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Watch: David Essex prepares for All the Fun of the Fair at the Alexandra Theatre

IT HAS travelled the UK and been a West End hit, but the new tour of David Essex’s All the Fun of the Fair, which opens in Birmingham tonight, is a revamped show.Read

Birmingham's DanceXchange celebrates 10 years with a new programme

Autumn 2001 signalled a new beginning for the dance powerhouse as it moved into plush new facilities, including purpose-built studios in the renovated Hippodrome complex.Read

Theatre: EastEnders' Barry gets in line for Rhinestone Mondays at Wolverhampton

Shaun is best-known for playing the part of Barry in the television soap for a decade – but his first love has always been music and the stage.Read

Dance: Sonia Sabri's Kathakbox tours Black Country

BIRMINGHAM-based Kathak dancer Sonia Sabri is embarking on an autumn tour taking in venues in the Black Country.Read

Puppet company to Warwick Arts Centre

THE theatre company that has won international acclaim for its puppets in the West End and Broadway hit War Horse is bringing a new show to Warwick Arts Centre.Read

Theatre: Actor Les Dennis in cancer musical

ACTOR Les Dennis is currently riding the crest of a wave, juggling a successful career and a young family. Which makes his role in the charity musical Survive! all the more poignant.Read

Theatre: Emerald O'Hanrahan's tale of two Cecilys

AFTER playing the part of Emma Grundy in radio soap the Archers, Emerald O’Hanrahan was a regular visitor to Birmingham – but she admits she only saw a tiny sliver of the city.Read

Jasper Britton as Marquis de Sade for RSC

JASPER Britton will take the role of the Marquis de Sade in a new production of Peter Weiss’s play Marat/Sade at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.Read

Strictly winner is slick as recreates Fred Astaire role

WHAT can winning Strictly Come Dancing do for you? Well, it can make you Fred Astaire.Read

Hippodrome seeks boys to play Oliver Twist, Artful Dodger and Fagin's gang

Birmingham Hippodrome is seeking child actors for its production of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! next year.Read

Review: Bugsy Malone, at New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

STAGE Experience, now in its ninth year, is a wonderful way of giving scores of youngsters just that – a chance to see what goes into putting on a show in the professional theatre.Read

Theatre: Tom prepares to don his top hat

TOM Chambers may be best known for his rumba and quickstep, but the actor says he was a dab hand at tap long before he competed in the television show Strictly Come Dancing.Read

Theatre: Stepping out for a line dance

A NEW line dancing musical is proving to be a mini-reunion for the pop band Steps with two of its former singers in the show.Read

Theatre review: Swan Lake, Birmingham Hippodrome

WHAT would Tchaikovsky have made of this Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe of China’s interpretation of his classic ballet Swan Lake?Read

Theatre: Sarah Manners back in Birmingham for cancer drama

FOR actress Sarah Manners, a job in Birmingham is always a boon as it means she can stay in the best digs possible – her parents’ house.Read

Anton and Erin return to Birmingham Symphony Hall

DANCE duo Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag return to Birmingham next year with a new show Let’s Do It.Read

Stephen King's Misery comes to Birmingham theatre

STEPHEN King’s psychological thriller Misery is brought to centre stage at the Hockley-based Blue Orange Theatre.Read

Political satire in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Based on a novel by Robert Tressell, the play takes us into the three-storey town house of Mayor Sweater where a group of painters and decorators are hard at work.Read

Batman Live at the NIA: Superhero as you've never seen him before

HOLY spectacle, Batman! The Caped Crusader and his Boy Wonder have flown into Birmingham for a live arena show that’s full of colour, fights, thrills and spills.Read

Theatre: Ballroom is the new rock 'n' roll

PRODUCER Harley Medcalf never expected to be working on a ballroom dancing show.Read