“⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A show that reminds you that life is to be lived, grab opportunities when they arrive and always follow your heart” – Small House Big Trips The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has landed on the Alexandra Theatre Stage until February 25th 2023 and it is the very last week that you can catch iconic…
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Theatre shows in the Midlands
Swan Lake 2023
Each Birmingham Royal Ballet performance wows me with its beauty, elegance and ability to keep me sat still, mesmerised, in awe, fascination and contentment for a period of time. Last night I saw Swan Lake at Birmingham Hippodrome, my third time of seeing it, and although this time it felt darker and more gothic-like, the…
Dick Whittington 2022
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Purr-fect” Dick Whittington: The Pantomime Paved with Gold is playing at Birmingham Hippodrome until Sun 29th Jan 2023, featuring the legendary Matt Slack who not only co-writes the show with Alan McHugh but plays the lead character this year. I have never seen such a perfect Dick Whittington. The jokes, impersonations, amazing one-liners, and…
Dreamgirls ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Have you ever seen a show that is SO good, it leaves you speechless for days after? Dreamgirls is that show for me. The talent from each cast member last night was phenomenal. Utterly breath taking, spine-tingling vocals that I wish I could record and play again and again. It was superbly supreme! The show…
Beauty and the Beast at The Old Rep
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹” – Small House Big Trips The students of Birmingham Ormiston Academy and Director Alec Fellows-Bennett have done it yet again, bringing yet another 𝗳𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 to The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham, for families this Christmas. A re-imagined version of Beauty and the Beast with original score (I…
Saturday Night Fever
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Impressive choreography performed by a talented cast filled to the brim of stamina and sex appeal. Forget Saturday Night Fever, last night I had Tuesday Night heart palpitations. Sat in the stalls, transfixed at the calibre of dancing on the stage. The audience drooling over Jack Wilcox, playing the role of Tony Manero and…
Noughts and Crosses ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
International Touring Theatre Company, Pilot Theatre deserve huge kudos for this gripping, emotional and raw adaptation of Malorie Blackmans young adult novel by Sabrina Mahfouz. A captivating story of a segregated society where the white-skinned people ‘the Noughts’ and the dark-skinned people, ‘the Crosses’ have different rights and power. A society where Capital Punishment exists,…
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“This one got me hooked” – Small House Big Trips Bilston Operatic Company, an award winning musical theatre company, are gracing the stage of Wolverhampton Grand Theatre this week (until Saturday 12th November 2022) performing everyone’s favourite childhood story, Peter Pan. A stage show for all of the family. I headed along this evening to…
The Shawshank Redemption
ExCELLent! It would be a crime to not see this show whilst it is at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Based on the short novel by Stephen King, Adapted by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns and Directed by David Esbjornson, The Shawshank Redemption tells a story of perseverance and patience within a maximum-security penitentiary over…
The Mousetrap 70th Anniversary ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Murderously good.” After seeing The Mousetrap at The Alexandra Theatre on its 70th anniversary tour, we are sworn to secrecy about the ending. No, we can’t tell you anything about that. Whilst the London show continues on, this 70th anniversary tour opened at the Theatre Royal Nottingham, where it held its original world premiere in…