http://www.birminghampost.net/authors/ Authors en-gb Birmingham Post no Authors Authors http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/19/far-from-the-madding-crowd-at-malvern-festival-theatre-65233-22298432/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:15:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/19/far-from-the-madding-crowd-at-malvern-festival-theatre-65233-22298432/ This adaptation by Mark Healy is given a lean but effective treatment in the new stage version from English Touring Theatre, a co-production with Exeter’s Northcott Theatre http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/19/why-the-whales-came-at-old-rep-theatre-station-street-65233-22296387/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:30:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/19/why-the-whales-came-at-old-rep-theatre-station-street-65233-22296387/ Since Birmingham Stage Company staged Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom three years ago, an adaptation of his War Horse has given the National Theatre one of its biggest hits of recent times. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/19/artistic-director-ian-brown-talks-about-bringing-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-to-birmingham-rep-65233-22290480/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/19/artistic-director-ian-brown-talks-about-bringing-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-to-birmingham-rep-65233-22290480/ Stage is set for Narnia http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/12/alison-steadman-is-outstanding-in-revival-of-alan-bennett-gem-at-birmingham-rep-65233-22233521/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/12/alison-steadman-is-outstanding-in-revival-of-alan-bennett-gem-at-birmingham-rep-65233-22233521/ Steadman is outstanding in revival of lost http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/12/chalk-scrapes-on-blackboard-65233-22233520/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/12/chalk-scrapes-on-blackboard-65233-22233520/ Here’s something that cries out for people to make a special pilgrimage. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2008/11/10/guillemots-provide-value-for-month-at-gigbeth-festival-65233-22216579/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2008/11/10/guillemots-provide-value-for-month-at-gigbeth-festival-65233-22216579/ Missed opportunities http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/07/liberty-at-warwick-arts-centre-coventry-65233-22207369/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/07/liberty-at-warwick-arts-centre-coventry-65233-22207369/ How does a young republic believing itself to have a God-given mission to lead the world towards a new era of freedom, equality and justice end up mired in blood and terror? http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/05/tight-call-for-birmingham-stage-company-65233-22190056/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/05/tight-call-for-birmingham-stage-company-65233-22190056/ Actor-manager Neal Foster tells Terry Grimley his survival secrets. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/11/04/new-outing-for-david-cox-paintings-65233-22179667/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/11/04/new-outing-for-david-cox-paintings-65233-22179667/ Considering it’s the second largest city in the UK, Birmingham has produced disappointingly few artists of renown. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/03/varjak-paw-at-warwick-arts-centre-coventry-65233-22173549/ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:18:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/11/03/varjak-paw-at-warwick-arts-centre-coventry-65233-22173549/ SF Said’s books about a Mesopotamian Blue kitten are apparently best-sellers, but that doesn’t seem to have translated into a huge interest in this operatic treatment, to judge from the small turn-out for Saturday night’s performance. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/30/review-the-house-of-bernarda-alba-at-belgrade-theatre-coventry-65233-22152903/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:52:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/30/review-the-house-of-bernarda-alba-at-belgrade-theatre-coventry-65233-22152903/ Yesterday I was asking whether Noises Off was the funniest play ever written: today I could equally well be pondering whether The House of Bernarda Alba is the bleakest. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/30/varjak-paw-opens-up-opera-for-all-65233-22152877/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/30/varjak-paw-opens-up-opera-for-all-65233-22152877/ Julian Philips talkes to Terry Grimley about Varjak Paw, his opera for families and kids. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/29/globe-trotting-with-glyn-maxwell-65233-22144244/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:21:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/29/globe-trotting-with-glyn-maxwell-65233-22144244/ Glyn Maxwell talks to Terry Grimley about mixing theatre, verse and politics. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/29/noises-off-at-malvern-festival-theatre-65233-22144205/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:10:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/29/noises-off-at-malvern-festival-theatre-65233-22144205/ Is Michael Frayn’s Noises Off the funniest play ever written? It’s ultimately a matter of taste, of course, but you would surely have to put it on any serious shortlist. http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/more-columnists/2008/10/29/terry-grimley-it-s-not-over-yet-for-bbc-65233-22144053/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:04:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/more-columnists/2008/10/29/terry-grimley-it-s-not-over-yet-for-bbc-65233-22144053/ If there is something to be said this morning for Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand – and frankly I’m struggling – it is the fact that they have momentarily broken the vice-like grip of the US elections and the collapse of world capitalism on the news agenda. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/28/showing-off-the-wedgwood-family-jewels-65233-22134809/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/28/showing-off-the-wedgwood-family-jewels-65233-22134809/ The new £10.5 million Wedgwood Museum in Staffordshire is a gem, says Terry Grimley. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2008/10/27/fyfe-and-his-guillemots-starting-over-65233-22127214/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:36:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2008/10/27/fyfe-and-his-guillemots-starting-over-65233-22127214/ Guillemots begin a national tour at the Gigbeth festival in Birmingham' next month. Frontman Fyfe Dangerfield talks to Terry Grimley. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/27/review-privates-on-parade-at-birmingham-rep-65233-22127162/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:24:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/27/review-privates-on-parade-at-birmingham-rep-65233-22127162/ Though it won a best musical award on its appearance in 1977, Peter Nichols prefers to describe this fictionalised recollection of his experiences during National Service as a play with songs. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/23/all-the-fun-of-the-fair-at-grand-theatre-wolverhampton-65233-22102165/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:34:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/23/all-the-fun-of-the-fair-at-grand-theatre-wolverhampton-65233-22102165/ David Essex evidently still has quite a following, and you sense that his new musical could have been much worse and still got a standing ovation from his Wolverhampton fans. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/22/review-absurd-person-singular-at-malvern-festival-theatre-65233-22093393/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:18:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/22/review-absurd-person-singular-at-malvern-festival-theatre-65233-22093393/ Alan Ayckbourn’s early hit is now an astonishing 36 years old, but long exposure to its title has failed to illuminate any obvious connection with the play itself.