Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at The Black Theatre Troupe
by Herbert Paine - Oct 29, 2024
The Black Theatre Troupe's production of THE COLOR PURPLE is a rousing and emotionally powerful show, thanks to a brilliant cast and the keen direction of Karen Davis Jones and the musical direction of Brenda Hankins.
Photos: TWOPENCE TO CROSS THE MERSEY UK Tour Opens; Get a First Look!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2022
The first UK national tour of Helen Forrester’s Twopence To Cross The Mersey opened in Wirral last week – a place which features heavily in Helen’s million-selling books and where the celebrated author spent some of her childhood. Check out all new photos!
Guest Blog: Composer Susannah Pearse On HALL OF MIRRORS
by Guest Author - Mar 23, 2022
My collaborator Robert Hudson and I first got interested in writing a musical about the Treaty of Versailles about five years ago. We’d toyed with the idea before, but the Brexit vote and the widening political divide within both the UK and America gave us the impetus we’d been missing, and we began to write the first draft of what eventually became Hall of Mirrors.
Octagon Theatre Announces Reopening Season
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2021
As the lockdown restrictions ease and arts and culture venues are allowed to open their doors, the Octagon Theatre have today unveiled exciting reopening plans after a 2-year redevelopment and further postponements due to Covid-19.
WONDERLAND UK Tour Arrives in Manchester Next Month
by BWW News Desk - Mar 28, 2017
WONDERLAND is delighting audiences throughout the UK. It's an enchanting musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, with a huge heart, a medley of magic and a whole lot of wonder. It is a timely and touching story of love and an adventurous exploration of who we are, who we want to be and the power of everyday magic in our lives. With critics describing it as 'a totally bonkers, technicolour escape from the real world', Wonderland is not to be missed, showing at the Manchester Palace Theatre from 24th-30th April.
BWW Reviews: BOUNCERS, Old Rep Theatre Birmingham, April 17 2015
by Jenny Antill - Apr 17, 2015
Bouncers remains a timeless piece and one of John Godber's most popular plays. The current tour presented by the John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield is playing its penultimate venue this week in Birmingham. The show has been extensively performed across the country so one would presume it would be difficult to keep the text fresh. However, a bouncer's recollection of a regular evening at work is as valid now as it was thirty years ago when it was written.