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The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Ltd.
Centenary Square
Broad Street,
Birmingham B1 3AH
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THE PYRAMID TEXTS at the Door, Birmingham Rep
" . . . Alone in a boxing gym, with a video camera, there is one last thing that Ray has to do. Recording the lessons learned from a lifetime in the ring, he is forced to lower his guard and face the consequences of feel...
THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE at Birmingham Rep
The performance of Nancy Sullivan as Little Voice, is worth the price of the ticket alone - she's spectacular. An endearing, movingly powerful performance in a role that suited her down to her boots. A part with very lit...
BACK DOWN at the Door, Birmingham Rep
". . . The boys all perform well and have a great rapport between them thus making the friendship believable. Waleed Akhtar gives the best performance, you can sense the ambition that is harboured inside waiting to rise,...
THE HONEY MAN at the Door, Birmingham Rep
". . . Tyrone Huggins is a joy to watch, his command of stage and audience is of the highest quality. He has a bubbling energy, rhythm and openness to his performance that makes him incredibly watchable: his "bee dance" ...
A SUMMER IN THE SOUTH at the Birmingham Rep
Phillips and Powell are both superb. His character is of such warmth that it shines through each adopted voice or anecdote and her control is some sort of wizardry. Her poetic readings are the highlight of the show. They...
Roald Dahl’s THE BFG at Birmingham Rep
" . . The contributions of the supporting players here are outstanding. Mei Mac is the most consistently comic performer. She and Mike Goodenough have wonderful synergy in their performances as Corgi and Queen . . , Ther...
A FAREWELL TO ARMS at Birmingham Rep Studio
". . . The story follows Frederic Henry (Jude Monk McGowan) and his time fighting as an American soldier in the Italian army including and eventually limited to his relationship with English nurse Catherine Barkley (Laur...
OTHELLO at Birmingham Rep
"Frantic Assembly's modern take on Shakespeare's Othello is not your everyday Shakespeare production. It is a re-imagining of the famous tale on quite a large scheme: it is striking, especially physically as you would ex...
THE TRIAL at Birmingham Rep
". . . The second act is pitched far more cutely, buoyed by the tremendous performance of Paul Curievici as the ridiculous Titorelli. His comedy is apparent, his grin is wide, yet there is a penumbral source of consterna...
MY PERFECT MIND in The Door at Birmingham Rep
" Drawn from King Lear and his own autobiography, it explores Edward Petherbridge's life before, and after, the stroke he suffered in 2007 that meant he had to withdraw from playing the iconic Lear . . . The surreal ac...
SOLOMAN AND MARION at Birmingham Rep Studio
". . . [Suzman] is an undeniably accomplished stage presence, emanating warmth in even her steeliest moments . . . it is Anthony who makes the greater impression here. Charming yet volatile, the speech in which Solomon ...
BIRD at the Door, Birmingham Rep
" . . . Amaka Okafor is dynamic and effective as the titular character, full of vim and vigour. She is adept at transforming teenage bravado into tenderness, particularly as the show progresses and she settles into the r...