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Battle lines drawn at the RSC for Nations At War season

Birmingham Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:09:00 GMT

Battle plans are being drawn up as the Royal Shakespeare Company prepares for war.

Dave Spikey: It's easier going the second time around

Birmingham Post — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Dave Spikey's first professional outing in Birmingham was a complete disaster but this time around the Phoenix Nights funnyman is a finely-tuned comedy turn, as Roz Laws found out.

RSC's The Taming Of The Shrew packs a real punch

Birmingham Post — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:07:00 GMT

Shakespeare's feistiest female is a tough nut to tame, as Marion McMullen finds out.

Review: The Taming Of The Shrew, at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Birmingham Post — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

A drinking, smoking, tattooed hellcat of a woman with claws almost proves a match for wife-hunting Petruchio.

Panto king Brian Conley is a prince among men

Birmingham Post — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Brian Conley invites Graham Young backstage to discuss his record-breaking Christmas show.

Lisa Dillon to take lead in RSC's The Taming Of The Shrew

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Cranford actress Lisa Dillon is to take the lead role of Katharina in a new Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Anita Dobson has all the right moves for the Strictly Come Dancing tour

Birmingham Post — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Actress Anita Dobson tells Roz Laws how a stint on Strictly has opened up a new world of possibilities.

Review: The Snowman, Birmingham Rep at the ICC Theatre

Birmingham Post — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company production was a huge hit when it was premiered in the city in 1993 and nearly two decades later it still cannot fail to charm.

All the right impressions with Alistair McGowan

Birmingham Post — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Impersonator Alistair McGowan will be summoning up the pirate in him for a New Year's Day show, writes Roz Laws.

Tributes to former Birmingham Repertory Theatre chairman Andy Allan

Birmingham Post — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

A former chairman of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre who guided the venue through the controversial staging of a play which led to riots in 2004, has died at the age of 68.

Panto Review: Cinderella, at Birmingham Hippodrome

Birmingham Post — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:36:00 GMT

After a few disappointing or merely quite good years, the Hippodrome panto returns to blistering form with a magical production of Cinderella.

What the Dickens is going on at Christmas?

Birmingham Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Graham Young speaks to entertainer Al LePage who is bringing Dickens to the masses - the old-fashioned way.

Good news: Russell Howard returns... in one piece

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

An English Defence League joke found the comedian coping with some chilling threats, but he is staying true to himself, writes Roz Laws.

When Charles Dickens brought his Christmas show to Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Charles Dickens insisted one of his sold-out 1853 readings in Birmingham should be for the working classes. Diane Parkes looks at how the great author kept his audience spellbound.

A short lesson in the diversity of life from Kiruna Starnell

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT

As a dwarf, Kiruna Stamell has suffered discrimination, but she refuses to let it stop her getting on with a successful acting career, writes Lorne Jackson.

Malcolm Stent is the unsung hero of life's pantomime

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Midlands entertainer Malcolm Stent tells Graham Young the secrets of his success.

Review: The Heart Of Robin Hood, at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford

Birmingham Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Heart Of Robin Hood is one of the finest shows of the Christmas season.

Review: Grease, at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:22:00 GMT

Despite its flaws, it is hard not to smile at this fun night of pure escapism.

Birmingham poet Jodi returns to stage after battling back from stroke

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:00:00 GMT

Kings Heath poet Jodi Ann Bickley is on the comeback trail after a stroke left her partially paralysed.

Review: The Lost Happy Endings, at Mac, Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

My daddy usually writes the Birmingham Post theatre reviews, but he said he was just a little bit traumatised by watching The Heart Of Robin Hood, so he’s allowed me to write The Lost Happy Endings review.