Located in Soho, just off the main Soho Road, Birmingham is the glorious Georgian home of Birmingham Industrialist, Matthew Boulton. Boulton was an incredibly intelligent, business minded gentleman who joined partners with Scottish engineer, James Watt, creating the popular and well known first Steam Engines. Watt and Boulton were clever enough to patent their design…
Made in Dagenham
Playing at The Core Theatre, Solihull until Saturday 18th June 2022 is Made in Dagenham, performed by the incredibly talented Queensbridge Musical Theatre Society. I headed along on Tuesday evening to see what the show was all about and I have to admit, having not previously watched an Amateur Dramatics production I feared it may…
Lord of the Dance – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sensational. Stepping onto the stage at The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham this week (until Sunday 19th June 2022) are the amazingly talented cast from Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance. This 2 hour show (including interval) will leave you astounded. How do they dance so well for so long? How do they play the violin so…
Singin’ in the Rain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This evening we sat in the Birmingham Hippodrome audience watching Singin’ in the Rain, a musical that takes its inspiration from the movie which premiered nearly 70 years ago (September 1952). The production is set in Hollywood, in the diminishing days of the silent screen era. Monumental Pictures are worrying that their competitors will take…
Magic Goes Wrong ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wand-erfully Funny! This evening, Mischief Comedy took over the Birmingham Hippodrome stage with their Magic Goes Wrong stage show which was first performed in 2019 at the Quays Theatre, Salford. Written by Penn Jillette, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields and Teller. The story is about a Charity Magic Show that goes disastrously wrong. This…
Jungle Bird
Earlier this week I headed to the fabulous new Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, Jungle Bird located next door to The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. I am very excited about the venue choice as I’m often found at the Alexandra Theatre and the thought of being able to pop here for a drink and some food pre…
Waitress ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sugar, Butter, Flour or even ‘Touching, Uplifting and Hilarious’. Waitress the Musical is Pie-tastic. Waitress the Musical is set somewhere in small-town Indiana. Jenna (Chelsea Halfpenny), a talented pie-maker who is trapped in an abusive marriage with Earl (Tamlyn Henderson), works at Joe’s Pie Diner, a small American Café just off the highway with her…
The Play That Goes Wrong ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mischief Comedy have arrived at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham with their popular production, The Play That Goes Wrong. A real slapstick production with lots of silliness. It is the theatre version of Marmite, you will either love it or hate it and sadly for me, it wasn’t my cup of tea. That said, you may…
BRB Family Music and Dance
Birmingham Royal Ballet are back at the newly renovated Birmingham Rep with some of their breathtaking Ballet and the most spectacular music from Royal Ballet Sinfonia. We headed to the Family Music and Dance session today (Friday 13th May) and they have another session tomorrow (Saturday 14th May). You can book tickets here: BRB Tickets….
Mamma Mia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Last night I was transported to a tiny Greek Island and I’ve never been so happy. Mamma Mia The Musical has landed at Birmingham Hippodrome (until May 14th 2022) and it is a real feel-good musical. Sometimes you can find a juke-box musical tries to put so many songs in, that the plot line is…