McKenna has taken as her inspiration for this Dick Whittington her wife Sharon D Clarke’s parents and the Windrush Generation ...

Stars of the West End, Radio 2 and CBeebies join comedian Jarred Christmas (his apt surname a coincidence as I understand it) ...

His two daughters, Beauty (Israela Efomi) and Bright (Holly Howden Gilchrist), become stuck in a shed with dad hoping for some change to their fortunes. On hearing that one of his ships has been found ...

The star name in Dick Whittington is former Coronation Street stalwart Wendi Peters. As Queen Rat, she’s sufficiently evil.

John Millington Synge National Theatre National Theatre, Lyttelton 10 December 2025 – 11 January 2026 ...

In 2023, The Birmingham Hippodrome launched its first of a kind, in-house musical theatre development programme. Alongside ...

Jack (he who gets linked with the Beanstalk) has the white cow, Red Riding Hood the cape, Rapunzel the golden hair and ...

Stockroom, which announced its closure last month, is probably not a name that many theatre aficionados will instantly ...

Birmingham Rep’s festive offering for younger audiences, Anansi The Spider, will tour 17 libraries across the city and the ...

She is the determined dancer, the core of the tale, the sacrifice to art one has to make. And she does pay the ultimate price ...

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo is a disturbing evocation of a violence not just two decades ago but resonating with today’s ...

Anthony Lo-Giudice is an established and unusual North-East-based choreographer with a highly theatrical approach to ...