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REVIEW: Strictly Ballroom: The Musical – a glittering night of hot dancing in Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
October 31, 2022
On a cold and wet Halloween evening, with the night coming in earlier after the end of British Summer Time, hearts were warmed by the glittering dancing on The Birmingham Hippodrome…
REVIEW: The Cher Show – a grand night at the theatre
Rangzeb Hussain
October 18, 2022
The Cher Show, which opened on Broadway in 2018, now arrives to the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in an electrifying and joyous production which charts the life and music of a…
REVIEW: Peaky Blinders – The Redemption of Thomas Shelby – the gang is back in Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
September 28, 2022
The legendary Peaky Blinders of Small Heath are back in town and this time they're setting The Birmingham Hippodrome stage on fire with a spectacular new dance show. Peaky Blinders:…
REVIEW: South Pacific – love rises higher than prejudice and racism
Rangzeb Hussain
September 27, 2022
The forward thinking musical South Pacific, brimming with breezy and topical melodies, is warming up audiences at Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre. Rogers and Hammerstein's smash-hit Broadway show, based on the the Pulitzer…
REVIEW: The Color Purple – uplifting musical that revels in the power of love
Rangzeb Hussain
September 15, 2022
The Tony award-winning Broadway musical The Color Purple arrives in Birmingham in an exciting new production. The highly anticipated show, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, is now…
REVIEW: Blood Brothers – songs of injustice, class division and the cost of living
Rangzeb Hussain
September 13, 2022
Willy Russell’s worldwide smash-hit show Blood Brothers, which premiered nearly 40 years ago, makes a triumphant return to the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. The dramatic musical, familiar to countless pupils who…
REVIEW: Fame – next generation of Midlands’ stars glow in iconic 1980’s musical
Rangzeb Hussain
August 25, 2022
The annual Stage Experience at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre returns after a two year absence - due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions - with a sparkling youth production of Fame. The best young…
REVIEW: Les Misérables – a show that sings the songs of our troubled times
Rangzeb Hussain
August 12, 2022
The crown jewel of musicals - Les Misérables - is now playing to packed out audiences in Birmingham in a spectacular production for the 21st century which touches upon the troubled…
REVIEW: The Cher Show – a rousing Broadway extravaganza comes to Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
August 2, 2022
The Cher Show, which opened on Broadway in 2018, arrives to Birmingham in an electrifying and joyous production that raises temperatures as it charts the life and music of a…
Birmingham 2022 opening ceremony thrills with a fiery journey from dark to light
Rangzeb Hussain
July 29, 2022
The audacious multicultural opening ceremony of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 thrilled with a show that dared to look at the dark past while looking forward to a positive future. Thursday…