Formed in 2009 by two old hacks to cover amateur and professional theatre in the West Midlands and beyond
West Midlands, England
Joined July 2010
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Gareth Southgate took over an England with the worst record in penalty shootouts and whose only success was in 1966. #DearEngland @brumhippodrome chronicles his human story of players, ideas, philosophies and methods bringing order and calm to the chaos behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
Insp Morse was always the thinking man's copper, an opera lover with an academic's approach to apprehension and now he returns to the dreamy spires of Oxford in @morseonstage with Hamlet as the backdrop @TheatresMalvern. behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
Half god, half coming of age for Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief mixing Greek myth, magic and music superbly @brumhippodrome as Rick Riordan’s best-seller is brough to sparkling life. @PercyOnStage behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
The world's worst opera singer is torturing the classics @derbytheatre as Florence Foster Jenkins takes to the stage in a night of #glorious, if tuneless fun. behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
So what happens when monsters invade the stage. Find out in the delightful 5 star children's adventure #TheresaMonsterinYourShow @BelgradeTheatre
Welcome to the battleground of Britpop, the ultimate band wars, pick a side, Blur v Oasis, all chronicled in a wonderful new comedy #TheBattle based on (mostly) real events @BirminghamRep. behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
What happened? Well there is the dichotomy of reality and recollection, and then the twin imposters of possibilities and probabilities and . . . well did it even happen at all.decide fr youself in a fascinating #Constellations @highburytheatre behindthearras.com/reviewsam…
George Harrison was the quiet Beatle, the one in the background in the shadow of Lennon and McCartney yet he had his own mark of quiet genius brought into into the spotlight in a five star #SomethingAboutGeorge from @SomeAboutProds @the_garrick behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
Iconic TV comedy classic @FawltyTowersWE is filling the stage with chaos @WolvesGrand in a 5 star, rollocking ride down memory lane with laughs a plenty, comedy at its finest behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
A touch of Ireland in #Mám from @TeacDamsa @brumhippodrome which draws of the myths, legends and folklore steeped in the legends of West Kerry Gaeltacht on the Wild Atlantic coast of the south western tip of Ireland. behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson has become a cult figure in teen literature in the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles and the tale of Greek Gods in the 21st century is brought to stunning life on stage in @PercyOnStage @TheatresMalvern behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
When it comes to #Art we all know what we like . . . or do we? It's something for a trio of friends to decide in a simply superb five star production, a sparkling, first class comedy from @HGLTBham behindthearras.com/reviewsam…
What happens when a stately home is in a bit of a state and the wherewithal is nowhere to be found? That's the dilemma facing Lady Dorothy trying to save her home and sanity in Alan Bennett's witty comedy #People in a 5 star performance @highburytheatre behindthearras.com/reviewsam…
Goosebumps & fear go hand in shaking hand @thealexbham as @Womaninblack_UK
haunts the stage with its terrifying tale of the world beyond explanation & reason. A 5 star modern classic ghost story guaranteed to make you jump. Not one for the faint hearted. behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
Willie Russell's One for the Road looks at middle class hopes and dreams amid decapitated gnomes, phallic veg and a dislike of John Denver in a laugh filled production from The Nonentities @TheRoseKminster behindthearras.com/reviewsam…
#RobinHood @brumhippodrome heads into 2026 with a view from a teenager and tickets from £20 for a fun show for all the family to start the new year off with a laugh.behindthearras.com/Reviewspr… robin-hood-H12-25.html
A night of fabulous festive fun, oh yes it is! with @TheMattSlack as @brumhippodrome serves up #RobinHood, a real Christmas cracker with @MattCardle @Faye_Tozer @therealgokwann #SandraMarvin @onebiggins Laughs a plenty and big smiles all round behindthearras.com/Reviewspr…
It's always a pleasure to visit @Stage2YT to see a group of youngsters bring joy enthusiasm & no little talent to theatre in another collaboration with Brummie actor and writer Claire Dowie in a 5* #BuyLittleBuyLessBuyNothingAtAll at The Crescent Theatre.
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