⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 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…
Where to get your Christmas Tree, Midlands
Wondering where to go this year to get your 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲? Let us help you with our Midlands Guide to the best places to get your Christmas Tree in 2022. Firstly, you could head to a 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺. Often called a plantation. These are where you get to choose your tree straight from the…
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,…
The Mailbox at Christmas
It is coming up to the most wonderful time of the year and Birmingham’s iconic Mailbox is ready for the festive season. I headed along yesterday to explore and wanted to share my experience with you to inspire you to visit this Christmas Time. As you enter the Mailbox you are greeted with twinkly Christmas…
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…
Starchitects ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Motionhouse have done it again. Wowed, inspired, entertained and created yet another spectacular piece of dance-circus theatre. Sunday we headed to Warwick Arts Centre to watch Starchitects. A show that is due to tour the UK over the next year and if there’s a family friendly show to impress every member of the family, this…
Coppélia
The perfect ballet for everyone. From ballet novice to balletomane. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was easy to award five stars to last night’s performance of Sir Peter Wright’s Coppélia performed by the astounding Birmingham Royal Ballet. Having been a regular at the ballet now since around 2018, I haven’t seen Coppélia before. It was last performed by…
Light Trails in and around the Midlands
Wrapping up warm on a cold winters night and heading off to a light trail is a perfect way to spend a winters evening. Have you been to a light trail before? Our personal favourite last year was Winter Glow UK and this year they’re going bigger and better at the Three Counties Showground. This…