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South Pacific at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

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Wednesday:

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Tuesday:

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Theatre: Anyone the wrong side of 30 has a place in their heart for Bagpuss

The “old, saggy cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams” who first made his appearance in 1974 is a cult classic and regularly tops those ‘best ever children’s TV show’ polls.Read

Calendar Girls BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME

EVERYONE knows the story about the middle aged, middle class WI women who got fed up of making jam and singing Jerusalem and so shocked Britain by stripping off for a calendar.Read

THEATRE

Royal Shakespeare Company present The Taming Of The Shrew: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford/Written On The Heart by David Edgar/Measure For Measure: Swan Theatre, Stratford; Coppice Performing Arts School present Madness musical Our House: Wolverhampton Grand. 01902 429212.Read

The Taming Of The Shrew: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford

A DRINKING, smoking tattooed hellcat with claws proves a match for wife-hunting Petruchio.Read

Theatre: Samantha Womack talks toes, EastEnders trauma and Britain's Got Talent

IN the long list of traumas suffered by her soap character – child abuse, teenage pregnancy, miscarriage, the deaths of her two children, going to prison – breaking a toe seems very trivial.Read

by Marion McMullen, Birmingham Mail

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THEATRE

Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn: Crescent Theatre, Birmingham. 0121 643 5858; Royal Shakespeare Company present The Taming Of The Shrew: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford/Written On The Heart by David Edgar: Swan Theatre, Stratford. 0844 800 1110; Brian Conley, Lynda Bellingham and Basil Brush in Cinderella: Birmingham Hippodrome. 0844 338 5000; Birmingham Stage Company present The Jungle Book: Old Rep, Birmingham. 0121 245 4455.Read

Tonight:

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Review: Strictly Come Dancing Live at the NIA, Birmingham

*****

THE latest Strictly Come Dancing series was the best yet – and the live national tour didn’t disappoint either.Read

Russell Grant to star in Birmingham show

TWINKLE-TOES Russell Grant is to tread the boards in Birmingham in a new high glamour role.Read

Dance: TV's Strictly stars waltz into Birmingham

DANCE yourself dizzy as the stars of Strictly Come Dancing waltz their way to the region.Read

Dance: Dazzling dancer Erin Boag is back on tour with partner Anton du Beke

THERE are two men in the life of Strictly Come Dancing’s Erin Boag – her businessman husband Peter O’Dowd and dance partner Anton du BekeRead

Theatre: The naked truth about dancer Camilla Dallerup

SHE is used to appearing before millions of TV viewers wearing tiny dresses and showing off her long legs.Read

Review: Arsenic & Old Lace, at the Grange Playhouse, Walsall

*****

YOU could almost die laughing at this classic black comedy by Joseph Kesselring, beautifully acted by the cast of a company celebrating its 60th anniversary season.Read

Cranford's Lisa Dillon to the RSC

Cranford actress Lisa Dillon is to take the lead role of Katharina in a new Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Taming of the Shrew.Read

Theatre: Lisa Dillon returns to the stage

CRANFORD actress Lisa Dillon is to take the lead role of Katharina in a new Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Taming of the Shrew.Read