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COMPETITION: An Evening of Dirty Dancing – UK Tour

COMPETITION: An Evening of Dirty Dancing - UK Tour

AN EVENING OF DIRTY DANCING is the original box office smash hit tribute to one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time and has been wowing audiences all over the UK since 2010. Often imitated, never bettered, Stage Acts Entertainments' production of ...

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COMPETITION: Bouncers – St Helen’s Theatre Royal

COMPETITION: Bouncers - St Helen's Theatre Royal

Regal Entertainments are back at St Helens Theatre Royal this June with another of their critically acclaimed productions. This year, Regal Entertainments will take audience to that famous Pontefract nightclub in a tale of high hopes & dented dreams, chips & late-night ...

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NEWS: Sim G Records release The Confession Room

NEWS: Sim G Records release The Confession Room

On Friday 31st May, producer Simon Greiff will release the latest recording under his SimG Record Label The Confession Room. Continuing his ongoing commitment to new British musical theatre writing, The Confession Room is released with a concept recording starring West End stalwarts; ...

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NEWS: Our House Leads New Wolsey Autumn Season

NEWS: Our House Leads New Wolsey Autumn Season

A new actor-musician production of Olivier Award winning Madness Musical Our House leads the New Wolsey Theatre's autumn season, announced today. Opening in Ipswich on 12 September ahead of a UK tour that takes in Nottingham, Edinburgh, Bath, Coventry, Brighton and Plymouth, Our ...

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Emerging West Midlands Writers and Directors Given Major Boost

Emerging West Midlands Writers and Directors Given Major Boost

Emerging theatre artists in the West Midlands have been given a boost with the news that, thanks to significant support from The Leverhulme Trust, Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s REP Foundry artist development programme will continue until 2016. Created under The REP’s new artistic director, ...

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NEWS: BE Festival 2013: Birmingham welcomes back the best of European theatre

NEWS: BE Festival 2013: Birmingham welcomes back the best of European theatre

Twenty-three performances from twelve different countries will run alongside exhibitions, discussions, workshops and home-cooked food this summer, as Birmingham’s annual festival of European work, BE Festival, returns to the city for a fourth year. With an emphasis on collaboration, participation and exchange, ...

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CD REVIEW: Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis

CD REVIEW: Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis

Music & Lyrics: Joe Iconis Director: John Simpkins Reviewer: Carrie Carter [Rating:3.5] Though currently making a name for himself as one of Smash’s latest composing recruits, Joe Iconis has been a fixture on the contemporary musical theatre scene for a while now, and on listening to ...

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CD REVIEW: Dogfight – Original Cast Recording

CD REVIEW: Dogfight – Original Cast Recording

Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Book: Peter Duchan Producer: Kurt Deutsch, Lawrence Manchester, Justin Paul and Benj Pasek Reviewer Jonathan Baz [rating:4] Dogfight is an all-American musical set in Los Angeles between 1963 and 1967 around the time of the Vietnam conflict. Premiering off ...

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NEWS: Iconic Arts Centre Threatened With Closure

NEWS: Iconic Arts Centre Threatened With Closure

Although a local arts centre, The Public in West Bromwich is known across the nation as a hugely expensive white elephant, writes our Central Region Editor, Selwyn Knight. It has been widely criticised for its design – it is large and pink ...

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CD REVIEW: Fancy Nancy The Musical: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording

CD REVIEW: Fancy Nancy The Musical: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording

Book and Lyrics: Susan Dilallo Music and Lyrics: Danny Abosch Musical Direction: James Dobinson Reviewer: Helen Jones [rating:4.5] Fancy Nancy The Musical is based upon the series of children's picture books by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. The original book, published in 2005, was ...

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