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Record attendance figures announced for Jack and the Beanstalk panto at Birmingham Hippodrome
Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome has announced record attendance figures for this year’s pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, with 120,000 people having seen the show during its six-week run in the city. The…
IN PICTURES: Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime at Birmingham Hippodrome
Staff Reporter
December 22, 2023
Birmingham Hippodrome has begun its six-week run of this year’s pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. Featuring sets and costumes from The London Palladium, and bundle-loads of laughter, the UK’s biggest regional panto…
REVIEW: Titanic the Musical – a show where the spirit of love proves unsinkable
Rangzeb Hussain
April 18, 2023
Titanic the Musical sails into Birmingham in a spectacular and epic production featuring a colossal cast. The lavishly detailed musical set on an ocean liner is currently playing at The…
The Shawshank Redemption actors visit Birmingham lock-up as UK stage tour ends
Rangzeb Hussain
November 8, 2022
The Shawshank Redemption has arrived at The Alexandra Theatre and cast members of the show visited the old Steelhouse Lane lock-up in Birmingham as the show comes to the end…
REVIEW: The Shawshank Redemption – a poignant translation from film to stage
Rangzeb Hussain
November 7, 2022
The classic Hollywood film The Shawshank Redemption has been transformed into a deeply moving stage play which is currently playing in Birmingham. The Shawshank Redemption is now running at The Alexandra…
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…
INTERVIEW: Birmingham photographer Pogus Caesar turns his lens on history and life
Rangzeb Hussain
May 5, 2022
Birmingham artist and photographer Pogus Caesar reflects on a life behind the camera and the inspirations that compel him to produce material which continues to arouse debate decades after it was produced.…
REVIEW: Bearing heart and ‘sole’, Bonnie and Clyde wows audience in intimate stage play
Staff Reporter
November 12, 2021
After a successful run in Cambridge, the Town and Gown Theatre company brings its latest barefoot play Bonnie and Clyde to The Old Join Stock on Temple Row. Directed by…
REVIEW: Punks & Goths – a beautiful zine about acceptance, freedom and individuality
Rangzeb Hussain
October 9, 2021
A limited edition photography zine arrives fresh from the printers and it throws an exciting and positive spotlight on a section of society that is often viewed with suspicion and…
REVIEW: A Seat at the Fireside – heartwarming book of portraits of Brum’s poor and homeless
Rangzeb Hussain
January 7, 2021
A new photography book showcasing poignant and compassionate studio portraits of people who have endured life under terrible social and economic conditions aims to raise money for Birmingham homeless charities.…