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Stagecraft is all blood and guts

THE girl behind the counter of the sandwich shop is horrified.Read

Boogie on down at 1970s-based musical

CONGRATULATIONS to Birmingham’s Crescent Theatre on stepping so dynamically and so effectively out of its comfort zone with Boogie Nights, the 1970s-based musical that ended its eight-night run on Saturday.Read

Delving into an evil past

TERRY Deary is waxing lyrical about King Henry VIII.Read

Life on the front page isn’t for me

AS MURDERESS Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago, Emma Barton is desperate for notoriety and the chance to get on the front pages.Read

George still rains

IT’S the final of Britain’s Got Talent tomorrow – and last year’s champion is already gearing up to go on tour with the best of this year’s contestants.Read

Sunshine’s centre stage with Sharon

SHARON D Clarke is promising to bring some totally tropical sunshine to Birmingham.Read

Jimmy Osmond talks about his role in the musical Chicago

AS one of the cleanest living performers in showbusiness it may seem strange that Jimmy Osmond is cast as the wheeler dealer lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago.Read

Review: Quadrophenia at Birmingham Hippodrome

PART of Birmingham has been transported back to the 1960s, to the heyday of the Mods.Read

Mod-ern take on 70s Who classic

IT HAS been nearly 40 years since The Who released their rock opera album Quadrophenia but this year it has finally reached the stage.Read

Where town planner plays god ...

TAND by for the Moseley Mystery Plays.Read

THE LIVES AND LOVES OF HENRY BLOFELD

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French farce for Holland

WALSALL-born actor Jeffrey Holland returns to the Black Country this month, starring in the hit comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre.Read

Birmingham Hippodrome getting ready for hip hop festival

TWO years ago Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre stuck its neck out with a hip hop dance and music festival.Read

THEATRE Actor Philip Olivier tells of nightmare start in musical

ACTOR Philip Olivier had never even seen a musical, let alone starred in one, before he signed up to appear in Never Forget.Read

THEATRE: From Minder to the Birmingham Rep for Rex Shrapnel

ON TV he knew all about the value of ‘a nice little earner’. But off-screen, Minder star Lex Shrapnel confesses he paid little attention to his income – until he took a role in a Birmingham Rep play.Read

Lichfield Garrick lines up special treat for fairer sex at Ladies Day

Any member of the fairer sex who goes along to Ladies’ Day on Tuesday, May 12, gets in for a discounted price of £10 instead of the usual £14.Read

Birmingham's Thomas Martin enjoying a world of dance

WHEN Thomas Martin’s mum began taking him to dancing classes as a youngster, he was initially less than keen - so much so that he actually gave it up.Read

Birmingham Royal Ballet celebrates 20 years in the second city

BIRMINGHAM Royal Ballet celebrates the 20th anniversary of its move to Birmingham with a series of special performances.Read

Strictly Come Dancing stars to give Brum a dose of Latin Fever

STRICTLY Come Dancing favourites Lilia Kopylova and Darren Bennett will be turning up the heat this summer at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall with their Latin Fever show.Read