Author: Robert Gainer

STOMP at Birmingham Hippodrome

★★★★☆ Even if you have seen Stomp before, there are several companies performing the concept with their own characters and variations, so that whether one sees the regular London-based production and/or this touring one, the experience will be rather different each time. All-in-all this is a great show full of tremendous energy, creativity, originality and highly innovative ways to bang out a beat . . .

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DARK CORNERS at The Door at Birmingham Rep

★★★☆☆ Everyone in the audience was, at least once, co-opted in to help. One guy was given control of the lighting. Another chap was given responsibility for playing the audio clips. A young lady was given a script to read onto an answering machine, and there were many other participatory innovations.

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THE DRILL at The Door at Birmingham Rep

★★★☆☆ All the three unnamed characters want to do is lead their ‘normal’ lives. But normality is called into question by The Drill, a series of emergency planning rehearsals and scenarios designed to help them survive, respond and cope when faced with a disaster or terrorist atrocity. The distinction between normal and the unthinkable is gradually eroded over the hour of this quick fire drama.

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EVITA at Birmingham Hippodrome

★★★★☆ Undoubted star of the show in the title role of Eva Perón is the sensational Madalena Alberto. I was entirely captivated by her performance. Her acting and singing were faultless and so engaging that when she was performing I often forgot about what else was happening on stage.

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