REVIEW: Full English – Proof that Bradford has stories worth telling
Full English (Production Image) Faye Weerasinghe as Natalie Venue: Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton Performance Date: 09 June 2022 Reviewer: Alex Birch Star Rating: ★★★★ Inspired by the diaries of Natalie Davies (who you may know from her role as Shelley in Coronation Street, or more recently Channel 4 sitcom Hullraisers), an actress raised as part of a multiracial family in […]
REVIEW: The Osmonds – A gloriously nostalgic trip down memory lane
Venue: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Performance Date: 15 March 2022 Reviewer: Gemma Fincher Star Rating: ★★★★1/2 For modern day audiences The Osmonds might not be particularly familiar. However, if you were to imagine a hybrid of the Jackson 5 and the hysteria that a young One Direction yielded when they rose to prominence, then that might go some way […]
REVIEW: Cinderella: A panto to be proud of – a must-see!
Curtis Pritchard as Dandini, AJ Pritchard as Prince Charming and Ensemble in Cinderella at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre – Photo by Tim Thursfield Venue: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Performance date: 07 December 2021 Reviewer: Alex Birch Star rating: ★★★★★ The fairy tale of Cinderella, the beautiful young woman whose kindly Fairy Godmother rescues her from a miserable […]
NEWS: GRAND THEATRE LAUNCHES GOLDEN PANTOMIME WITH STARS SU POLLARD & JEFFREY HOLLAND!
Su Pollard and Jeffrey Holland in Dick Whittington – Wolverhampton Grand Theatre 7 Dec 2019 – 12 Jan 2020 – Photograph by Jonathan Hipkiss Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has launched its 125th anniversary pantomime, DICK WHITTINGTON in rat-tastic style with cast members and sitcom co-stars Su Pollard and Jeffrey Holland! Opening on 7 December, Su will play the evil Queen Rat and […]