James Collins News

The REV Theatre Company is now presenting its final production of its 2022 season - Ain't Misbehavin'. The show runs through October 11th at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY. Get a first look at footage here!

The REV Theatre Company opens the final production of its 2022 season – Ain’t Misbehavin’. The show runs September 21st – October 11th at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY. Check out all new photos here!

The REV Theatre Company will open the final production of its 2022 season – Ain’t Misbehavin’. The show runs September 21st – October 11th at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY. Get a first look at photos here!

The REV Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the final production of its 2022 Season – Ain’t Misbehavin’.

The REV Theatre Company opens the third production of its 2022 season – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair. The show runs August 17th – September 6th at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY. See photos from production.

The REV Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the third production of its 2022 Season - Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair.

Joe Hanrahan’s original play ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCE opened on Thursday, May 5th in its world premiere at .ZACK Theater. Produced by The Midnight Company and directed by Morgan Maul-Smith, ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCE examines two patients, in a clinical psychiatric lecture format, who claim to have been abducted by aliens. It is a dialogue driven script with believable stories thanks to the authentic performances of Joe Hanrahan, Payton Gillam and Joseph Garner.

On June 25th, Horizons Quartet, will release their self-titled debut on PM Records. Co-founded by up saxophonist Dan Wilkins and pianist James Collins, the quartet's youngest members, and anchored by a pair of their jazz heroes, drummer Byron Landham and bassist Gene Perla, Horizons Quartet is the consummate endorsement of multigenerational collaboration.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre is to launch a series of FREE online activities over the summer, and there is something for everyone to enjoy and engage with.

We want to hear from you! We're starting #BwayWorldPrompts, where each day we'll be asking our readers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram questions to spark some theater conversation.

Following the hugely successful Standing Tall community pantomime project, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre have once again collaborated with Heath House Studios to work on this year's project, Paving the Way, based on the themes of this year's panto, DICK WHITTINGTON.

Young people from Wolverhampton last night took to the Grand Theatre stage to perform George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM, adapted by Peter Hall. The young people are all students of the Grand Arena Youth Theatre, an initiative set up by Wolverhampton Grand Theatre and the Arena Theatre on Wulfruna Street.

Dick Whittington travelled the golden pavements to seek his fortune and now thanks to generous sponsorship from the Friends Of The Grand, the theatre's annual AN INTRODUCTION TO PANTOMIME tour can take to the road again - bringing the magic of theatre to school halls for a fourth consecutive year!

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has today announced that its sixteen25 youth scheme has relaunched, making it an entirely free membership for those aged 16 - 25.

Today, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre announced a new partnership with solicitors FBC Manby Bowdler who have sponsored a dementia friendly Memory Cafe and variety show tour to reach out to those living with dementia.

Today Wolverhampton Grand Theatre announced a new young persons' stand up comedy project, STAND UP IF YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY.

IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT will be available for streaming on HBO GO and HBO NOW on SATURDAY, FEB. 23 starting at 11:45 p.m. (ET), following the debut of HBO Films' O.G. earlier that evening, and will debut MONDAY, FEB. 25 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on the main HBO channel.

The HBO Films drama O.G. debuts SATURDAY, FEB. 23 (10:00-11:50 p.m. ET/PT). Starring Jeffrey Wright (Emmy® winner for HBO's “Angels in America,” two-time Emmy® nominee for HBO's “Westworld”), the film is directed by Madeleine Sackler (Emmy® winner for HBO's “Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus”) and written by Stephen Belber (Emmy® nominee for HBO's “The Laramie Project”). 

Ten local Primary Schools have taken part in a Grand Theatre project which saw performance poet and comedienne Emma Purshouse deliver creative writing workshops in schools throughout the year. This inspired them to write short bedtime stories, some of which were published in a book and all of the entries are now on display at the Light House in Wolverhampton until the end of January.

The HBO Documentary Films presentation IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT, filmed during the production of O.G., will be available for streaming SATURDAY, FEB. 23 starting at 11:45 p.m. (ET), following the debut of O.G. earlier that evening, and debut MONDAY, FEB. 25 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on the main HBO channel.