REVIEW: Chicago – a polished night of musical theatre that indeed proves why Chicago remains a titan
CHICAGO: Djalenga Scott as Velma Kelly and The Company. Photo: Tristram Kenton Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre Performance Date: 08 March 2022 Reviewer: Josh Bullin Star Rating: ★★★★ There are few musicals quite as enduring as Chicago. This year marks twenty-five years since the original Encores! revival transferred to London and cumulatively ran for around sixteen years, […]
REVIEW: Chicago – sexy, stylish, and delivered by a roster of multi-talented and hard-working performers
CHICAGO: Djalenga Scott as Velma Kelly and The Company. Photo: Tristram Kenton Venue: The Alexandra, Birmingham Performance Date: 24 January 2022 Reviewer: Alex Birch Star Rating: ★★★★ Based on real-life events in the city of the same name, Chicago made its musical debut on Broadway in 1975 and has since become a successful franchise. As well […]
REVIEW: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – A must-see pantomime masterclass
The cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Birmingham Hippodrome – Photo credit: Paul Coltas Venue: Birmingham Hippodrome Performance Date: 08 January 2020 Star Rating: ★★★★★ Reviewer: Gemma Fincher Most of us may be in the post-Christmas slump but that hasn’t stopped Birmingham Hippodrome’s panto extravaganza from banishing those January blues with their utterly ‘flawless’ production of […]
NEWS: Any dream will do! Joseph break-out star, Jac Yarrow joins the cast of Snow White
Birmingham Hippodrome is proud to announce that the break-out star of Michael Harrison’s recent London Palladium revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jac Yarrow will play The Prince in this year’s must-see pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which plays from Saturday 21 December 2019 – Sunday 2 February 2020. Jac Yarrow […]