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Rory Bremner laments lost personalities in UK politics Mar 18 2010

Rory Bremner tells Roz Laws that he struggles to tell the election hopefuls apart.Read

Birmingham's Flatpack festival celebrates Odeon founder Deutsch Mar 18 2010

One of the smallest, neatest and best-packaged film festivals is all set to celebrate one of the industry’s most influential giants.Read

Review: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome Mar 18 2010

“Setting: the 1920s. All the action takes place on the Orient Express, en route from Paris to Istanbul”. That might have come as a surprise to Mozart. But James Robinson’s stylish 1997 production of The Abduction from the Seraglio, now acquired by Welsh National Opera, looks fantastic.Read

Review: Twelfth Night at Birmingham Old Rep Mar 18 2010

Birmingham Stage Company’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night premiered in the city for just two days before it tours the Middle East.Read

Review: How Now Mrs Brown Cow, at Alexandra Theatre Mar 18 2010

Scribbling a raucous comedy crowd-pleaser of a play can be as demanding as writing esoteric theatre.Read

Julian Barnes novel Arthur & George hits the Birmingham stage Mar 18 2010

A novel on a Midland miscarriage of justice is being adapted for stage. Lorne Jackson talks to the author.Read

Behzti playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti returns with Behud Mar 18 2010

After death threats and protests, the playwright behind Behzti is back with a new play. She speaks to Lorne Jackson.Read

Birmingham Royal Ballet looks forward to the next 20 years Mar 12 2010

As Birmingham Royal Ballet hits 20, director David Bintley is looking to the future, writes Diane Parkes.Read

Review: The Dark Side of Buffoon, at B2, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Mar 12 2010

At Christmas the Belgrade’s second theatre hosted an alternative seasonal entertainment from Coventry comedy double-act The Cheeky Chappies, and now here is another original show from a duo hailing from the city.Read

Review: Andersen’s English, at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Mar 12 2010

In the summer of 1857, Hans Christian Andersen turned up, almost unannounced, on the doorstep of Gad’s Hill Place in Kent, the home of Charles Dickens and his family.Read

Review: Behna (Sisters), at Birmingham Rep (off site) Mar 12 2010

This site-specific production is a kitchen sink drama – literally.Read

Review: Spike Milligan’s Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, at Birmingham Repertory Theatre Mar 12 2010

Based on the war memoirs of comedian Spike Milligan, this production attempts to replicate his somewhat haphazard humour.Read

Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet, 20 Years Celebration, at Birmingham Hippodrome Mar 11 2010

It’s two decades since Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet moved lock, stock and barrel up the M1 and became The Birmingham Royal Ballet at a purpose-built home at the Hippodrome theatre. Read

Dave Gorman on the cyclepath Mar 09 2010

Comedian Dave Gorman gets off his bike to speak to Jon Perks about his ‘recycled’ show.Read

Birmingham comedy clubs keep smiling through the recession Mar 08 2010

Phil Vinter looks at how the laughter business has fared in Birmingham during the recession.Read

David Blake's Scoring The Century gets world premiere in Birmingham Mar 05 2010

An opera written more than a decade ago will finally gets its world premiere in Birmingham, writes Christopher Morley.Read

Theatre Review: Witness for the Prosecution at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton Mar 04 2010

It’s strange to reflect that Agatha Christie is now the only British playwright apart from Shakespeare to have a company dedicated to producing her work.Read

Review: King Lear by the Royal Shakespeare Company Mar 04 2010

Near the end of his Premiership, Tony Blair was confronted by his rising rival, David Cameron, across the dispatch box.Read

Review: The Sleeping Beauty, by Birmingham Royal Ballet, at the Hippodrome Mar 04 2010

The Sleeping Beauty, by the Birmingham Royal Ballet, at Birmingham HippodromeRead

Joe Lycett's slice of comedy Feb 26 2010

Roz Laws talks to up and coming comedian Joe Lycett about cheese and middle-class whimsey.Read

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