Author: Will Amott

Rambert’s ROOSTER at Birmingham Rep

The triumphant final act was Rooster, a show for which Rambert has become renowned and received much praise. To laud it is an exercise in reiteration, but it is unavoidable when describing Christopher Bruce’s electric and charming dance. It is funny, but it also successfully displays the truth of young adulthood, where preening and posing mean that there are always those on the outside to the in-crowd. Vanessa Kang is particularly strong here.

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SANCHO at Birmingham Rep Studio

Paterson Joseph delivers a performance that is hard to fault in Sancho: An Act of Remembrance. He begins the show as himself, in plain garbs, introducing his audience to Ignatius Sancho. Joseph’s passion for the subject matter is evident and he sets the tone for what follows: warm, buoyant and didactic . . . He is funny, too. Rarely does anyone (particularly in a one-man show) pull off audience interaction with such charm and humour as he does here. The rapport that he builds with the audience feels genuine and lays the groundwork for later emotional beats that he hits, making them all the more effective.

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StageTalk Magazine meets THE HISTORY BOYS

StageTalk Magazine’s WILL AMOTT spent a day with THE HISTORY BOYS company in Birmingham at the start of their nationwide tour and talked extensively and exclusively to three of them – Richard Hope, Alex Hope and Kedar Williams-Stirling.

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MAT RICARDO at Birmingham CABARET FESTIVAL at the Old Joint Stock

“Even a cursory glance at Mat Ricardo’s online presence reveals his outstanding popularity. . . Showman is really rather excellent. It may not be for everyone, but I’d wager that it comes close . . . Ricardo is currently touring the UK with his one-man show. One is hard pressed to find fault in it. While the consummate professional and a mesmeric, accomplished performer, Ricardo still finds time to infuse his performance with warmth, humour and strength of character. . . “

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SHREK THE MUSICAL at the Birmingham Hippodrome

“Appropriate, easy to follow and enormously entertaining, Shrek The Musical is perhaps the easiest recommendation for a night out in Birmingham that anyone could give over the Easter period . . . This is a show that bursts with colour, not only in its set design and props, but in its cast of characters, which include everyone from the Fairy Godmother to the Three (Large) Little Pigs . . . Go and see this show. If a friend is going this Easter weekend and you are not, prepare to be green with envy. There are too many fantastic moments to list . . . ”

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