Birmingham Mail - What's On - Theatre in Birmingham

Theatre: Paul-Michael Jones and Emily Holt indulge in Dirty Dancing

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

PAUL-Michael Jones credits actor Patrick Swayze with making dancing cool. So it was no surprise that he was eager to take up the role Patrick made famous in the film Dirty Dancing.

South Pacific at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:14 GMT

South Pacific

Wednesday:

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THEATRE

Tuesday:

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THEATRE

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Calendar Girls BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

THEATRE

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

The Taming Of The Shrew: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THEATRE

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Tonight:

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THEATRE

Review: Strictly Come Dancing Live at the NIA, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Russell Grant to star in Birmingham show

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:30:00 GMT

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

Dance: TV's Strictly stars waltz into Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:01:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:41:00 GMT

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 Beke

Theatre: The naked truth about dancer Camilla Dallerup

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Cranford's Lisa Dillon to the RSC

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Theatre: Lisa Dillon returns to the stage

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:14:00 GMT

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.