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Singer Marti Pellow centre stage with his split personality Apr 01 2011

Lorne Jackson meets a proud Scot whose battled his demons and found salvation treading the boards.Read

Arts Council funding revealed for West Midlands organisations Mar 30 2011

Arts organisations in the West Midlands will receive £132.6 million over three years from April 2012 under the Arts Council England’s new funding system.Read

Taking murder mystery to new places Mar 25 2011

Lorne Jackson talks to two writers breathing some fresh life into the old whodunnit.Read

Review: Corrie!, at Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Mar 25 2011

Retelling 50 years’ worth of stories in just two hours, using only six actors, seems an impossible task.Read

Review: Footloose, at Birmingham Hippodrome Mar 18 2011

In 1987, when I was in my early teens, I bumped into Madeleine Arnold while I was out riding my bike.Read

Review: King Lear, at Royal Shakespeare Theatre Mar 18 2011

Shakespeare’s titanic Lear may, at first glance, be a strange choice to launch this newly revamped theatre. Dark and depressing, it shows the very worst in human nature.Read

Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer caught up in Japan earthquake Mar 15 2011

Leading Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer Nao Sakuma has told how she feared for her life as she fled into the streets during the Japanese earthquake.Read

Caroline Horton inspired by gran's enduring romance Mar 11 2011

Diane Parkes meets a playwright who was inspired after discovering a wartime romance in her family.Read

Review: Notes to Future Self, at MAC, Birmingham Mar 11 2011

This Birmingham Rep production has found its ideal space in the MAC’s small and intimate theatre where the audience feel very much part of the drama.Read

Review: Life of Riley, at Malvern Festival Theatre Mar 11 2011

When teacher George Riley is given a few months to live, the shocking news has a disturbing and unpredictable effect on three couples who are closely linked to him.Read

Review: The Cleansing of Constance Brown, at A E Harris Building, 110 Northwood Street, Hockley Mar 11 2011

First staged in 2007, this masterpiece by Birmingham theatre mavericks Stan’s Cafe was co-commissioned by the Vienna Festival and has since been seen in Bucharest, Toronto and Cologne, amongst other international destinations.Read

Review: Academy of St Martin, in the Fields, at Symphony Hall Mar 11 2011

Quality will out, as the saying goes, so a full house for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields was no surprise. After all, orchestral sheen doesn’t come much glossier than in this ensemble’s honeyed strings and its immaculately discreet woodwind section.Read

Review: The Usual Auntijies, at B2, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Mar 10 2011

The play itself suggests comparisons with Shakespeare in terms of its length but not, unfortunately, in any other respect.Read

Hit Michael Jackson West End show Thriller - Live comes to Birmingham Mar 10 2011

The West End hit Thriller - Live, which celebrates the music and career of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, opens at Birmingham Hippodrome next month.Read

Operatic start to the season in Birmingham Mar 04 2011

Christopher Morley looks at an exciting spring ahead for opera in Birmingham.Read

Theatre's outsider James Yarker opens new doors Mar 04 2011

James Yarker is an artistic director working in a field he thinks is far too safe. Lorne Jackson discovers what drives him to push the boundaries of performance.Read

Theatre Ninjas could be just the ticket Mar 04 2011

Roz Laws looks at a scheme which could lure bigger audiences to theatres.Read

Birmingham Hippodrome launches £1m appeal for new stage Mar 04 2011

Birmingham’s biggest theatre the Hippodrome is launching a £1 million appeal to replace its stage.Read

Students perform Wuthering Heights preview at Wolverhampton shopping centre Mar 02 2011

Shoppers at the Mander Centre, Wolverhampton, were treated to a sneak preview of a Bronte classic at the weekend, courtesy of St Peter's Collegiate sixth form. Read

Richard Herring going on the offensive? Feb 25 2011

Comedian Richard Herring claims he knows more about Christianity than many Christians. Roz Laws finds out why he’s revisiting his Christ on a Bike show.Read

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