REVIEW: ‘Simply Barbra’ – simply amazing!
Brian Butler finds a legend re-created
Arts
REVIEW: Secret Byrd @ BREMF
The Secret Mass was a beautiful opening gig to BREMF….with this sacred music made tangible, giving everyone something to sigh over
OPERA REVIEW: Peter Grimes @ London Coliseum (English National Opera)
A night of grim fascinations.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘DRAG: A British History’ by Jacob Bloomfield
The book takes us by the manicured gloved hand and leads us, via clubs, shows, scandals, politics, intrigue, to some rather delicious Queer individuals and the way they used Drag to succeed and flourish on stage
SPOTLIGHT ON: Theatre Royal Brighton’s winter season, from Ruby Wax’s journey to find peace to Liza with a Z and THE Dame Joan Collins
Brian Butler finds poltergeists galore, a teenage drag artist and Royal rock stars at Theatre Royal Brighton
Deirdre O’Halloran to join Birmingham Hippodrome as Head of New Musical Theatre
Birmingham Hippodrome has announced that Deirdre O’Halloran will be joining them as the Head of New Musical Theatre. The first UK venue to launch an in-house department dedicated to musical theatre, O’Halloran will head the Birmingham Hippodrome’s development of new musicals for the West Midlands.
REVIEW: A Strange Loop @ Barbican Theatre
Loop lives up to the hype and effortlessly surpasses the publicity and cant, using originality wit and tenderness to offer up an almost unique theatrical experience wrapped in a comforting familiar style.