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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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NEWS: Royal Shakespeare Company Joins Forces With Google To Present Midsummer Night’s Dreaming

NEWS: Royal Shakespeare Company Joins Forces With Google To Present Midsummer Night's Dreaming

In a project directed by Google’s Tom Uglow and the RSC’s Geraldine Collinge, people all over the world will be able to join the Royal Shakespeare Company live in Stratford-upon-Avon and online, as they present a one-off digital theatre project, Midsummer Night’s ...

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COMPETITION: Playing with Grownups – Theatre 503, London

COMPETITION: Playing with Grownups - Theatre 503, London

Acclaimed director Hannah Eidinow directs the new play by Hannah Patterson at Theatre503, the new writing powerhouse in London. “Thatʼs the problem, isnʼt it. Now we can have it all, weʼre expected to bloody do it all. Or want to do it all... ...

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BLOG: One more for Spam..alot! A guest starring role in the Monty Python musical

BLOG: One more for Spam..alot! A guest starring role in the Monty Python musical

It’s not every day you get asked to make a guest appearance in the hit West End musical Spamalot, so when the company approached me to play the cameo role of ‘Sir Not Appearing’ I jumped at the chance – well, ...

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NEWS: Artistic Director, Hamish Glen, celebrates ten years at the helm at the Belgrade.

NEWS: Artistic Director, Hamish Glen, celebrates ten years at the helm at the Belgrade.

The Public Reviews congratulates Hamish Glen as he celebrates his tenth year as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre. Originally from Scotland, Hamish made the move to the Belgrade from Dundee Rep Theatre, where he was Artistic Director from ...

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