton film opened on a high with a video recording of Parton singing the iconic title song, but how did it fair from there?
Weekend Notes • 4th September 2019 On Your Feet at Birmingham Hippodrome - Review With an era of pop hits to choose from, the Gloria Estefan inspired musical On Your Feet was always going to be a lively affair but I didn't realise just how sentimental it would be too.
Weekend Notes • 23rd August 2019 Singin In The Rain Stage Experience Review With a cast of 101 and just two weeks of rehearsals, Stage Experience tackled one of the toughest song and dance musicals there is for this year's summer performance.
Behind The Arras • 5th August 2019 Educating Rita Tour Review Willy Russell is probably the best comedy writer about social class that we have in the UK and it's never more on display than with Educating Rita. This intelligent, hilarious yet emotional comedy about female empowerment has some brilliant lines; but as a two-hander, it relies on strong performances by the two leads if it is ever going to work.
