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Review: The Grapes of Wrath at Birmingham Rep Theatre

**

OK, so no-one expects John Steinbeck to be a bundle of laughs but the relentless nature of this adaptation of his epic Dust Bowl novel The Grapes of Wrath is enough to batter us all into the ground.Read

Review: Oliver at The Cresent, Produced by The Arcadians

****

EMERGING from a musical singing is always a good sign.Read

Review: High School Musical II at Wolverhampton Grand

****

AN ARMY of hysterical pom pom waving seven-year-olds welcomed High School Musical II to the West Midlands last night.Read

Theatre: High School Musical 2 show heads to Wolverhampton and Birmingham

THE HIGH School Musical phenomenon may have conquered the world but actor Les Dennis admits it had totally bypassed him – until he was offered a part in the stage show.Read

Theatre: Grapes of Wrath at the Birmingham Rep

IT MIGHT have unnerved other actors, but Christopher Timothy was delighted when his latest work was met by complete silence.Read

Theatre: The Entertainer comes to the Lichfield Garrick

WHEN John Osborne’s angry young man became middle aged, and still angry, in the guise of Archie Rice in The Entertainer he probably never imagined his tale of loss of Empire and dying music halls would still strike a chord half a century on.Read

Last of the Summer Wine offers few real laughs

Last of the Summer WineRead

The Tart and the Vicar's Wife: a very tasty evening out

The Tart And The Vicar’s WifeRead

The Tart and the Vicar's Wife: a very tasty evening out

The Tart And The Vicar’s WifeRead

Tommy Steele hopes tunnel vision doesn't scupper his Hippodrome return as Scrooge in Christmas Carol

TOMMY Steele is looking forward to coming back to one of his favourite theatres, the Birmingham Hippodrome – if he can find it.Read

Review: One Little Word at Birmingham Repertory Theatre

A play with a clear messageRead

The crowded life of busy Mr Slim

It’s a daunting assignment, interviewing John Slim, because the man himself has such vast experience of the interviewer’s craft.Read

Curtain falls on my time in the Mail

I NEVER seem to time things right.Read

John Ashton plays Archie Rice in John Osborne’s The Entertainer at The Lichfield Garrick Studio

WHEN John Ashton steps out as the lecherous, jaded comic Archie Rice in John Osborne’s The Entertainer at The Lichfield Garrick Studio next week, the role will have a double appeal.Read

M6 Theatre Company perform One Little Word for under-sixes

WHEN M6 Theatre Company were creating their new work, One Little Word, they took it to the harshest critics of all – children.Read

FIVE of the most unlikely rock stars took to the stage to muted applause.

The reaction when they left it 50-odd minutes later was certainly a lot more appreciative.Read