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Doctor Dolittle, Birmingham Hippodrome

GIANT pink snails, lunar moths, twoheaded llamas - Doctor Dolittle is utter nonsense but it is also an utter delight. Read

Message wrapped up in show

WHEN choreographer Robyn Orlin was teaching a group of students in South Africa she began to notice a high level of occasional absence. Read

Op stars seeing in 100 years in style

COLESHILL Operatic Society's annual dinner in September will launch the celebration of the group's centenary which will also be marked by a re-run of its first production, HMS Pinafore. Read

Shout! Alexandra Theatre

THIS was a nostalgic and fun step back to the swinging Sixties that had the audience practically dancing in the aisles. Read

Mack & Mabel, Northfield Musical Theatre Company, The Crescent Theatre

IN THE build-up to this musical the company, celebrating its 80th anniversary, began to wonder if there was a jinx on the show. Read

Neville's Island, Highbury Little Theatre, Sutton Coldfield

TIM Firth's dark comedy divides neatly into a play of two distinct halves: you get the laughs first, then you start to feel distinctly uncomfortable. Read

Stepping Out, Dudley Little Theatre, Netherton Arts Centre

THIS Richard Harris comedy is a happy-sad look at the inner lives of a mixed bunch of people in a tap-dancing class, and it's often very funny. Read

The Hollow, Sutton Arts Theatre, Sutton Coldfield

IT WAS no surprise to see that this talented group had come up with yet another excellent set. Read

Viva La Diva, NIA

THIS ambitious show is a bit like watching two talented stars trying to push square pegs into round holes. Read

Emio Greco, PC & Rosie Kay, Dancexchange

INTERNATIONAL Dance Festival Birmingham continued with two contemporary talents working together. Read

The Blue Room, Swan Theatre, Worcester

AN ACTOR and an actress play five roles each in David Hare's amoral merry-go-round. Read

Shore to be laughs

ONE of my most treasured theatre memories is of the first time I saw Neville's Island, the Tim Firth comedy about four businessmen marooned on an island in the Lake District during an Out-ward Bound-type course. Read

The Baggies make me want to shout

AMONG the thousands celebrating the Baggies' promotion this week was none other than actress Claire Sweeney. Read

Tommy's got animal magic

IN a lifetime in showbusiness Tommy Steele has one stellar rule when it comes to choosing his shows - would he want to see it? Read

Two, Lichfield Garrick Studio

PUBS are strange places where inhibitions are lost, secrets hidden and good times are had by at least some of the characters who inhabit the local in the mind of playwright Jim Cartwright. Read

What it takes to be British...

BIRMINGHAM playwright David Edgar tackles the thorny issue of British identity in his new play Testing the Echo. Read

Moon Water, Birmingham Hippodrome

LAUNCHING Birmingham's International Dance Festival, this 70 minute performance gives an indication of the diversity in store. Read

How To Tell The Monsters From The Misfits The Door, Birmingham Rep

THIS murder mystery comedy from writer Paul Lucas is dead funny. Read

Me And My Girl, Solihull Operatic Society, Solihull Library Theatre

TWO voices stand out in the vocal department in Stephen Duckham's production. Read

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Lichfield Garrick

THE remarkable thing about this ongoing Shakespearean romp is that the writers and cast manage to keep it fresh with new material on the same theme. Read