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Reviews
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 01 October 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
"Sonic spectacle combined with subtle detail."
Photo credit: Otto Van Den Toorn.
Mozart & Shostakovich, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wednesday 25 September 2024,4.5✩✩✩✩. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Some impressive virtuosity and an exciting new work.”
The Queer Motherhood Project by Hannah Phillips Midland Arts Centre (MAC), Cannon Hill Park, B12 9QH, 3✩✩✩. Review: Joanna Jarvis.
“This powerful show gives validation to the experience of queer mothers.”
Photo credit: Nevaeh Graver and Rachel Jones.
Alive and Gigging: Roger McGough Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 6 Centenary Square, B1 2EP, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Joanna Jarvis.
'Words and wit, with humour and heart.'
Photo credit: Allan Melia.
BBC Proms. BBC Concert Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 8 September 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
"Proms Nottingham: a first for the city and a fizzing celebration of its music and heritage."
Photo credit: Philip Gatward.
The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 6 Centenary Square, B1 2EP, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Joanna Jarvis.
"A delightful and funny rendering of Mozart’s final opera."
Photo credit: Lucy J. Toms.
As You Like It by William Shakespeare, RSC at Holloway Garden Theatre until 01 September 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“A Sparkling Change.”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
School for Scandal: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, RSC at RST, Stratford Upon Avon, until 22 August 2024, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Intelligent, witty, funny, flawed (but not fatally).”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
My Son’s a Queer (But what can you do?) The Belgrade Theatre 15 to 17 July 2024 and UK tour, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Hannah Phillips.
“We all came out singing your tune!”
Photo Credit: Mark Senior.
Kyoto: Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, RSC, The Swan, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Thought provoking, multi-layered, irritating, sometimes lacks clarity.”
Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan.
Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Persona Arts, The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham. Final performance 13 July 2024, 3✩✩✩. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A mostly convincing performance of Wagner’s early masterwork.”
The Hallé, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 27 June 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Nottingham says an emotional farewell to an outstanding conductor.”
The Merry Wives of Windsor: William Shakespeare RSC, Stratford Upon Avon, runs until 07 September 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“The play may creak a bit, but the production never ever does.”
Hamilton - Birmingham Hippodrome, 28 June 2024, until 31 August, then on tour, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“An epic piece of story telling.”
Photo Credit: Danny-Kaan
Party Games! Malvern Theatres 25 to 29 June 2024 and UK tour, 2✩✩. Review: Hannah Phillips.
“Brexit, Covid, dismantling the NHS, sexism and micro-aggressions are just not funny!”
Photo Credit: Jason Callender.
The Wizard of Oz, Birmingham Hippodrome, 12 June 2024, ‘till 16 June 2024 then on tour until 11 August 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“An energetic and current realisation of this classic story.”
Barber & Rachmaninoff, CBSO, Symphony Hall Birmingham, 13 June 2024, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Emotional the technical fireworks in an impressive performance of Barber’s Cello masterwork.”
Vespers of the Blessed Earth, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A profound and thoughtful new work followed by a revelatory reading of an established masterpiece.”
Budda of Suburbia: Adapted by Hanif Kureishi and Emma Rice, from the novel by Hanif Kureishi, RSC, The Swan, Stratford Upon Avon. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review : Roderick Dungate.
“Marvellous adaptation of a superb novel.”
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner.
Cirque – the Greatest Show. The Curve, 60 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 To 02 June 2024 prior to a national tour. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Circus acts and musical theatre irresistibly combined.”