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Legendary 1980’s soap opera star Patrick Duffy of Dallas fame is coming to Birmingham to star in exciting mystery thriller Catch Me If You Can at The Alexandra theatre on 25 April. Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing alongside Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing in Texan oil soap opera Dallas, will take on a new…
The Birmingham Royal Ballet has vowed to bring the annual Christmas ballet spectacular – ‘The Nutcracker’ – by looking at other ways to bring the show to audiences during the Tier 3 lockdown in Birmingham. The REP theatre and Birmingham Royal Ballet are looking at other alternatives to bringing the exciting family show to the…
Carlos Acosta, one of the world’s greatest ballet dancers, has been announced as the new director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. This appointment is a major fete for Birmingham Royal Ballet as their current director, David Bintley, steps down in July 2019 after holding the position for 24 years. Hailing from an underprivileged background in Cuba…
As Cuban dance superstar Carlos Acosta returns to the Birmingham Hippodrome for three special performances with his new production Premieres Plus, we have a pair of show tickets up for grabs! Premieres Plus, celebrating Acosta’s astonishing dance vision, is showing at Birmingham Hippodrome between Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 August 2011, at 7.30pm with tickets priced £16-£45 and available…
Following critically-acclaimed previous performances at Birmingham Hippodrome, the much-loved dance superstar Carlos Acosta returns to the theatre for three performances only with his new production Premieres Plus later this month. Premieres Plus features new works and collaborations with major UK and international choreographers, dancers and musicians, and celebrates Acosta’s astonishing dance vision. This enhanced staging, devised by…