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Review: The Cheeky Chappies’ Christmas Cracker, at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Dec 11 2009

The Cheeky Chappies are Dick and Ginger, an old-time music hall double act who seem to have been delivered to the Belgrade this Christmas through some mysterious time-warp. Read

Review: A Christmas Carol Performed by Clive Francis at Birmingham Town Hall Dec 08 2009

It is, arguably, the second most famous Christmas story after the Virgin birth.Read

Review: Othello, by the Birmingham Opera Company Dec 07 2009

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Review: Stan's Cafe presents The Just Price Of Flowers Dec 07 2009

Who needs money, funding bodies might well ask themselves, when you can produce such fresh and stimulating theatre on a shoestring? Read

Review: Cinderella, at Warwick Arts Centre Dec 07 2009

Don’t expect a Fairy Godmother, a glittering coach or any of the trappings of panto tradition in Melly Still and Ben Power’s back-to-Brothers Grimm version of this familiar story. Read

Arabian Nights at the RSC - and uncertain times for British theatre Dec 04 2009

Dominic Cooke tells Terry Grimley about Arabian Nights and the threat to Britain’s theatrical renaissance.Read

Aaron Robison follows in Nureyev's dance steps... Dec 04 2009

Aaron Robison was just a youngster when he first watched ballet dancing, but it sparked a love that has stayed with him ever since, he tells Diane Parkes.Read

Review: A Christmas Carol, at Birmingham Rep Dec 02 2009

A Christmas Carol, at Birmingham Repertory TheatreRead

Review: The Nutcracker at Birmingham Hippodrome Nov 30 2009

You know Christmas is upon you and the cards should be written, pudding stirred and sprouts on whenever Birmingham Royal Ballet delivers its festive treat The Nutcracker.Read

Birmingham's International Dance Festival returns in 2010 Nov 27 2009

The second International Dance Festival Birmingham will take place in the city in April and May 2010.Read

Birmingham Rep cancels opening performance of A Christmas Carol Nov 25 2009

Birmingham Repertory Theatre has announced that tonight’s first preview performance of A Christmas Carol has been cancelled due to one of the cast members suffering a fractured arm.Read

Birmingham Opera Company heads back to the factory Nov 25 2009

Putting a Verdi opera into a deserted factory requires tenacity as well as imagination, writes Terry GrimleyRead

Doctor Who's David Tennant reunited with human skull for Hamlet BBC film Nov 24 2009

Doctor Who actor David Tennant is to revive his partnership with a real human skull for a new BBC film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet.Read

Lenny Henry lands London theatre award for Othello performance Nov 23 2009

Lenny Henry has scooped a prestigious theatre award for best newcomer for his performance as Othello.Read

Review: Wozzeck, by the Welsh National Opera, at Birmingham Hippodrome Nov 20 2009

Wozzeck, by the Welsh National Opera, at the Hippodrome, BirminghamRead

Hippodrome chief says stage is set to help lift Birmingham's spirits Nov 19 2009

It’s the busiest, most popular, theatre in the country and one of the top five paid-for attractions in the West ­Midlands.Read

La Traviata, at Birmingham Hippodrome Nov 19 2009

Music-theatre on a larger scale is currently at Birmingham Hippodrome with Welsh National Opera’s regular autumn residency, beginning with a new production of Verdi’s La Traviata, which is almost entirely a total winner (the only miscalculation is in portraying old man Germont as a self-righteous outcast to the end, when his music warms towards Violetta in her tragic situation).Read

Murray Perahia/Academy of St Martin in the Fields, at Symphony Hall Nov 19 2009

This concert fell on the 50th birthday of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. As an anniversary celebration, it had everything – fine music superlatively executed and a capacity crowd enthusiastic in their appreciation.Read

Terry Grimley: Wrongful conviction is brought to stage Nov 19 2009

A once notorious miscarriage of justice in the Edwardian West Midlands, the Great Wyrley Outrages, is the subject for a new play by Birmingham writer David Edgar which will have its premiere at Birmingham Rep next spring.Read

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Nov 19 2009

The then 25-year-old Martin McDonagh’s astonishing debut play, first seen in Galway in 1996, has lost none of its power to disconcert audiences with its idiosyncratic blend of dark comedy and cruelty.Read

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