The jury is in: The Crescent Theatre Company’s Consent is unmissable theatre

birminghamreview — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:13:36 +0000

Words by Jimmy Dougan / Production images and artwork supplied by The Crescent Theatre Company Anyone looking for a masterclass in theatrical form ought to get down to the Crescent as soon as possible. In this production of Nina Raine’s dreadfully topical 2017 smash Consent, director Andrew Cowie takes big ideas and wrestles them into …

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Lightning Strikes Twice – Ed Quigley talks magic and music ahead of two Brian Lightning shows

birminghamreview — Sun, 05 May 2024 19:40:56 +0000

Words by Billy Beale / Pics by Conor Wells, Rosie Sco, Ben Dornan You might have crossed paths with Brian Lightning already. Whether you’ve seen him in Grand Central Station wearing some ambiguous signage, performing songs and magic at various Birmingham gig venues, or simply a funny video on social media, the chances are that …

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Here, there, everywhere: La Chimera is a beguiling, dreamy masterpiece

birminghamreview — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:48:36 +0000

Words by Jimmy Dougan (follow him on Letterboxd here) / Press images courtesy of Ad Vitam Distribution Somewhere, maybe not here but not totally elsewhere, and maybe not in the present though not necessarily in the past either, a man, Arthur (Josh O’Connor) is asleep on a train. Cutting his way across the Tuscan countryside, …

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“Surprising, subversive, and refreshingly wholesome”, Alasdair Beckett-King kicks off his Nevermore UK tour at The Old Rep in Birmingham

birminghamreview — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 07:58:18 +0000

Words by Emily Doyle / Pics by Edward Moore On Wednesday 27 March, Alasdair Beckett-King kicked off his twenty-seven date UK tour at The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham. Beckett-King is a self-styled renaissance man. Audiences are most likely to recognise the waifish stand-up from his appearances on BBC’s Mock the Week – and with …

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Inglourious Basterds: Lying Lips’ adaptation of ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore is play of freewheeling intensity

birminghamreview — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:15:13 +0000

Words by Jimmy Dougan / Production images supplied by Lying Lips Theatre Company – pic of The Crescent Theatre from Google Maps Sometimes you have to look at the past to look at the present – and the best way to do this is to make the past feel like the present, which is something …

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First MAC Theatre Commission Award goes to Erdington playwright for project looking at life on Lyndhurst Estate

birminghamreview — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:50:08 +0000

Words & supporting images by Ed King / Profile pic by Kris Askey The first ever MAC Theatre Commission Award has been given to Erdington playwright and author CJ Lloyd Webley, to develop a project titled Lyndhurst Memories – exploring the past and present of the Erdington estate. Recently established to help support local creatives …

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Taking you from fear to frivolity, Mutes release new single ‘Barely Living Proof’

birminghamreview — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 10:38:54 +0000

Words by Ed King / Photos by Sam Wood – artwork by Megan Henebury “Dog-sick with the possibility of another failed escape.” When you read the lyrics to Mutes’ latest single, ‘Barely Living Proof’, it does not bode well. Beginning with “Force fed eyes” and ending with “Young violence speaks our fall to ruin” you’d be …

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Alasdair Beckett-King kicks off Nevermore UK tour at The Old Rep on 27 March

birminghamreview — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:46:54 +0000

Words by Ed King / Pics by Edward Moore On Wednesday 27 March, Alasdair Beckett-King kicks off his new UK tour at The Old Rep Theatre on Station Street in Birmingham City Centre. Playing shows from Belfast to Exeter, the comedian, writer, animator, occasional computer programmer, and self described ‘gentleman thief’, will be bringing his …

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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme returns to Midlands Arts Centre – running until 28 March

birminghamreview — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:16:13 +0000

Words by Jimmy Dougan (follow him on Letterboxd @jimmydougan) / Production pics courtesy of the Japan Foundation The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme (JFTFP) returns to the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), running until 28 March, and presents a week of carefully curated Japanese cinema to audiences outside of London. The theme of this year’s JFTFP …

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Night of the Moth: Kikimora returns to Moseley’s Babicabin on Saturday 23 March for facepainting and a special video premiere of Rosie Tee’s new single, ‘Night Creature’

birminghamreview — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:16:42 +0000

Words by Ed King / Pics and artwork supplied by Kikimora On Saturday 23 March, Kikimora will be holding their second event at The Yard in Moseley – the longstanding garden centre on Oxford Road that those crazy Kikimora kids have renamed Babicabin (which we think is possibly a smidge better name than The Yard… …

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