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Review: Dave Gorman, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

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Comedian Dave Gorman brings his Powerpoint Presentation to Birmingham.Read

Pupils tread the boards for the Shakespeare Schools Festival

Much has been made in recent weeks over claims that William Shakespeare was actually a fraud. But one group of school pupils are letting his words do the talking in a scheme aimed at bringing the Bard to life.Read

Translating the Bible translators

David Edgar has created a fascinating play examining how the King James Bible was created 400 years ago – and why it is so crucial to our language. Diane Parkes reports.Read

Light and dark in dance show Caravaggio

Diane Parkes speaks to a choreographer who has used the life of Caravaggio as inspiration for his new dance show.Read

Review: Journey's End, at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

The first version of Journey’s End, in 1928, starred an unknown actor named Laurence Olivier.Read

Review: Dig, at Coventry Belgrade

Dig, the first production in the Belgrade’s A Play, A Pie And A Pint season of lunchtime plays – zaps right into the zeitgeist.Read

Bill Bailey proving intelligent comedy can be funny

Comedian Bill Bailey has a wealth of knowledge and he’s willing to share it. Read

Review: Marat/Sade, at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Outrageous Play Outrageously Outrages Outraged Audience In Stratford! Or words to that effect.Read

Birmingham Hippodrome launches £1m Stage Appeal

Birmingham's biggest theatre is asking people to dig deep into their pockets and support a £1 million appeal to fund a new stage.Read

Theatre-goers walk out of RSC production of Marat/Sade

Around 30 theatre-goers a night are walking out early from a Royal Shakespeare Company production featuring sex, nudity, rape and torture.Read

Review: One Man, Two Guvnors, at New Alexandra Theatre

As far as most people are concerned, James Corden is just a pirate chest and a sprinkling of gold doubloons away from being a national treasure. Extending that seafaring metaphor, I have to add that he’s never floated my boat.Read

Back to the beginning for Pam Ayres

Poet Pam Ayres is returning to the city where opportunity first knocked for her, writes Roz Laws.Read

New appetite for theatre

A Show aimed at the body and mind is heading to the Midlands to lure in new audiences. Lorne Jackson reports.Read

Boom time for old Basil Brush

Lorne Jackson - no stranger to interviewing celebrities - chats with the daddy of them all... Basil Brush.Read

RSC's Michael Boyd wants to stage a western when he stands down

The artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company wants to put on a western after announcing he was to stand down after ten years in the role.Read

Review: Stephen Merchant, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Despite playing second string to Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant isn't shy about his achievements, but he never appears arrogant. Read

Dance is burning the house down at Birmingham's Hippodrome

Dance is the new rock'n'roll, says the man behind the hit show Burn the Floor. Diane Parkes meets him.Read

Stephen Merchant: I can't wait to meet my fans - and make one my wife

Comic Stephen Merchant is hoping his latest tour could lead to a love match, he tells Roz Laws.Read

Future looks good again for funny girl Rosie Wilby

Award-winning comedian Rosie Wilby tells Zoe Chamberlain how her life has risen from the ashes.Read

Silence is golden for tape boy Sam Wills

Normally the domain of chatty, fast-talking gagsmiths, comedy club audiences are suddenly falling for the quiet charms of a silent act who goes under the moniker of The Boy With The Tape On His Face.Read