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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – The Alexandra, Birmingham
Book and Lyrics: Tom MacRae Music: Dan Gillespie Sells Director: Matt Ryan Jamie New is 16. He lives on a council estate in…
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East is East – The HOUSE, Birmingham REP
Writer: Ayub Khan Din Director: Iqbal Khan Imagine an England where chicken tikka masala hadn’t been invented? Where a coal…
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Rock of Ages – The Alexandra, Birmingham
Book: Chris D’Arienzo Director: Nick Winston To say Rock of Ages is a jukebox musical is a bit like saying…
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The 39 Steps – Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham
Writer: John Buchan Adaptor: Patrick Barlow Director: Simon Ravenhill Functioning on the higher-end of Michael Green’s 1960s definitive Art Of…
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Curve, Leicester
Writer: Tennessee Williams Director: Anthony Almeida Big Daddy asks his son, Brick, why he drinks. ‘Mendacity,’ he replies, helpfully defining…
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Little Shop of Horrors – Old Joint Stock, Birmingham
Book and Lyrics: Howard Ashman Music: Alan Menken Director: Adam Lacey Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists is on the verge of…
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Birmingham Hippodrome
Director: Ian Talbot In a buttock-hugging, glitter-fest of gold and silver lamé, Round The Horn homage of all things once…
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Six – Oxford Playhouse
Music and Lyrics: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss Directors: Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage The little show that has been…
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