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Skate champion Robin Cousins finds a new lease of life on stage Dec 05 2011

Diane Parkes speaks to a champion skater who is enjoying life in the spotlight again. Read

Review: Sleeping Beauty, by Birmingham Repertory Theatre, at Crescent Theatre Dec 03 2011

Birmingham Rep’s family Christmas show slow and overly convoluted for a family show, and there are precious few belly laughs.Read

Hair-raising adventures in Birmingham Rep's make-up department Dec 03 2011

Lorne Jackson meets a man who makes sure actors in Birmingham are always made up for the part. Read

Iris Roberts and a very modern Maid Marion Dec 03 2011

Actress Iris Roberts’s version of Maid Marion is no longer a damsel in distress, she tells Lorne Jackson.Read

The world according to Felix Dennis Dec 03 2011

Money still makes his world go round, millionaire poet Felix Dennis tells Alison Jones. Read

Review: The Nutcracker, by Birmingham Royal Ballet, at Birmingham Hippodrome Dec 03 2011

The Nutcracker delivers on all fronts. Tchaikovsky’s score is as transcendental as ever, and the dancers do its flighty, faraway tunes the justice they deserve. Read

Press Club accolade for Birmingham theatre critic Fred Norris Nov 30 2011

Former Birmingham Mail theatre critic Fred Norris is hitting the headlines himself after 50 years of reporting – with a lifetime accolade.Read

Omid Djalili on dancing with fame and getting belly laughs Nov 25 2011

Iranian comedian Omid Djalili prefers to keep his comedy for the stage... not the supermarket, he tells Roz Laws.Read

BRB's Robert Parker flying high again after a hard landing Nov 25 2011

Lorne Jackson talks to Birmingham Royal Ballet’s principal dancer, Robert Parker, about why he ditched the stage to train as a commercial pilot – and why he made a return.Read

International Dance Festival is bold move for Birmingham Nov 25 2011

All eyes will fall on Birmingham next year as the city again hosts its renowned International Dance Festival, writes Diane Parkes.Read

Dave Gorman on Powerpoint, Norwegians and Rubik's Cube Nov 24 2011

He's 40, recently married and has finally solved the Rubik's Cube. Dave Gorman is the man who presents his comedy very clearly.Read

Birmingham Opera Company hoping to team up with city business Nov 24 2011

Birmingham Opera Company is aiming to switch the city’s business community on to arias as it gears up to stage one of its most ambitious productions yet.Read

Willy Russell: Rita was story of my life Nov 18 2011

Lorne Jackson meets a playwright who inadvertently broke his own rule in creating a timeless, much-loved female character.Read

Stage is set for laughter with Graham Norton Nov 18 2011

Graham Norton is returning to the stage to host a Christmas show, he tells Roz Laws.Read

Life really is a fairytale for Alex Clatworthy Nov 18 2011

Diane Parkes speaks to Alex Clatworthy about her stage debut in a Disney classic given a modern twist.Read

Review: Written On The Heart, at RSC, Swan Theatre, Stratford Nov 18 2011

In this largely faithless world of ours, few go bonkers for the bible.Read

Review: Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, at New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Nov 18 2011

What can be achieved in eighteen months?Read

'Religion and theatre are almost the same thing' Nov 11 2011

British opera director John Caird found his calling after a trip to see the RSC's Hamlet as a boy, writes Alison Dayani.Read

Chris Addison is flowering at 40(ish) Nov 11 2011

Chris Addison does a nice line in shirts - and making people laugh, writes Roz Laws.Read

Beating the drum for British comedy Nov 11 2011

What makes Brits laugh and not Americans? Funny woman Gina Yashere, who now lives in the States, decided to find out, writes Roz Laws.Read

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